minute
C1Frequent NGSL-1UK /maɪˈnjuːt/US /maɪˈnuːt/
Meaning
adjective
extremely small
“minute amounts of chemicals in the water”
noun
each of the 60 parts of an hour, that are equal to 60 seconds
“minutes to…, It's four minutes to six.”
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