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min

The correct spelling is min.

How to pronounce min

noun

IPA: /mɪn/

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The correct spelling is min. A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour). For example: "You have twenty minutes to complete the test."

Usage Examples

You have twenty minutes to complete the test.

Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!

We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
  2. 2.A short but unspecified time period.
  3. 3.A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
  4. 4.(chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
  5. 5.A unit of purchase on a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.

adjective

  1. 1.Less

verb

  1. 1.To bring to the mind of; remind
  2. 2.To remember
  3. 3.To mention

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