Minute | Mean of minute in English Dictionary

/ˈmɪnət/

• Noun
• a unit of time equal to 60 seconds
1. Bake the cake for 25–30 minutes.
2. We waited for several minutes, but no one came to the door.
3. He can run a six-minute mile. [=he can run a mile in six minutes]
• a brief period of time
1. I saw him a minute ago.
2. Dinner will be ready in just a few minutes.
3. One minute it was sunny, the next it was pouring rain.
4. Could I have a minute of your time? = Do you have a minute? = Could I speak to you for a minute? [=could I speak to you briefly?]
5. I'm coming, just give me a minute. [=wait for me]
6. It was an excellent show. I enjoyed every minute of it. [=I enjoyed all of it]
7. I'll explain that in a minute. [=shortly, soon]
• the distance that can be traveled in a minute
1. My house is just a few minutes from here.

• an official record of what was said and done in a meeting
1. The secretary read the minutes of the last meeting.
2. The secretary took the minutes [=recorded in writing what happened] during the meeting.
• one of 60 equal parts into which a degree can be divided for measuring angles
1. 42 degrees and 30 minutes
• very quickly as time passes
1. Things kept changing from minute to minute. [=from moment to moment]
• at no time
1. I did not believe her for one minute. = Not for one minute did I believe her. [=I never believed her]
• as soon as
1. Please call me the minute you get home.
2. I knew the minute (that) I saw it that I had to have this dress.
• right now
1. Stop it this minute!
2. I have to have the report this minute.
• exactly or precisely
1. The buses were on time to the minute.
• within a very short amount of time
1. We called an ambulance and it arrived within minutes.
• very small
1. There were minute particles of dust in the air.
2. The test detected minute amounts of contamination.
3. The equipment is able to detect the minutest errors.
• very complete and precise
1. She told him what happened in minute detail.
2. a minute examination of the evidence