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minute   (TTS Sound)

The noun minute has 6 senses

• minute, min -- (a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he ran a 4 minute mile")


• moment, mo, minute, second, bit -- (an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit")


• moment, minute, second, instant -- (a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began")


• minute, arcminute, minute of arc -- (a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree)


• minute -- (a short note; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting")


• hour, minute -- (distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away")

The adj minute has 2 senses

• infinitesimal, minute -- (infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale")


• minute, narrow -- (characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report")