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{ "term": "minute", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "each of the 60 parts of an hour, that are equal to 60 seconds", "sensetop": "minutes to…minutes past…minutes after/before…in… minutesfor… minuteswithin minutesper minute", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "It's four minutes to six.", "contextForm": "minutes to…" }, { "text": "four minutes past two", "contextForm": "minutes past…" }, { "text": "five minutes after/before midnight", "contextForm": "minutes after/before…" }, { "text": "I'll be back in a few minutes.", "contextForm": "in… minutes" }, { "text": "Boil the rice for 20 minutes.", "contextForm": "for… minutes" }, { "text": "The ship sank within minutes.", "contextForm": "within minutes" }, { "text": "The pump delivers seven gallons per minute.", "contextForm": "per minute" }, { "text": "It's only a ten-minute bus ride into town." }, { "text": "Two **minutes later** the phone rang." }, { "text": "I enjoyed every minute of the party." }, { "text": "The students took fifteen minutes to complete the questionnaire." }, { "text": "Just minutes into the second half of the game Robinson scored his second goal." }, { "text": "Russo scored in the 87th minute." }, { "text": "It takes only a few minutes to grill this fish." }, { "text": "He listened for a couple of minutes, then smiled." }, { "text": "There were two goals in the opening five minutes of the game." }, { "text": "After twenty minutes I started to get worried." }, { "text": "Fifteen minutes turned into thirty, and still no one called." }, { "text": "For ten agonizing minutes she couldn't find her son." }, { "text": "Gina wasted ten precious minutes on her final test question." }, { "text": "He scored in the final minutes of the game." }, { "text": "I spent ten minutes dealing with emails." }, { "text": "If you have a few spare minutes, you could clean the kitchen." }, { "text": "Ten long minutes later, he finally had the results." }, { "text": "The film starts in ten minutes." }, { "text": "The minutes ticked by and still nothing happened." }, { "text": "The noise lasted almost a full minute." }, { "text": "Tracey was already counting the minutes until the weekend." }, { "text": "We waited for ten minutes and then left." }, { "text": "With each passing minute, the tension mounts." }, { "text": "the minute hand on the clock" } ], "topics": ["Time"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["closing", "final", "opening"], "verb + minute": ["spend", "last", "take"], "minute + verb": ["elapse", "pass", "tick by"], "minute + noun": ["hand"], "preposition": ["after… minutes", "for… minutes", "in… minutes"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a very short time", "sensetop": "for a minutein a minute", "labels": "(informal)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "It only takes a minute to make a salad." }, { "text": "Could you **wait a minute**, please?" }, { "text": "**Hang on a minute**—I'll just get my coat." }, { "text": "I just have to finish this—I won't be a minute." }, { "text": "Could I see you for a minute?", "contextForm": "for a minute" }, { "text": "I'll be with you in a minute, Jo.", "contextForm": "in a minute" }, { "text": "Typical English weather—one minute it's raining and the next minute the sun is shining." }, { "text": "My brain was still working **a mile a minute** *(= very fast)*." }, { "text": "Can you spare a minute?" }, { "text": "Do you have a minute, Miss Brown?" }, { "text": "This will only take a minute." }, { "text": "One minute he was fine and the next minute he collapsed on the floor." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["last", "next", "spare"], "verb + minute": ["hang on", "hold on", "wait"], "preposition": ["in a minute", "within minutes"], "phrases": [ "every waking minute", "just a minute", "the minute something happens" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "an exact moment in time", "sensetop": "at that/the minute", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "At that very minute, Tom walked in.", "contextForm": "at that/the minute" }, { "text": "I've got things on my mind at the minute." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["last", "next", "spare"], "verb + minute": ["hang on", "hold on", "wait"], "preposition": ["in a minute", "within minutes"], "phrases": [ "every waking minute", "just a minute", "the minute something happens" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "each of the 60 equal parts of a degree, used in measuring angles", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "37 degrees 30 minutes (37° 30′)" } ], "topics": ["Maths and measurement"] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a summary or record of what is said or decided at a formal meeting", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "We read through the minutes of the last meeting." }, { "text": "Who is going to **take the minutes** *(= write them)*?" }, { "text": "I wrote up the minutes of the meeting and circulated them by email." } ], "topics": ["Working life"], "collocations": { "verb + minutes": ["keep", "take", "circulate"], "phrases": ["the minutes of a meeting"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a short note on a subject, especially one that recommends a course of action", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "very soon", "examples": [ { "text": "Hurry up! He'll be back any minute now." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "very fast", "examples": [ { "text": "Matters grew worse by the minute." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a short period of being famous", "examples": [ { "text": "Everybody wants their fifteen minutes of fame." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to ask somebody to wait for a short time", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "‘Is Mr Burns available?’ ‘Just a second, please—I'll check.’" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "the latest possible time before an important event", "examples": [ { "text": "They changed the plans at the last minute." }, { "text": "Don't leave your decision to the last moment." }, { "text": "Don't leave everything till the last minute." }, { "text": "Why do you leave it until the last possible moment before getting ready to leave?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "as soon as…", "examples": [ { "text": "I want to see him the minute he arrives." }, { "text": "The minute she walked through the door I thought she looked different." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "certainly not; not at all", "examples": [ { "text": "I don't think for a minute that she'll accept but you can ask her." }, { "text": "I never thought for a minute he'd refuse." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that somebody is very stupid", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "immediately; now", "examples": [ { "text": "Come down this minute!" }, { "text": "I don't know what I'm going to do yet—I've **just this minute** found out." }, { "text": "Come here this minute!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "exactly", "examples": [ { "text": "The train arrived at 9.05 to the minute." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "fashionable and modern", "examples": [ { "text": "Her styles are always up to the minute." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "having the latest information", "examples": [ { "text": "The traffic reports are up to the minute." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to wait for a short time", "examples": [ { "text": "Can you wait a second while I make a call?" }, { "text": "Hey! Wait a minute! I'll come with you!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "used when you have just noticed or remembered something, or had a sudden idea", "examples": [ { "text": "Wait a minute—this isn't the right key." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈmɪnɪt/", "audio": "mi/minute/minute__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈmɪnɪt/", "audio": "mi/minute/minute__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin minuta, feminine (used as a noun) of minutus ‘made small’. The senses ‘period of sixty seconds’ and ‘sixtieth of a degree’ derive from medieval Latin pars minuta prima ‘first minute part’. The sense record of a meeting is from late Middle English (in the singular in the sense ‘note or memorandum’): from French minute, from the notion of a rough copy in “small writing” (Latin scriptura minuta) as distinct from the fair copy in book hand. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent." }