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min⋅ute
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[min-it] 
ɪt
noun, verb, -ut⋅ed, -ut⋅ing, adjective –noun
| 1. | the sixtieth part ( 1/60 ) of an hour; sixty seconds. |
| 2. | an indefinitely short space of time: Wait a minute! |
| 3. | an exact point in time; instant; moment: Come here this minute! |
| 4. | minutes, the official record of the proceedings at a meeting of a society, committee, or other group. |
| 5. | Chiefly British. a written summary, note, or memorandum. |
| 6. | a rough draft, as of a document. |
| 7. | Geometry. the sixtieth part of a degree of angular measure, often represented by the sign ′, as in 12° 10′, which is read as 12 degrees and 10 minutes. Compare angle 1 (def. 1c). |
–verb (used with object)
| 8. | to time exactly, as movements or speed. |
| 9. | to make a draft of (a document or the like). |
| 10. | to record in a memorandum; note down. |
| 11. | to enter in the minutes of a meeting. |
–adjective
—Idiom| 12. | prepared in a very short time: minute pudding. |
| 13. | up to the minute, modern; up-to-date: The building design is up to the minute. |
Synonyms:
2. jiffy, second. Minute, instant, moment refer to small amounts of time. A minute, properly denoting 60 seconds, is often used loosely for any very short space of time (and may be interchangeable with second): I'll be there in just a minute. An instant is practically a point in time, with no duration, though it is also used to mean a perceptible amount of time: not an instant's delay. Moment denotes much the same as instant, though with a somewhat greater sense of duration (but somewhat less than minute): It will only take a moment.
2. jiffy, second. Minute, instant, moment refer to small amounts of time. A minute, properly denoting 60 seconds, is often used loosely for any very short space of time (and may be interchangeable with second): I'll be there in just a minute. An instant is practically a point in time, with no duration, though it is also used to mean a perceptible amount of time: not an instant's delay. Moment denotes much the same as instant, though with a somewhat greater sense of duration (but somewhat less than minute): It will only take a moment.
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| min·ute 1 (mĭn'ĭt) n. Abbr. min.
To record in a memorandum or the minutes of a meeting. [Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin (pars) minūta (prīma), (first) minute (part), from Latin minūta, feminine of minūtus, small; see minute2.] |
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minute (mĭn'ĭt) Pronunciation Key
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