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minute

Noun CEFR A1 Common
ˈmɪnɪt

Definitions

  1. A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
  2. A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds)
  3. To record in a memorandum or the minutes of a meeting.
  4. A short but unspecified time period.
  5. A short but unspecified time period
  6. up to the minute, modern; up-to-date.
  7. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
  8. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree
  9. A very brief time:crack, flash, instant, moment, second, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink.
  10. A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
    in-plural
  11. A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting
  12. A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network
  13. the larger of the two pointers on a clock or watch, which shows the time in minutes past the hour. minuutwyser عَقْرَب الدَّقائِق голямата стрелка ponteiro dos minutos minutová ručička der Minutenzeiger den store viser λεπτοδείκτηςminutero minutiosuti عقربه دقیقه شمار minuuttiviisari grande aiguille הַמָחוֹג הַקָטַן मिनट की सूई minutna kazaljka percmutató jarum menit mínútuvísir lancetta dei minuti 長針 분침 minutinė rodyklė (pulksteņa) minūšu rādītājs jarum minit grote wijzer minuttviser wskazów...
  14. A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
  15. as soon as. Telephone me the minute he arrives! dadelik, onmiddellik في اللحظَه التي веднага щом logo que jakmile sobald i samme minut; så snart αμέσως μόλις, τη στιγμή (που) en el momento en que sel hetkel kui به محض sillä hetkellä dès que בַּדַקָה जैसे ही, ज्यों ही te minute amint segera strax, um leið og appena ~するやいなや ...하자마자 kai tik tiklīdz, kolīdz sebaik sahaja zodrastraks, med det samme w momencie gdy, natychmiast ډير ژر، سمدلاسه logo que imediat/îndată ce как только len čo; hneď ako t...
  16. A point in time; a moment.
  17. (of time) exactly; precisely. The cooking time must be correct to the minute. presies so lank بالضَّبْط ، تماماً точно exatamente za minutu auf die Minute genau nøjagtig; præcis ακριβώς, με ακρίβεια λεπτού exactamente minutipealt دقیقا minuutilleen montre en main מְדוּייָק ठीक समय पर točno na minutu percnyi pontossággal tepat sekali nákvæmur (in punto) きっかり 정확히 minutės tikslumu ar precizitāti līdz minūtei, ļoti precīzi tepat op de minnut af på minuttet, på slaget co do minuty دقيقاً exactamen...
  18. A nautical or a geographic mile.
  19. most modern or recent. Her clothes are always right up to the minute; up-to-the-minute clothes. hedendaags حَتّى اللحْظَه، حَتّى آخر دقيقَه модерен na última moda podle nejnovější módy hypermodern sidste mode ό, τι πιο τελευταίο ή μοντέρνο de última moda moodne به روز uusinta uutta dernier criעדכני आधुनिकतम u trendu legmodernebb mutakhir í samræmi við nÿjustu tísku modernissimo 最新の 최신의 naujausias, madingiausias ultramoderns terkini meest recent siste skrik, helt à jour najmodniejszy, najbardz...
  20. An old coin, a half farthing.
  21. piepklein بِدِقَّه، واقِعٌ كلَّ دقيقَه щателно minuciosamente do detailu winzig minutiøst; omhyggeligt σχολαστικά, λεπτομερώςminuciosamente täpselt دقیقا yksityiskohtaisesti minutieusement בְּכָל רֶגָע सूक्ष्मता minuciozno aprólékosan, részletesen dengan teliti ítarlega minuziosamente 詳細に 상세히 detaliai, kruopščiai sīki; detalizēti dengan teliti minutieusmeget omhyggelig, utførlig, i minste detalj drobiazgowo دقيقا minuciosamente minuţios, cu minuţio­zi­tate подробно do detailu natančno detaljn...
  22. A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.
  23. piepkleinheid صِغَر الشَّيء щателност minúcia nepatrnost; přesnost die Winzigkeit omhyggelighed η ιδιότητα του να είναι κπ. ή κτ. μικροσκοπικό, σχολαστικότηταminucia täpsus موشکافی yksityiskohtaisuus minutieקטנות अत्यल्पता sićušnost, potankost parányiság; aprólékos pontosság ketelitian örsmæð; nákvæmni minutezza; minuziosità 微細 상세함 mažumas, smulkumas niecīgums ketelitian het erg klein zijn stor omhyggelighet/utførlighet mikroskopijność, drobiazgowość ډير غور minúcia minuţiozitate подробность ...
  24. A fixed part of a module.
  25. A unit of time equal to one sixtieth of an hour, or 60 seconds.
  26. A while or a long unspecified period of time.

Equivalents

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Afrikaansminuut
አማርኛደቂቃ
العربيةدقيقدقيقة
Azərbaycan dilidəqiqəxırda
Беларускаяхвіліна
বাংলামিনিট
བོད་སྐད།སྐར་མ
Danskminut
Esperantominuto
Vosa Vakavitiminiti
Gàidhligmionaid
Galegominuto
ગુજરાતીમિનિટ
Hausaminti
हिन्दीमिनट
Bahasa Indonesiamenit
Íslenskamínúta
ქართულიწუთი
Қазақ тіліминут
ភាសាខ្មែរនាទី
Kurdîhetklatminmînaperç
LëtzebuergeschMinutt
Lingálaminiti
ລາວນາທີ
Lietuviųminutė
Latviešuminūte
മലയാളംമിനിറ്റ്
मराठीमिनिट
Bahasa Melayucatatanminitsekejap
Maltiminuta
မြန်မာမိနစ်
नेपालीमिनेट
Slovenčinaminúta
Slovenščinaminuta
Kiswahilidakika
తెలుగునిమిషము
Тоҷикӣдақиқарез
Türkçedakika
ئۇيغۇرچەمىنۇت
O'zbekchadaqiqa
Tiếng Việtbiên bảnchốclátphút

Examples

“Holonyms: hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
“Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond
You have twenty minutes to complete the test.”
Total activity levels in the lowest quartile were equivalent to walking for 49 minutes at roughly 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) per hour daily. Total activity levels in the second-, third- and fourth-highest quartiles were equivalent to 78, 105 and 160 minutes, respectively.”
give me a minute
Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!”
“We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.”
“Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.”
The Clerk or 'recording Clerk' drafts a minute and then, or at a later time, reads it to the Meeting. Subsequent contributions are on the wording of the minute only, until it can be accepted by the Meeting. Once the minute is accepted, the Meeting moves on to the next item on the agenda.”
“If you buy this model, you’ll get 100 free minutes.”
Tell her, that I some Certainty may bring; / I go this minute to attend the king.”
“[…]according to the Prophecies of him, which were so clear and descended to minutes and circumstances of his passion
“Oh, I ain't heard that song in a minute!”
““Man, I haven’t seen you in a minute,” he says, smiling still. “Maybe like two, three years ago?””
“I seen Too$hort up there. Me and $hort ain't talked in a minute.”
RON:I remember my first. I was a minute younger than you. […]I remember thinking, saying to myself..."This is the first time I'm eating as a person who killed someone."”

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