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minute |
Grep of noun minute ampere-minute arcminute beats per minute count per minute counts/minute four-minute man light minute minute minute book minute gun minute hand minute of arc minute steak minuteman minuteness minutes new york minute revolutions per minute words per minute Overview of noun minute The noun minute has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (83) minute, min -- (a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he ran a 4 minute mile") 2. (8) moment, minute, second bit -- (an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit") 3. (1) moment, minute, second instant -- (a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began") 4. minute, arcminute, minute of arc -- (a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree) 5. minute -- (a short note; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting") 6. hour, minute -- (distance measured by the time taken to cover it "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away") Overview of adj minute The adj minute has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (5) infinitesimal, minute, microscopic -- (infinitely or immeasurably small "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale") 2. atomic, atomlike, minute -- (immeasurably small) 3. minute, narrow -- (characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report") Antonyms of adj minute 3 senses of minute Sense 1 infinitesimal, minute, microscopic INDIRECT (VIA small little) -> large big INDIRECT (VIA small little) -> large big Sense 2 atomic, atomlike, minute INDIRECT (VIA microscopic) -> macroscopic, macroscopical, large Sense 3 minute, narrow INDIRECT (VIA careful) -> careless Similarity of adj minute 3 senses of minute Sense 1 infinitesimal, minute, microscopic => small (vs. large), little (vs. big) Sense 2 atomic, atomlike, minute => microscopic (vs. macroscopic), microscopical, small Sense 3 minute, narrow => careful (vs. careless) Attributes of adj minute Familiarity of adj minute minute used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj minute last-minute minute up-to-the-minute Overview of noun minute The noun minute has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (83) minute, min -- (a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he ran a 4 minute mile") 2. (8) moment, minute, second bit -- (an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit") 3. (1) moment, minute, second instant -- (a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began") 4. minute, arcminute, minute of arc -- (a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree) 5. minute -- (a short note; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting") 6. hour, minute -- (distance measured by the time taken to cover it "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away") Overview of adj minute The adj minute has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (5) infinitesimal, minute, microscopic -- (infinitely or immeasurably small "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale") 2. atomic, atomlike, minute -- (immeasurably small) 3. minute, narrow -- (characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report")
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