Word Finder - minutes

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

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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

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

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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.

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The official notes kept during a meeting.

The room was silent for a few minutes after they left.

For a few minutes he sipped it in silence.

I'll be home in a few minutes.

Howie was quiet for several minutes as we finished our chores.

I have spent several long minutes creeping about in silence.

In that case I correct only such mistakes as I can recall in the few minutes allowed, and make notes of these corrections at the end of my paper.

I only spoke a few words, as I did not know I was expected to speak until a few minutes before I was called upon.

Though there is less than half an inch between the points--a space which represents sixty minutes--Miss Keller tells the time almost exactly.

She came tearing upstairs a few minutes ago in a state of great excitement.

She was very still for a few minutes, evidently thinking earnestly.

This came in by currier a few minutes ago, sir.

After some minutes, the gentleman-in-waiting who was on duty came into the great reception room and, bowing politely, asked Balashev to follow him.

The roast will be ready in about 15 minutes.

A few minutes after they left, Felipa arrived with an older woman she introduced simply as Maria.

Within a few minutes the plane was dipping and rising in a way that made her stomach roll uncomfortably.

He worked quietly for a few minutes and then finally turned his attention to Carmen.

A few minutes later the nurse came in.

Only a few minutes ago she had flaunted death.

I'll be done in just a few minutes.

I'll be back in a few minutes.

They paused for a few minutes to say grace and then Carmen responded.

He said no, it would not be called for about fifteen minutes; so we sat down to wait; but in a moment the man came back and asked Teacher if we would like to go to the train at once.

She began to work delightedly and finished the card in a few minutes, and did it very neatly indeed.

After a few minutes she came back to her place and began to eat her breakfast with her fingers.

This lasted for several minutes; then this mood passed, and Nancy was thrown ruthlessly on the floor and pushed to one side, while a large, pink-cheeked, fuzzy-haired member of the family received the little mother's undivided attention.

A few minutes afterward she felt of her little sister's head and said to her mother, "Mildred's head is small and hard."

Felipa stared at the wall, deep in thought for a few minutes.

Felipa left the room five minutes before Tessa left.

Supper will be ready in ten minutes.

A few minutes later they came in and got Destiny to take her for more x-rays.

Minutes later when the nurse arrived with a syringe of medicine, Destiny was asleep again, still clutching the doll to her chest.

Loading it quickly, he watched the skunk from the house for a few minutes.

Carmen read to her from a book for a few minutes until she fell asleep and then turned the light off.

Katie arrived an hour later to pick up Jonathan and Destiny, and thirty minutes later Carmen and Alex were in the car headed for the airport.

It may take a few minutes, but he'll catch on.

A few minutes later Señor Medena answered the phone.

They sipped their coffee in silence for a few minutes and then Señor Medena spoke.

It was a moment that lay in her stomach like a week-long hunger, regardless of the fact that they had been gone only minutes.

It happened about twenty minutes ago.

After studying the car thoughtfully for a few minutes, he confidently assumed authority.

It was a sobering reminder that a bear had been on this spot – possibly only minutes earlier.

It took them another thirty minutes or so to find the burned out shell of the car.

I'll be over there in a few minutes so you can show me what needs to be taken care of while you're gone.

A few minutes later he walked down the hallway.

There she lay stunned for a few minutes.

It was a few minutes before she became aware that Yancey was watching her.

It was several more minutes before she was able to take deep breaths – even longer before she was able to utter more than a strangled sound.

I came in a few minutes later and she told me.

I just got the message a few minutes ago.

I don't know – maybe thirty minutes ago.