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minute-to-minute

minute-to-minute adjective: rapidly shifting; changing from one minute to the next.

Adjective

minute-to-minute (not comparable)

  1. Rapidly shifting; changing from one minute to the next.

Origin of minute-to-minute

Earliest use found in the works of George Orwell (pseudonym for Eric Blair). First attested in the 1940s.

Questions about minute-to-minute

What does minute-to-minute mean?
Minute-to-minute means rapidly shifting; changing from one minute to the next.
What part of speech is minute-to-minute?
Minute-to-minute is an adjective.

Words near minute-to-minute in the dictionary

  1. minute steaks
  2. minute-jack
  3. minute-jacks
  4. minute-man
  5. minute-men
  6. minute-to-minute
  7. minuted
  8. minuteful
  9. minutefuls
  10. minutelong
  11. minutely

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