minute
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ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin 'minuta', from Latin 'minutus', past participle of 'minuere' meaning 'to lessen'.
مثال
- Wait a minute, I'll be right back.
- The meeting lasted for 45 minutes.
- The scientist examined the minute particles under the microscope.
ترکیبهای رایج
wait a minute minute detail minute particles minute amount
تعریف انگلیسی
- a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour “he ran a 4 minute mile”
- an indefinitely short time “wait just a moment” “in a mo” “it only takes a minute” “in just a bit”
- a particular point in time “the moment he arrived the party began”
- a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
- distance measured by the time taken to cover it “we live an hour from the airport” “its just 10 minutes away”
- a short note “the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting”
- infinitely or immeasurably small “two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm” “reduced to a microscopic scale”
- characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination “a minute inspection of the grounds” “a narrow scrutiny” “an exact and minute report”
مترادفها
I. adjective
1. Little, slender, diminutive, fine, very small, tiny.
2. Circumstantial, particular, critical, precise, exact, detailed.
II. noun
1. Sixtieth part of an hour, sixty seconds.
2. Sixtieth part of a degree.
3. Note, memorandum.
III. verb active
Note, take a note of, jot down.