minute

Noun

minute (plural minutes)

1. A unit of time equal to sixty seconds and one-sixtieth of an hour.

   You have twenty minutes to complete the test.

2. A short but unspecified time period.

   Wait a minute, I"m not ready yet!

3. 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.

4. (in plural minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting.

   Let"s look at the minutes of last week"s meeting.

5. A minute of use of a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network.

   If you buy this phone, you"ll get 100 free minutes.

Synonyms:

• (short, unspecified period of time): instant, mo, moment, sec, second, tic
• (unit of angular measure): minute of arc

Antonyms:

• [[big]], [[enormous]], [[colossal]], [[huge]], [[significant]], [[tremendous]]

6 letters in word "minute": E I M N T U.

Anagrams of minute:

• minuet

• munite

• mutine

Words found within minute:

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