minute
A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
Other meanings
A short but unspecified time period.
“Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!”
A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
Synonyms
- min
Example sentences
Word history
From Medieval Latin "minūta" (60th of an hour; note).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “minute” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.