- minute
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 one sixtieth of an hourADJECTIVE▪ closing, final, opening▪
He scored in the final minutes of the game.
▪ passing▪With each passing minute, the tension mounts.
▪ full, whole▪The noise lasted almost a full minute.
▪ long▪Ten long minutes later, he finally had the results.
▪ precious▪Gina wasted ten precious minutes on her final test question.
▪ agonizing, tense▪For ten agonizing minutes she couldn't find her son.
VERB + MINUTE▪ spend▪I spent ten minutes dealing with emails.
▪ last, take▪ waste▪ count▪Tracey was already counting the minutes until the weekend.
MINUTE + VERB▪ elapse, pass, tick by▪The minutes ticked by and still nothing happened.
▪ fly by▪ turn into sth▪Fifteen minutes turned into thirty, and still no one called.
MINUTE + NOUN▪ hand▪the minute hand on the clock
PREPOSITION▪ after … minutes▪After twenty minutes I started to get worried.
▪ for … minutes▪We waited for ten minutes and then left.
▪ in … minutes▪The movie starts in ten minutes.
▪ minutes after (AmE), minutes past (esp. BrE)▪four minutes after/past two
▪ minutes of (AmE), minutes to▪ten minutes to three
2 momentADJECTIVE▪ last▪Don't leave everything till the last minute.
▪ next▪One minute he was fine and the next minute he collapsed on the floor.
▪ spare▪If you have a few spare minutes, you could clean the kitchen.
VERB + MINUTE▪ hang on, hold on, wait▪Could you wait a minute, please?
▪ have, spare▪Do you have a minute, Miss Brown?
▪Can you spare a minute?
▪ take▪This will only take a minute.
PREPOSITION▪ in a minute▪I'll be with you in a minute.
▪ within minutes▪The ship sank within minutes.
PHRASES▪ every waking minute▪They spend every waking minute together.
▪ just a minute▪ the minute sth happens▪Tell him I want to see him the minute he arrives.
▪ not for a minute▪I never thought for a minute he'd refuse.
▪ this minute▪Come here this minute!
3 minutes written record of what is said at a meetingVERB + MINUTES▪ keep, take▪Who's going to take minutes? (esp. AmE)
▪Who's going to take the minutes? (esp. BrE)
▪ circulate▪ read▪ agree (BrE), approve, sign (BrE)▪ write up▪I wrote up the minutes of the meeting and circulated them by email.
PHRASES▪ the minutes of a meeting{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}adj.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
