minute

  • 61minute — I noun 1) it ll only take a minute Syn: moment, short time, little while, second, instant; informal sec, jiff, jiffy, flash 2) at that minute, Tony walked in Syn: point, point in time, moment …

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  • 62minute — I. /ˈmɪnət / (say minuht) noun 1. the sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. 2. an indefinitely short space of time: wait a minute. 3. a point of time, an instant, or moment: come here this minute! 4. a rough draft, as of a document. 5. a… …

  • 63minute — (′)    a historic unit of proportion equal to 1/60. The Romans lacked our flexible terminology for fractions; they followed Babylonian and Greek practice in visualizing quantities as being divided into 60 parts, so they could express fractions… …

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  • 64minute — minute1 [ mɪnɪt] noun 1》 a period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour.     ↘informal a very short time. 2》 (also arc minute or minute of arc) a sixtieth of a degree of angular measurement. (Symbol: ʻ) Phrases up to the minute… …

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  • 65minute — I min•ute [[t]ˈmɪn ɪt[/t]] n. v. ut•ed, ut•ing, adj. 1) hor the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; 60 seconds 2) an indefinitely short space of time: Wait a minute![/ex] 3) an exact point in time; instant; moment: Come here this minute![/ex] 4)… …

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  • 66minute — [14] Latin minūtus ‘small’ was a derivative of the verb minuere ‘lessen’ (source of English diminish), which itself was based on the element min ‘small’. In medieval Latin the term 335 mistletoe pars minuta prima ‘first small part’ was applied to …

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  • 67minute — I noun 1) it ll only take a minute Syn: moment, short time, little while, second, instant; informal sec, jiffy; Brit.; informal tick, mo, two ticks 2) at that minute, Tony walked in Syn …

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  • 68minute — 1. noun /ˈmɪnɪt/ a) A unit of time equal to sixty seconds and one sixtieth of an hour. You have twenty minutes to complete the test. b) A short but unspecified time period …

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  • 69Minute — 1. Eine Minute heute ist besser als eine Stunde morgen. Die Russen: Für ein Jahr der Zukunft lieber ein Tag der Gegenwart. (Altmann VI, 91.) 2. Eine Minute slaget se sick, de andre frätt se sick et Zucker ut dem Mârse. (Wolfenbüttel.) 3. Minuten… …

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  • 70minute — n.f. (employé adj.). Rapide : Entrecôte minute. □ interj. Attendez, doucement : Minute ! Minute, papillon ! …

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