Minute
/ˈmɪnɪt/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Minute
noun
- A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
"You have twenty minutes to complete the test."
- 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.
"We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc."
- (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
"Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting."
- 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.
"If you buy this phone, you’ll get 100 free minutes."
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