minute

US /ˈmɪn.ɪt/
UK /ˈmɪn.ɪt/
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1.

a period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour

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The meeting will start in five minutes.
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Wait a minute, I need to check something.
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momentinstantsecond
2.

a very short space of time

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I'll be there in a minute.
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It only takes a minute to fill out this form.
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momentinstantflash
3.

a written record of the proceedings at a meeting

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Please take the minutes for today's meeting.
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The minutes of the last meeting were approved.
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recordnotestranscript
1.

extremely small; tiny

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The details were so minute that they were barely visible.
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He examined the evidence with minute attention.
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tinymicroscopicdetailedprecisethorough
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by the minutethe last minute