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IPA: /ˈmɪn ɪt/

Minute is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in minute (eimntu).

Definitions for minute

noun

1. the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
2. an indefinitely short space of time:
3. an exact point in time; instant; moment:
4. minutes, the official record of the proceedings at a meeting of a society, committee, or other group.
5. Chiefly British. a written summary, note, or memorandum.
6. a rough draft, as of a document.
7. Geometry. the sixtieth part of a degree of angular measure, often represented by the sign ′, as in 12° 10′, which is read as 12 degrees and 10 minutes. Compare angle1 (def 1c).

Idioms

1. up to the minute, modern; up-to-date:

adjective

1. prepared in a very short time:
2. extremely small, as in size, amount, extent, or degree:
3. of minor importance; insignificant; trifling.
4. attentive to or concerned with even the smallest details:

verb (used with object)

1. to time exactly, as movements or speed.
2. to make a draft of (a document or the like).
3. to record in a memorandum; note down.
4. to enter in the minutes of a meeting.

Origin of minute

1350-1400; Middle English Medieval Latin minūta, noun use of feminine of minūtus minute²

Examples for minute

Losing a million a minute, even in sleep, he thought, was disquieting.

A minute ago I was convinced this wasn't going to work, and now I can feel a script forming.

He cries a minute, then forgets all about it, and grabs up something else to play with.

Whatever happened overtook them both within a minute or so of that altitude change request, and they were never heard from again.

Less than a minute into her big break, Slate let slip a highly audible F-bomb instead of the scripted “freaking.”

Andy heard, for his ears were sharpened: "I thought for a minute—But it does look like him!"

Nothing matters except that I've got this minute here with you.

It probably only took a minute or two, although it felt like hours.

Could you talk a minute about the notion of being an unreliable narrator?

And that minute he turned me from a scared kid into an outlaw—a killer.