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    [Noun]  | "min*ute" | \ ˈmi-nət \


    1: the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds

    2: the 60th part of a degree of angular measure

    3: the distance one can traverse in a minute

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin minuta, from Latin minutus small, from past participle of minuere to lessen {mat|minor|};

    [Noun]  | "arc minute" 


    1: minute

    Origin: 1892 ;

    [Noun]  | "last minute" 


    1: the moment just before some climactic, decisive, or disastrous event

    Origin: 1653 ;

    [Noun]  | "New York minute" 


    1: a very brief span of time : instant, flash

    Origin: 1954 ;

    [Noun]  | "sidereal minute" 


    1: the 60th part of a sidereal hour

    Origin: 1852 ;

    [Verb]  | "min*ute" | \ ˈmi-nət \


    1: to make notes or a brief summary of

    Origin: 1601 ;

     See: {minute:1 };

    [Idiom]  | "within minutes" 


    1: within a very short amount of time

    [Idiom]  | "at a moment's/minute's notice" 


    1: immediately after one has been told about something

    [Idiom]  | "have a few minutes/moments" 


    1: have a short period of time available (for something)

    [Idiom]  | "on a moment's/minute's notice" 


    1: immediately after one has been told about something

    [Verb]  | "minutes" 


    1: as in chronicles, transcribes;


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    [Noun]  | "minutes" 


    1: a very small space of time;


      * e.g., " ... I'll be with you in just a minute "



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    [Noun]  | "minute" 


    1: a very small space of time;


      * e.g., " ... I'll be with you in just a minute "



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    [Noun]  | "New York minutes" 


    1: a very small space of time;


      * e.g., " ... in a New York minute she had signed the contract and was off on her first assignment "



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    [Noun]  | "last minutes" 


    1: the last possible time when something can be done;


      * e.g., " ... You shouldn't wait until the last minute before planning your retirement. "



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    [Noun]  | "New York minute" 


    1: a very small space of time;


      * e.g., " ... in a New York minute she had signed the contract and was off on her first assignment "



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     [ "minutes" ]

    1: The act of showing and sharing affection, esp. between significant others.

      * e.g.,  ... Aw, Zack won't be back for a while, he's gonna go grab some minutes with Michelle. 

     [ "in a minute" ]

    1: When you haven't done something in a long time.

      * e.g.,  ... For example, I haven't seen her in a minute. 

     [ "minute" ]

    1: A very long time.

      * e.g.,  ... yo I haven't seen you in a minute! 

     [ "Minute" ]

    1: Might be 20 minutes, 5 minutes or a week or a year... but rarely really just one minute...

      * e.g.,  ... I haven't felt so alive in a minute... but i do now.. 

     [ "a minute" ]

    1: a long or medium period of time

      * e.g.,  ... yo i aint seen you in a minute 

     [ "in a minute" ]

    1: ghetto way of saying in a long time

      * e.g.,  ... Tyrone: What's good Darius? 

     [ "for a minute" ]

    1: A time span implying a very long time

      * e.g.,  ... Damn, Marquis...You ain't hit dat dipper for a minute...Pass dat shit over dis way! 

     [ "minute" ]

    1: used when talking about a period of time much longer than an actual minute. sometimes also called "an ill minute" or "a hot minute".

      * e.g.,  ... "Yo i haven't seen you in a minute" 

     [ "in a minute" ]

    1: I period of time that is most likely longer then a minute.

      * e.g.,  ... I'll holler at you in a minute. 

     [ "in a minute" ]

    2: Rather it be the past, or future, you can use the term.

      * e.g.,  ... I ain't seen him in a minute. 

     [ "a minute" ]

    1: According to comedian Al Jackson approximately 5 years.

      * e.g.,  ... I ain't see joe in like a minute Tupac's been dead for like 3 minutes. 

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