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minute

[min-it] / ˈmɪn ɪt /
ADJECTIVE
very small
Synonyms
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infinitesimal microscopic minimal minuscule tiny
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diminutive fine little miniature minim paltry peewee wee
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atomic exiguous inconsiderable invisible microbic molecular slender teeny-weeny
Antonyms
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big enormous huge immense large substantial
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giant
WEAK
considerable gigantic mighty
ADJECTIVE
unimportant
Synonyms
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insignificant negligible slight trivial
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light little minor nonessential petty small trifling
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circumstantial immaterial inconsiderable picayune piddling puny
Antonyms
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consequential important significant substantial valuable
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major necessary useful
WEAK
considerable
ADJECTIVE
exact, precise, detailed
Synonyms
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exhaustive meticulous painstaking thorough
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close full particular
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blow-by-blow careful clocklike critical detailed elaborate itemized particularized punctilious scrupulous specialized
Antonyms
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careless
STRONG
imprecise
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inexact rough
NOUN
brief time period
Synonyms
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moment second short time
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MO breath crack flash instant jiffy min sec shake twinkling
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bat of an eye nothing flat sixtieth of hour sixty seconds split second

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The club held a minute applause for the teenager and a football shirt was signed in his memory.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

And that limited grant shaped the oral argument from the opening minute.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

And Harrison and I took a minute and we walked away from the set and we started running the scene, walking up and down the busy street to kind of acclimate ourselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Orab, in a community in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains—about a 40 minute drive from Cincinnati.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

I let that sink in for a minute as he finally looked up and handed us a page.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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