minute
/ˈmɪnɪt/ noun A1- A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds). · You have twenty minutes to complete the test.
- A short but unspecified time period. · give me a minute· Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree. · We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.
- A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting. · Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.
- A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network. · If you buy this model, you’ll get 100 free minutes.
- A point in time; a moment. · I conked out the minute I got home.
- A nautical or a geographic mile.
- An old coin, a half farthing.
Plural minutes
From the library
“In a minute I shall melt away.”
“Well, in a few minutes I shall be all melted, and you will have the castle to yourself.
“Wait a minute!” called the Scarecrow.
The eyes looked at her thoughtfully for a full minute.
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