Word Finder - minute

definition

A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).

example

You have twenty minutes to complete the test.

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A short but unspecified time period.

example

Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!

synonyms

• instant
• jiffy
• mo
• moment
• sec
• second
• tic

definition

A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.

example

We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.

synonyms

• minute of arc

definition

(chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.

example

Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.

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A unit of purchase on a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.

example

If you buy this phone, you’ll get 100 free minutes.

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A point in time; a moment.

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A nautical or a geographic mile.

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An old coin, a half farthing.

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A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.

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A fixed part of a module.

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A while or a long unspecified period of time

example

Oh, I ain't heard that song in a minute!

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Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.

example

I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.

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To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.