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minute

/ˈmɪnɪt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
  2. A short but unspecified time period.
  3. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
  4. (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
  5. A unit of purchase on a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
  6. A point in time; a moment.
  7. Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
  8. To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
  9. Very small.
  10. Very careful and exact, giving small details.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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