Meaning & use
minute
A unit of time equal to sixty seconds, or one-sixtieth of an hour.
See it in a sentence
The bus should arrive in about ten minutes.
Could you give me just a minute to finish this email?
A note on using this word
As an adjective (pronounced my-NOOT), minute means extremely small, as in 'a minute amount of dust.'
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Extremely small in size, amount, or degree.
The scientist detected a minute trace of the chemical in the water sample.
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