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