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# minute

noun (minute, minutes); adjective minute (said «my-NEWT», very small)

«minute» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A minute is a short length of time; sixty minutes make an hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minute/#m1)
2. A minute can mean a very short time: «Wait a minute». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minute/#m2)
3. Said differently, minute means very, very small. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minute/#m3)

### In the lessons

one sixtieth of an hour: an hour has 60 minutes and a minute has 60 seconds; the long hand of a clock is the minute hand; phrases: «a minute», «wait a minute», «just a minute», «at the last minute», «minute hand»

### Examples

- An hour has 60 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minute/#x1)
- Tom walks for 15 minutes each day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minute/#x2)
- The bus comes in 20 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minute/#x3)
- A minute has 60 seconds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minute/#x4)
- Wait a minute, I'm nearly ready! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minute/#x5)
- Boil the egg for 5 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minute/#x6)
- We finished the project at the last minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minute/#x7)
- The minute hand points to 6 at half past. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minute/#x8)
- “Wait a minute!” called the Scarecrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minute/#x9)

### Note

«An hour has 60 minutes.» «A minute has 60 seconds.» To change hours into minutes, multiply by 60. Trap: do not add minutes and hours without changing one into the other. Trap: «minute» (time) and «minute» (very small) are spelled the same but said differently.

## In Jewish tradition

one sixtieth of an hour: an hour has 60 minutes and a minute has 60 seconds; the long hand of a clock is the minute hand; phrases: «a minute», «wait a minute», «just a minute», «at the last minute», «minute hand»

### Examples

- C. to denote the absence of degrees, minutes, or seconds in their sexagesi- mal notation. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/minute/#x1)

### Note

«An hour has 60 minutes.» «A minute has 60 seconds.» To change hours into minutes, multiply by 60. Trap: do not add minutes and hours without changing one into the other. Trap: «minute» (time) and «minute» (very small) are spelled the same but said differently.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «minute» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minute/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«minute» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/minute.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «minute» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/minute/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«minute» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/minute.html) on Mova free.