minute

  • 41minute — 1 / mInit/ noun (C) 1 TIME one of the 60 parts into which an hour is divided: It takes me ten minutes to walk to work. | The train arrived at four minutes past eight. 2 at the last minute at the last possible time, just before it is too late:… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 42minute — min|ute1 [ mınıt ] noun *** 1. ) count a period of 60 seconds. There are 60 minutes in one hour: I ll meet you downstairs in ten minutes. We waited until twenty minutes to ten, then left. Thompson scored again in the final minutes of the game. a… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 43minute — I NOUN AND VERB USES ♦ minutes, minuting, minuted (Pronounced [[t]mɪ̱nɪt[/t]] in minute 1, and [[t]maɪnju͟ːt, AM nu͟ːt [/t]] in minute 2.) 1) N COUNT: oft num N A minute is one of the sixty parts that an hour is divided into. People often say a… …

    English dictionary

  • 44minute — I UK [ˈmɪnɪt] / US noun Word forms minute : singular minute plural minutes *** 1) [countable] a period of 60 seconds. There are 60 minutes in one hour I ll meet you downstairs in ten minutes. We waited until twenty minutes to ten, then left.… …

    English dictionary

  • 45minute — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 one sixtieth of an hour ADJECTIVE ▪ closing, final, opening ▪ He scored in the final minutes of the game. ▪ passing ▪ With each passing minut …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 46MINUTE — n. f. Portion de temps qui forme la soixantième partie d’une heure. L’heure est composée de soixante minutes. La minute contient soixante secondes. Une minute et demie. Une demi minute. Il a fait ce trajet en cinq minutes. Compter les heures et… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 47Minute — This article is about the unit of time, angle and right ascension. For other uses of the word, see Minute (disambiguation). See also: Minute of arc A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to… …

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  • 48minute — minute1 /min it/, n., v., minuted, minuting, adj. n. 1. the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds. 2. an indefinitely short space of time: Wait a minute! 3. an exact point in time; instant; moment: Come here this minute! 4. minutes, the… …

    Universalium

  • 49minute*/*/*/ — [ˈmɪnɪt] noun [C] I 1) a period of 60 seconds. There are 60 minutes in one hour I ll meet you downstairs in ten minutes.[/ex] The train leaves at six minutes past ten.[/ex] 2) informal a very short period of time It will only take a minute.[/ex]… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 50MINUTE — s. f. Petite portion de temps, qui forme la soixantième partie d une heure. L heure est composée de soixante minutes. La minute contient soixante secondes. Une minute et deux secondes. Une minute et demie. Une demi minute. Un quart de minute. Il… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)