minute

Noun

1. A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
2. (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
3. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
4. (in-plural) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
5. 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.
6. A point in time; a moment.
7. A nautical or a geographic mile.
8. An old coin, a half farthing.
9. (obsolete) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.
10. A fixed part of a module.
11. (Canada, US, dialectal, slang) A while or a long unspecified period of time.

Verb

1. (transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
2. To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.

Adj

1. Very small.
2. Very careful and exact, giving small details.

Opposite of

big, enormous, colossal, huge, significant, tremendous, vast

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪnɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mynute

In summary

From Middle English mynute, minute, mynet, from Old French minute, from Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour; note”). Doublet of menu and menudo.

Synonyms

tiny

small

moment

detailed

little

fine

instant

minuscule

second

2nd

infinitesimal

very small

delicate

microscopic

elaborate

atomic

arcminute

minute of arc

note

trifling

diminutive

bit

hour

wee

close

subtle

time

⌚

circumstantial

particular

nice

draft

exact

micro

min

𐑋𐐮𐑌𐐮𐐻

record

twinkling

accurate

trice

miniscule

epoch

precise

narrow

mo

jiff

careful

period

intricate

memorandum

meticulous

slight

Translations

minute

minuto

minuto

Minute

minuto

minuut

minuta

minut

λεπτό

dakika

winzig

moment

minuscule

دقيقة

momento

Sentences

The sun thought for a minute .

We had to rush down the minute it happened !