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   minute

   /ˈmɪnɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour: "we waited for twenty minutes"
   • ▪ the distance covered in a minute by someone driving or walking: "the hotel is situated just ten minutes from the centre of the resort"
   • ▪ a very short time: informal "come and sit down for a minute" Similar momentshort timelittle whilesecondbitinstantinformal:secnanosecondjiffyjifftickmotwo ticks
   • ▪ a point in time: "she was laughing one minute and crying the next" Similar point in timepointmomentinstanttimejuncturestage
   • ▪ a period of time; a while: informal US "I hadn't been to Manhattan in a minute"
   • 2. a sixtieth of a degree of angular measurement (symbol: ʹ): "Delta Lyrae is a double star with a separation of over 10 minutes of arc"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin minuta, feminine (used as a noun) of minutus ‘made small’. The senses ‘period of sixty seconds’ and ‘sixtieth of a degree’ derive from medieval Latin pars minuta prima ‘first minute part’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMINUTE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   • English (US)

     MINUTE meaning: 1. one of the 60 parts that an hour is...

   • Znaczenie Minute, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     MINUTE definicja: 1. one of the 60 parts that an hour is...

   • Minute Turkish Translation

     MINUTE translate: dakika, an, lahza, çok kısa müddet, çok...

   • Minute Spanish Translation

     MINUTE translate: minuto, momento, diminuto, minuto...

   • Minute: German Translation

     MINUTE translate: die Minute, die Minute, die Minute, die...

   • Minute: Thai Translation

     minute translate: นาที, ลิปดา, ระยะเวลาอันสั้น, ชั่วขณะ,...

   • Minute: Polish Translation

     minute translate: minuta, minutka, chwila, mikroskopijny,...

   • Minute: Italian Translation

     minute translate: minuto, minuto, minuto, minuscolo, minuto,...

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4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTHE MINUTES | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Minutes are the written record of what was said at a meeting. Learn how to use the phrase the minutes in different contexts and see translations in other languages.

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   Minutes definition: an official record of the proceedings of a meeting, conference, convention, etc. See examples of MINUTES used in a sentence.

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