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The correct spelling is minute.
How to pronounce minute
/ˈmɪnɪt/
nounIPA: /ˈmɪnɪt/
Say it like: Min-ute
The correct spelling is minute. 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.A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
- 2.A short but unspecified time period.
- 3.A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
- 4.(chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
- 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.
verb
- 1.Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
- 2.To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
adjective
- 1.Very small.
- 2.Very careful and exact, giving small details.
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