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minute
noun
1 minute
A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour:
— He ran a 4 minute mile.
synonym: min.
Roget 596:
compend,
compendium;
abstract,
precis,
epitome,
multum in parvo [Lat.],
analysis,
pandect†,
digest,
sum and substance,
brief,
abridgment,
summary,
apercu,
draft,
minute,
note;
excerpt;
synopsis,
textbook,
conspectus,
outlines,
syllabus,
contents,
heads,
prospectus.
album;
scrap book,
note book,
memorandum book,
commonplace book;
extracts,
excerpta†,
cuttings;
fugitive pieces,
fugitive writing;
spicilegium†,
flowers,
anthology,
collectanea†,
analecta†;
compilation.
recapitulation,
resume,
review.
abbreviation,
abbreviature†;
contraction;
shortening
etc.
201;
compression
etc.
195.
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Roget 551:
trace,
vestige,
relic,
remains;
scar,
cicatrix;
footstep,
footmark†,
footprint;
pug;
track mark,
wake,
trail,
scent,
piste†.
monument,
hatchment†,
slab,
tablet,
trophy,
achievement;
obelisk,
pillar,
column,
monolith;
memorial;
memento
etc.
(memory)
505;
testimonial,
medal;
commemoration
etc.
(celebration)
883.
record,
note,
minute;
register,
registry;
roll
etc.
(list)
86;
cartulary,
diptych,
Domesday book;
catalogue raisonne [Fr.];
entry,
memorandum,
indorsement†,
inscription,
copy,
duplicate,
docket;
notch
etc.
(mark)
550;
muniment†,
deed
etc.
(security)
771;
document;
deposition,
proces verbal [Fr.];
affidavit;
certificate
etc.
(evidence)
467.
notebook,
memorandum book,
memo book,
pocketbook,
commonplace book;
portfolio;
pigeonholes,
excerpta†,
adversaria [Lat.],
jottings,
dottings†.
gazette,
gazetteer;
newspaper,
daily,
magazine;
almanac,
almanack†;
calendar,
ephemeris,
diary,
log,
journal,
daybook,
ledger;
cashbook†,
petty cashbook†;
professional journal,
scientific literature,
the literature,
primary literature,
secondary literature,
article,
review article.
archive,
scroll,
state paper,
return,
blue book;
statistics
etc.
86;
compte rendu [Fr.];
Acts of,
Transactions of,
Proceedings of;
Hansard's Debates;
chronicle,
annals,
legend;
history,
biography
etc.
594;
Congressional Records.
registration;
registry;
enrollment,
inrollment†;
tabulation;
entry,
booking;
signature
etc.
(identification)
550;
recorder
etc.
553;
journalism.
[analog recording media]
recording,
tape recording,
videotape.
[digital recording media]
compact disk;
floppy disk,
diskette;
hard disk,
Winchester disk;
read-only memory,
ROM;
write once read mostly memory,
WORM.
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Dutch: notulen, minuut
Polish: minuta
2 minute
An indefinitely short time:
— It only takes a minute.
synonyms: bit, mo, moment, second.
Dutch: minuut, moment, ogenblik, punt, seconde, tel
Polish: okamgnienie, mgnienie oka, mgnienie, ułamek sekundy, minutka, minuta, chwilka, chwileczka, sekundka, chwila, moment, sekunda, chwilunia, momencik ... show more
3 minute
A particular point in time.
synonyms: instant, moment, second.
Roget 113:
instantaneity,
instantaneousness,
immediacy;
suddenness,
abruptness.
moment,
instant,
second,
minute;
twinkling,
trice,
flash,
breath,
crack,
jiffy,
coup,
burst,
flash of lightning,
stroke of time.
epoch,
time;
time of day,
time of night;
hour,
minute;
very minute
&c.,
very time,
very hour;
present time,
right time,
true time,
exact correct time.
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Dutch: poosje, tel, moment, ogenblik, stonde, tijd, tijdstip, ure, uur
4 minute
A unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree.
synonyms: arcminute, minute of arc.
Dutch: secondje
Polish: minuta, ′, minuta kątowa
5 minute
6 minute
Distance measured by the time taken to cover it:
— Its just 10 minutes away.
synonym: hour.
Roget 108:
period,
age,
era;
second,
minute,
hour,
day,
week,
month,
quarter,
year,
decade,
decenniumm lustrum†,
quinquennium,
lifetime,
generation;
epoch,
ghurry†,
lunation†,
moon.
century,
millennium;
annus magnus [Lat.].
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adjective
1 minute
Infinitely or immeasurably small:
— Two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm.
synonym: infinitesimal.
Roget 32:
small,
little;
diminutive
etc.
(small in size)
193;
minute;
fine;
inconsiderable,
paltry
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
faint
etc.
(weak)
160;
slender,
light,
slight,
scanty,
scant,
limited;
meager
etc.
(insufficient)
640;
sparing;
few
etc.
103;
low,
so-so,
middling,
tolerable,
no great shakes;
below par,
under par,
below the mark;
at a low ebb;
halfway;
moderate,
modest;
tender,
subtle.
inappreciable,
evanescent,
infinitesimal,
homeopathic,
very small;
atomic,
corpuscular,
microscopic,
molecular,
subatomic.
mere,
simple,
sheer,
stark,
bare;
near run.
dull,
petty,
shallow,
stolid,
ungifted,
unintelligent.
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Roget 193:
little;
small
etc.
(in quantity)
32;
minute,
diminutive,
microscopic;
microzoal;
inconsiderable
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
exiguous,
puny,
tiny,
wee,
petty,
minikin†,
miniature,
pygmy,
pigmy†,
elfin;
undersized;
dwarf,
dwarfed,
dwarfish;
spare,
stunted,
limited;
cramp,
cramped;
pollard,
Liliputian,
dapper,
pocket;
portative†,
portable;
duodecimo†;
dumpy,
squat;
short
etc.
201.
impalpable,
intangible,
evanescent,
imperceptible,
invisible,
inappreciable,
insignificant,
inconsiderable,
trivial;
infinitesimal,
homoeopathic†;
atomic,
subatomic,
corpuscular,
molecular;
rudimentary,
rudimental;
embryonic,
vestigial.
weazen†,
scant,
scraggy,
scrubby;
thin
etc.
(narrow)
203;
granular
etc.
(powdery)
330;
shrunk
etc.
195;
brevipennate†.
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Polish: maluteńki, mikry, mikrominiaturowy, maciupeńki, mikroskopijny, maluchny, maluczki, malutki, maleńki, malusieńki
2 minute
Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination:
— A minute inspection of the grounds.
— An exact and minute report.
synonym: narrow.
verb
Roget 551:
record;
put on record,
place on record;
chronicle,
calendar,
hand down to posterity;
keep up the memory
etc.
(remember)
505;
commemorate
etc.
(celebrate)
883;
report
etc.
(inform)
527;
write,
commit to writing,
reduce to writing;
put in writing,
set down in writing,
writing in black and white;
put down,
jot down,
take down,
write down,
note down,
set down;
note,
minute,
put on paper;
take note,
make a note,
take minute,
take memorandum;
make a return.
mark
etc.
(indicate)
550;
sign
etc.
(attest)
467.
enter,
book;
post,
post up,
insert,
make an entry of;
mark off,
tick off;
register,
enroll,
inscroll†;
file
etc.
(store)
636.
burn into memory;
carve in stone.
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