[
US
/ˈmɪnət, maɪˈnut, maɪnˈjut/
]
ADJECTIVE
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infinitely or immeasurably small
reduced to a microscopic scale
two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm -
characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
a minute inspection of the grounds
an exact and minute report
a narrow scrutiny
NOUN
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a short note
the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting -
an indefinitely short time
in just a bit
wait just a moment
it only takes a minute
in a mo -
distance measured by the time taken to cover it
its just 10 minutes away
we live an hour from the airport -
a particular point in time
the moment he arrived the party began - a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
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a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
he ran a 4 minute mile
How To Use minute In A Sentence
- As I did at FIAC, I selected 18 galleries and asked their most anglophonic expert to pick an image and talk about it for under two minutes. Michael Kurcfeld: Doing Shots: The Old and the New at Paris Photo 2011 (VIDEO)
- Twenty microliters of each antibody was added to 100 L of blood, and the mixture was incubated at room temperature for 15 minutes.
- Only a few minutes had gone when the Welshman flung in an inviting right-foot cross to the back post.
- It felt like chewing string dipped in weed killer, but within a couple of minutes the trembling in his limbs gave way to a kind of enervated thrumming and the pounding in his head subsided to a manageable level. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
- Let's find out what's coming up in a few minutes on "PAULA ZAHN NOW" -- Paula. CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2006
- Last night, a steady stream of people arrived at the evacuation centre in Brisbane's showground, only a few minutes' drive from the swollen river. Brisbane residents flee homes as floodwaters rise
- It was only a couple of minutes after his toe-curling DJ'ing started that I gave up and turned over.
- A few minutes with the heron book cleared up the mystery; they were tricolored herons, the first I had ever seen.10 By the end of the month American goldfinches were shooting around like tossed gold pieces despite another cold spell. Bird Cloud
- Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea. Edison, His Life and Inventions
- The flight crew made a distress call and the aircraft landed safely on one engine around 14 minutes after take-off.
