minute
gb/mˈɪnɪt/ us/mˈɪnɪt/
A1
Anglų
~ 400
perc, pillanat, apró, elenyésző, parányi, jegyzőkönyv
DAIKTAVARDIS
A1
1
perc
A1
Vartosenos šablonas:
[number] minutes
The meeting will start in five minutes.
A megbeszélés öt perc múlva kezdődik.
It only takes a minute to walk there.
Gyalog csak egy perc odaérni.
She was late by ten minutes.
Please wait a couple of minutes before calling again.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
I will call you in one minute.
Egy perc múlva hívlak.
The bus comes every ten minutes.
A busz tízpercenként jár.
It takes five minutes to cook pasta.
He left a few minutes ago.
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'minute' with 'moment'—'minute' is exact, while 'moment' is not.
Reikšmė
Unit of time equal to 60 seconds
Kolokacijos
a few minutes
|ten minutes
|every minute
|in a minute
|minutes later
Sinonimai
moment (Less precise; often means a short but undefined time.)
Antonimai
hour (A longer time period equal to sixty minutes.)
Temos
time
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
Apibrėžimas
A measure of time that is 60 seconds long.
A unit of time equal to sixty seconds, or one sixtieth of an hour.
DAIKTAVARDIS
B1
2
pillanat
A2
Vartosenos šablonas:
at the minute [something happens]
At the minute the phone rang, she was leaving.
Abban a pillanatban, amikor megszólalt a telefon, éppen indulni készült.
He arrived at the last minute.
Az utolsó pillanatban érkezett meg.
This minute is very important for our team.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
He came at the last minute.
Az utolsó pillanatban jött.
I am busy this minute.
Ebben a pillanatban nem érek rá.
She called me the minute she arrived.
Reikšmė
Exact moment something happens
Kolokacijos
at that minute
|last minute
|this minute
Sinonimai
moment (Similar but more general; can be less precise than 'minute' in this sense.)
Temos
time
|core_vocabulary
Apibrėžimas
A specific moment when something happens.
A particular point in time, often used with 'the' to indicate when something occurs.
B2
3
Vartosenos šablonas:
minute [object/amount]
There were minute traces of dust on the surface.
A felületen parányi pornyomok látszottak.
She examined the painting in minute detail.
A legapróbb részletekig megvizsgálta a festményt.
The differences between the two plans are minute.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
There is a minute hole in my shirt.
Az ingemen van egy apró lyuk.
The insect is minute and hard to see.
A rovar parányi, alig lehet észrevenni.
I saw a minute spot on the glass.
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes pronounce this meaning the same as the time-related noun. Here it is pronounced 'my-NOOT'.
Reikšmė
Very small in size or amount
Kolokacijos
minute detail
|minute particle
|minute amount
Sinonimai
tiny (Common everyday word for very small, less formal than 'minute'.)
Antonimai
huge (Much larger in size compared to something small.)
Temos
size
|core_vocabulary
Apibrėžimas
Very, very small.
Extremely small in size, amount, or degree.
DAIKTAVARDIS
B2
FORMAL
4
jegyzőkönyv
B2
Vartosenos šablonas:
minutes of [a meeting]
The secretary read the minutes from last week's meeting.
A titkár felolvasta a múlt heti ülés jegyzőkönyvét.
Please approve the minutes before we move on.
Mielőtt továbblépünk, kérem, fogadják el a jegyzőkönyvet.
She was asked to take the minutes during the discussion.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
I read the minutes of the meeting.
Elolvastam az ülés jegyzőkönyvét.
He writes the minutes every week.
Minden héten ő vezeti a jegyzőkönyvet.
We approved the minutes quickly.
Reikšmė
Official record of a meeting
Kolokacijos
meeting minutes
|approve the minutes
|take minutes
Sinonimai
record (General term for any documented account; not specific to meetings.)
Temos
business
|work
|communication
Apibrėžimas
A written note of what people said and decided at a meeting.
An official written record of what was discussed and decided at a meeting.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
minute
IPA
GB/mˈɪnɪt/
US/mˈɪnɪt/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
minute (1 skiemuo)
Stress on 1st syllable (minute)
Žodžio formos
Adjective
- Base: minute
- Comparative: minuter
- Superlative: minutest
Noun
- Base: minute
- Plural: minute, minutes
Žodžių šeima
Forms
minutes
noun
minuter
adjective
minutest
adjective
Advanced or less common
minutely
adverb
Posakiai
every minute counts
1/ˈɛvɹi mˈɪnɪt kˈaʊnts/
idiom
Time is valuable; don’t waste it.
All time is important and should be used well.
Pavyzdžiai
- We have to hurry—every minute counts.
- In an emergency, every minute counts.
in a minute
1/ˈɪn ə mˈɪnɪt/
fixed phrase
Very soon from now
After a short time from now.
Pavyzdžiai
- I’ll join you in a minute.
- Dinner will be ready in a minute.
the minute (that)
1/ðə mˈɪnɪt ðˈæt/
fixed phrase
As soon as something happens
Immediately when something happens.
Pavyzdžiai
- Call me the minute you get home.
- The lights went out the minute the storm began.
at the last minute
1/ˈæt ðə lˈæst mˈɪnɪt/
idiom
Just before it is too late
Doing something just before it is too late or before it must be done.
Pavyzdžiai
- She bought the ticket at the last minute.
- We booked our tickets at the last minute.
- He finished his homework at the last minute before class started.
- He changed his mind at the last minute and didn’t go.