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1 [countable] (abbreviation min.) each of the 60 parts of an hour, that are equal to 60 seconds It's four minutes to six. I'll be back in a few minutes. Boil the rice for 20 minutes. a ten-minute bus ride I enjoyed every minute of the party. Just minutes into the second half of the game Robinson scored his second goal.
Define minute. minute synonyms, minute pronunciation, minute translation, English dictionary definition of minute. n. 1. A unit of time equal to one sixtieth of an ...
It's four minutes to six. minutes past… four minutes past two; minutes after/before… five minutes after/before midnight; in… minutes I'll be back in a few minutes. for… minutes Boil the rice for 20 minutes. within minutes The ship sank within minutes. per minute The pump delivers seven gallons per minute. It's only a ten-minute bus ride ...
Britannica Dictionary definition of MINUTE. 1. [count] a : a unit of time equal to 60 seconds : one 60th of an hour. Bake the cake for 25–30 minutes. We waited for several minutes, but no one came to the door. He can run a six- minute mile. [=he can run a mile in six minutes] b : a brief period of time : moment. I saw him a minute ago.
Synonyms for MINUTE: second, moment, heartbeat, instant, nanosecond, split second, jiffy, wink; Antonyms of MINUTE: age, forever, eternity, lifetime, eon, aeon ...
MIN. definition: 1. written abbreviation for minute: 2. written abbreviation for minimum, used in signs…. Learn more.
Minute is a unit of time defined as equal to 60 seconds. [1] One hour contains 60 minutes. [2] Although not a unit in the International System of Units (SI), the minute is accepted for use in the SI. [1] The SI symbol for minutes is min (without a dot). The prime symbol ′ is also sometimes used informally to denote minutes. [3]
