minute
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
he ran a 4 minute mile
Types & categories
- time unit hypernym
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 adjective
infinitely or immeasurably small
two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm
Related & opposite
- minuteness derivation
- small similar to
Sense 3 noun
an indefinitely short time
wait just a moment
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- fugitive derivation
- Great Britain domain usage
Sense 4 adjective
characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
a minute inspection of the grounds
Related & opposite
- minuteness derivation
- careful similar to
Sense 5 noun
a particular point in time
the moment he arrived the party began
Types & categories
- point in time hypernym
- climax hyponym
- eleventh hour hyponym
- moment of truth hyponym
- moment of truth hyponym
- pinpoint hyponym
- time hyponym
- psychological moment hyponym
Related & opposite
- instantaneous derivation
Sense 6 noun
a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
Types & categories
- angular unit hypernym
Parts & wholes
Sense 7 noun
a short note
the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting
Types & categories
- note hypernym
Sense 8 noun
distance measured by the time taken to cover it
we live an hour from the airport
Types & categories
- distance hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | hour |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | second |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | time unit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | minuteness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | small |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fugitive |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | Great Britain |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | time |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wink |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | minuteness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | careful |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | instantaneous |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | point in time |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | climax |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | eleventh hour |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | moment of truth |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | moment of truth |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pinpoint |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | time |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | psychological moment |
| 6 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | arcdegree |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | arcsecond |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | angular unit |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | note |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | distance |