minutes

Noun

minute (plural minutes)

1. A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
   • Holonyms: hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
2. (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
   • give me a minute

   Synonyms:

   instant, jiffy, mo, moment, sec, second, tic, bat of an eye, bit, blink of an eye

3. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
   • We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.

   Synonyms:

   minute of arc, sexagesm, arcminute

4. (in plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
   • Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s 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.
   • If you buy this model, you’ll get 100 free minutes.
6. A point in time; a moment.
   • I conked out the minute I got home.

   Synonyms:

   instant, moment, juncture, occasion, point in time, sith, time

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