minute
∞
1.0
- noun
- /ˈmɪnɪt/
:
minuto
- Let's take a break for a few minutes, all right?
- 30 minutes
- 15 minutes
- 10 minutes
close your eyes and take a minute or two to do that.
- close your eyes and take a minute or two to do that.
- And I'm now on a minute and some change.
- And I thought, wait a minute, I know Frank Smiley.
- Just pose for a minute like that, OK?
- How long to the nearest minute was WWDC?
Examples
-
The movie will start in about ten minutes.
-
The time to beat is one minute and three more seconds.
-
close your eyes and take a minute or two to do that.
-
You know, I am 12 minutes older than you.
-
I still got ten minutes coming.
-
Your challenge is to last one minute in free combat.
-
Come in for five minutes, say hi to Mum.
-
Can I meet you back here in 10 minutes?
-
It'll take about 30 minutes to check it.
-
The number of letter-sounds correctly read per minute was used as the unit of analysis.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A small piece or amount of something, for example food
∞
1.0
A very short time or a particular point in time
543
1.0
A very short time
232
1.0
A very short moment that passes quickly
35
9.9
A very short time, like a moment, used in informal speech
5
7.2
A very short moment when something happens
2
1.5
A short form of minute that equals 60 seconds
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- US
1
9.1
A person ready to act quickly in an emergency, often a colonial soldier in the American Revolution
1
5.4
A short announcement people hear four minutes before an event ends to tell them to prepare
- Specialized
Amount of electric charge that a current of one amp moves in one minute
A person who is arranged to care for children shortly before the care is needed
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Minute (time) comes from the Latin phrase pars minuta, meaning 'small part', because a minute is a small part of an hour.