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Meaning
Noun
●
A
unit
of time
equal
to
sixty
seconds
(one-sixtieth of an hour).
●
A
short
but
unspecified
time period.
●
A
unit
of
angle
equal
to one-sixtieth of a degree.
●
A (usually
formal
)
written
record
of a
meeting
or a part of a
meeting
.
●
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.
●
A
point in time
; a moment.
●
A
nautical
or a
geographic
mile.
●
An
old
coin
, a
half
farthing.
●
A very small part of anything,
or anything
very small; a
jot
; a whit.
●
In Architecture:
A
fixed
part of a module.
●
In American English & Canadian English:
A while or a long
unspecified
period
of time
Verb
●
Of an
event
, to
write in
a
memo
or the
minutes
of a meeting.
●
To
set down
a
short
sketch
or
note
of; to
jot down
; to make a
minute
or a
brief
summary
of.
Adj
●
Very small.
●
Very
careful
and
exact
,
giving
small details.
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Origin
minute
English
minut
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
minuta
Latin
minute
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
minutus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Instant
Jiffy
Mo
Moment
Sec
Second
Tic
Sexagesm
Infinitesimal
Insignificant
Minuscule
Tiny
Trace
Exact
Exacting
Excruciating
Precise
Scrupulous
Meticulous
Minute Of Arc
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Antonyms
Big
Enormous
Colossal
Huge
Significant
Tremendous
Vast
Related
Millisecond
Nanosecond
Second
Moment
Microsecond
Month
Min
Hour
Seconds
Sec
Time
Mile
Decade
Week
Night
Small
Mins
Day
Minuscule
Weekend
Bit
Miniscule
Tiny
Inch
Thing
Milliseconds
Instant
Shot
Brief
Minor
Hours
Quarter
Fortnight
Slight
Session
Penny
Short
Morning
Microscopic
Breath
Split Second
Quarter Of An Hour
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Rhymes
Ute
Tut
Oot
Moot
Soot
Rute
Coot
Lute
Loot
Root
Cute
Jute
Tute
Boot
Mute
Hoot
Zoot
W00t
Poot
Newt
Toot
Suit
Elute
Shoot
Beaut
Plute
Scoot
Route
Brute
Qyoot
Clute
Bruit
Glout
Innit
Glute
Butte
Chute
Acute
Flute
Fruit
Aleut
'Tute
Astute
Ablute
Impute
Refute
Linnet
Dilute
Spinet
Galoot
Beirut
Uncute
Uproot
Repute
Reboot
Minute
Salute
Depute
Reroute
Dispute
Versute
Compute
Reshoot
Hirsute
Pollute
Commute
Cheroot
Resolute
Disrepute
Convolute
Overshoot
Substitute
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