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Meaning of 'minute' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Minute [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes.
- Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable.
- Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation.
2 . Minute [ n.]
- The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.)
- The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus ('); as, 10¡ 20').
- A nautical or a geographic mile.
- A coin; a half farthing.
- A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle.
- A point of time; a moment.
- The memorandum; a record; a note to preserve the memory of anything; as, to take minutes of a contract; to take minutes of a conversation or debate.
- A fixed part of a module. See Module.
3 . Minute [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.

Meaning of 'minute' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . minute [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
Example in sentence:
  • he ran a 4 minute mile
Meaning (2):
- an indefinitely short time
Example in sentence:
  • in a mo;
  • in just a bit;
  • it only takes a minute;
  • wait just a moment
Meaning (3):
- distance measured by the time taken to cover it
Example in sentence:
  • its just 10 minutes away;
  • we live an hour from the airport
Meaning (4):
- a particular point in time
Example in sentence:
  • the moment he arrived the party began
Meaning (5):
- a short note
Example in sentence:
  • the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting
6 . minute [ s]
Meaning (6):
- characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
Example in sentence:
  • a minute inspection of the grounds;
  • a narrow scrutiny;
  • an exact and minute report
Meaning (7):
- infinitely or immeasurably small
Example in sentence:
  • reduced to a microscopic scale;
  • two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm

Nearby Words:

mina minable minaceous minacious minacity minae minaret minargent minas minatorially

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