minute Význam & definícia

Význam minute v slovenčine

• 0 one of the 60 parts that an hour is divided into, consisting of 60 seconds:

  • a 20-minute bus ride

  • It takes me 20 minutes to get to work.

  • The train leaves at three minutes to eight, so we'd better get there a few minutes before then.

  • Hang on/Wait a minute - I just have to get my bag.

  • Just a minute - I'll be with you when I've finished this.

  • I won't be a minute (= I will be ready soon).

  • When you've got a minute, I'd like a brief word with you.

• 1 the written record of what was said at a meeting:

  • Could you take/do (= write) the minutes, Daniel?

  • The minutes of the last meeting were approved unanimously (= everyone agreed that they were correct).

  • I've just received a minute from Clark authorizing the purchase of six more computers.

• 2 any of the 60 parts that the degrees of any angle are divided into

• 3 to make a written record of what is said at a meeting:

  • The chairman is minuted as having said that profits had fallen to an all-time low.

• 4 extremely small:

  • a minute amount/quantity

  • I've never seen a man with such tiny hands - they're minute!

  • The documentary showed an eye operation in minute detail (= showing every small detail).

• 5 any of the 60 parts that an hour is divided into; 60 seconds:

  • It takes me 20 minutes to get to work.

  • Just a minute – I’m almost ready.

  • When you’ve got a minute, I’d like to talk to you.

• 6 extremely small:

  • minute amounts/quantities

  • She examined the contract in minute detail (= looking at all the details of it).

• 7 the written record of what was said and decided at a meeting:

  • The company publishes the minutes of all its meetings online.

  • agree/approve the minutes

• 8 to write down what is said at a meeting and by whom:

  • It is part of her job to set the agenda for board meetings and take the minutes.

• 9 an official message or written statement that records a decision and often gives permission for an action to be taken:

  • We've received a minute authorizing the purchase of six more computers.

  • There did not appear to be any proper board minute approving the sale.

• 10 to make a written record of what was said at a meeting:

  • The secretary hadn't bothered to minute half the meetings on the subject.

  • be fully/carefully/properly minuted Talks with lobbyists were fully minuted.