MINUTE
/ˈmɪnɪt/
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Definition
/ˈmɪnɪt/
noun
- A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).“You have twenty minutes to complete the test.”
- A short but unspecified time period.“Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!”
- 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.”
- (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.“Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.”
- 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.“If you buy this phone, you’ll get 100 free minutes.”
verb
- Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.“I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.”
- To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
Source: Wiktionary
