minute

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See also Minute, minutë, minutė, minuté, minūte, and minūtē

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Old French minute, from Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour", "note”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

minute (plural minutes)

  1. A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
    You have twenty minutes to complete the test.
  2. A short but unspecified time period.
    Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!
  3. 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.
  4. (in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting.
    Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.
  5. A minute of use of a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network.
    If you buy this phone, you’ll get 100 free minutes.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
unit of time
short but unspecified period of time
unit of angular measure
record of meeting
minute of use of telephone network
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Synonyms[edit]

Verb[edit]

minute (third-person singular simple present minutes, present participle minuting, simple past and past participle minuted)

  1. (transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
    I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.
    • 1995, Edmund Dell, The Schuman Plan and the British Abdication of Leadership in Europe [1]
      On 17 November 1949 Jay minuted Cripps, arguing that trade liberalization on inessentials was socially regressive.
    • 1996, Peter Hinchliffe, The Other Battle [2]
      The Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command, Sir Richard Peirse, was sceptical of its findings, minuting, ‘I don’t think at this rate we could have hoped to produce the damage which is known to have been achieved.’
    • 2003, David Roberts, Four Against the Arctic [3]
      Mr. Klingstadt, chief Auditor of the Admiralty of that city, sent for and examined them very particularly concerning the events which had befallen them; minuting down their answers in writing, with an intention of publishing himself an account of their extraordinary adventures.
  2. To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
    • Bancroft
      The Empress of Russia, with her own hand, minuted an edict for universal tolerance.
Translations[edit]
to write
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin minūtus (“small", "petty”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“make smaller”).

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Adjective[edit]

minute (comparative minuter, superlative minutest)

  1. Very small.
    They found only minute quantities of chemical residue on his clothing.
  2. Very careful and exact, giving small details.
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Antonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
very small
very careful and exact, giving small details

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Medieval Latin minūta

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

minute f (plural minutes)

  1. minute (etymology 1, time unit, all same senses)

Interjection[edit]

minute

  1. wait a sec!

Verb[edit]

minute

  1. first-person singular present indicative of minuter
  2. third-person singular present indicative of minuter
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of minuter
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of minuter
  5. second-person singular imperative of minuter

Italian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

minute f pl

  1. feminine plural of minuto

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Latin[edit]

Participle[edit]

minūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of minūtus

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Medieval Latin minūta.

Noun[edit]

minute f (oblique plural minutes, nominative singular minute, nominative plural minutes)

  1. minute (one sixtieth of an hour)

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Descendants[edit]

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