minute

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A unit of time equal to sixty seconds.

   The bus leaves in ten minutes.

2. 2
   noun

   A short but unspecified period of time.

   Wait a minute, I'll be right with you.

3. 3
   noun

   The written record of what is said and decided at a meeting.

   Let's look at the minutes of last week's meeting.

4. 4
   adj

   Extremely small.

   There were only minute traces of the chemical in the water.

From Middle English mynute, minute, mynet, from Old French minute, from Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour; note”). Doublet of menu and menudo.

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