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minute English

Meaning minute meaning

What does minute mean?
Definitions in simple English

minute Noun

— A minute is a short time equal to sixty seconds. There are sixty minutes in one hour. He ran the race in 1 minute and ten seconds. — A minute is a short time. Please wait a minute while I get my coat and then I will come with you.

minute Adjective

— Minute things are small. The pictures appear similar, with only a few, minute differences.

minute

— noun a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour he ran a 4 minute mile — noun (= moment, mo, bit) an indefinitely short time wait just a moment in a mo it only takes a minute in just a bit — adjective infinitely or immeasurably small two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm reduced to a microscopic scale — noun (= moment) a particular point in time the moment he arrived the party began — noun a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree — noun a short note the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting — adjective (= narrow) characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination a minute inspection of the grounds a narrow scrutiny an exact and minute report — noun (= hour) distance measured by the time taken to cover it we live an hour from the airport its just 10 minutes away

Synonyms minute synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as minute?

minute English » English

tiny small moment detailed little instant fine second minuscule infinitesimal very small delicate microscopic elaborate trifling note minute of arc diminutive bit atomic arcminute wee time subtle record particular nice min micro hour exact draft close circumstantial twinkling trice slight precise period narrow mo miniscule meticulous memorandum jiff intricate epoch careful accurate write down

Topics minute topics

What do people use minute to talk about?
States Quantity Plural

Few, little
States Big

Small
States Time

Period of time
Grammar General words Do

Change something
States Time Aspectual time Past

Recently
States Time Aspectual time Future

Soon
Physical actions Move Manner of movement Move quickly

Move slowly
Physical actions Move Not moving

Wait
States Time Relative time Right time

On time
States Time Aspectual time Age

New
States Time Speed

Quick
Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

Prompters of attention
Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

Hesitation fillers

Conjugation minute conjugation

How do you conjugate minute?

minute · verb

Examples minute examples

How do I use minute in a sentence?

Simple sentences

One minute earlier, and they could have caught the bus.
I'll put your call through in a minute.
I can type 50 words a minute.
Would you mind watching my suitcase for a minute?
I couldn't take my eyes off of you from the minute I entered this room.
Please wait a minute.
I'll only be a minute.
I saw him in the street just this minute.
Wait a minute. I think you should go with them.
Would you stick around for a minute?
Just a minute.
The station is a ten minute drive from here.
A minute has sixty seconds.
A second is a sixtieth part of a minute.
Lori suggested that we should take a ten-minute coffee break.
One minute earlier, and we could have seen the Queen.
What have you done with my pen? It was here a minute ago.
Buses are running at 20 minute intervals.
Hang on a minute. I'll call Jimmy.
Excuse me a minute.
Will you help me for a minute?
The school is only a five-minute walk.
I missed the train by only one minute.
Those books look as if they're going to topple over any minute.
Can you spare a minute? I'd like to discuss something of importance to both of us.
Let me think for a minute.

Movie subtitles

Excuse me, I, I need another minute!
What is it? Got a minute?
His aerial partner's a minute out.
One minute, you're walking down the street, the next minute, you're in a big musical.
He bailed at the last minute.
Wait a minute.
Isn't it 2:00? It's 1:50, which means I only got a 20-minute lunch break, but whatever.
Shh. Okay. These are 15-minute increments.
And I lost sight of it for a minute, but now I know for sure.
I'm going to be like any other teenage ex-boyfriend's sister's last-minute bridesmaid.
Ooh, wait a minute, what's this?
Oh, wait a minute, what is this?
I don't know what it is, but I fell for you the minute I saw you.
A minute of silence for our Muslim brothers who died for France.
Oh, wait a minute. - I am doing this for our family.
Any minute now, we'll arrive at Dynamic Ultra.
Wait a minute. You know about us?
Wait a minute. Are you telling me that you're evolved humans?
This may take a minute or three.
I will not reveal the terrible confessions I forced from the young lady in less than a minute.
Just a minute.
The audience will fall asleep! Give it a minute, dear.
I waited a minute, but I didn't hear anything.
I strongly object to this last-minute demonstration.
A minute passes, then several more.
Let me see that a minute.
I'll be alright in a minute.
Like, this minute.
CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE?
Okay, any minute now, my wife will come out of that grocery store, go to load her groceries and find a dead body in the.
Take a seat, I'll be with you in a minute.
Oh, wait a minute.
I hope you have nothing pressing. This may take a minute or three.

News and current affairs

But, like many last-minute agreements, it would have little durable impact.
Think about that for a minute.
Such a last-minute shift in voting intentions is possible, but the time for it is running out.
On the contrary, these memos make clear that torture was a tactic formulated in minute detail.
Has the Italian minister thought for a minute how his government would pay for all its public spending on welfare, and other items, if Italy's interest rates no longer were subsidized by the ECB?
But wait a minute.
Such last-minute capitulation could mean resignation for the new Greek government and its replacement by EU-approved technocrats, as in the constitutional putsch against Italy's Silvio Berlusconi in 2012.
Just for a minute, put yourself in his place.
Unfortunately, the new law - hastily enacted at the last minute of the previous legislature - has a silly formulation that does not guarantee an equally safe majority in the Senate.
Every minute, an African child dies from malaria.
I hope that this approach will allow a wide consensus in the General Assembly, and that any last minute change of heart will fail.
There remains a possibility that trade negotiators will patch together a last-minute deal in Hong Kong and emerge claiming victory.
Other groups, including the leftist April 6 Youth Movement and the multi-ideological Coalition of the Revolution's Youth, looked minute and insignificant.
Let us hope that this summer of extremes is a last-minute wake-up call to policy makers, the corporate world, and citizens alike.
Not only does the Electoral College confuse predictions based on national opinion polls, but there is also the possibility of surprises which can lead to last-minute reversals.
The one thing that seems certain from the upcoming vote is that - barring any last-minute surprises - the billionaire Berlusconi will re-assert his hold over Italian politics.
For these reasons, barring any last-minute diplomatic indelicacies, the APEC Summit is likely to represent the start of a formal thaw in Sino-Japanese relations.
Japan's government in particular needs to identify a coherent Asia strategy and stick to it, instead of leaning towards China one minute, and America the next.
For a while, everybody played politely along; but the tricky double-think involved in this was exposed when the younger brother, Ed, won the leadership, by a razor-thin margin, in a last-minute upset.
Every few years, the minute hand shifted, either forwards or backwards.
But, in order for Japan to avoid being unrepresented by its central banker at a looming G-7 meeting of finance ministers, an agreement was reached at the last minute to appoint Shirakawa.
The provision was then passed after it was attached to a last-minute spending bill - a tactic that ensured very little debate in the House of Representatives and none at all in the Senate.
The real problem is that the expectations concerning meaningful action on climate change, as opposed to gimmicks such as US President Barack Obama's last-minute arrival and minuscule gestures in Copenhagen, are now lower than ever.
Of those who do, a minute fraction actually tries to carry them out, and only a tiny number of those succeed.
Identities within nations are fluid, even from minute to minute.

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