minute
gb/mˈɪnɪt/ us/mˈɪnɪt/
A1
Ingles
~ 400
perc, pillanat, apró, elenyésző, parányi, jegyzőkönyv
PANGNGALAN
A1
1
perc
A1
Padron ng paggamit:
[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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
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.
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners sometimes confuse 'minute' with 'moment'—'minute' is exact, while 'moment' is not.
Kahulugan
Unit of time equal to 60 seconds
Mga kolokasyon
a few minutes
|ten minutes
|every minute
|in a minute
|minutes later
Mga kasingkahulugan
moment (Less precise; often means a short but undefined time.)
Mga kasalungat
hour (A longer time period equal to sixty minutes.)
Mga tema
time
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
Depinisyon
A measure of time that is 60 seconds long.
A unit of time equal to sixty seconds, or one sixtieth of an hour.
PANGNGALAN
B1
2
pillanat
A2
Padron ng paggamit:
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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
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.
Kahulugan
Exact moment something happens
Mga kolokasyon
at that minute
|last minute
|this minute
Mga kasingkahulugan
moment (Similar but more general; can be less precise than 'minute' in this sense.)
Mga tema
time
|core_vocabulary
Depinisyon
A specific moment when something happens.
A particular point in time, often used with 'the' to indicate when something occurs.
B2
3
Padron ng paggamit:
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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
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.
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners sometimes pronounce this meaning the same as the time-related noun. Here it is pronounced 'my-NOOT'.
Kahulugan
Very small in size or amount
Mga kolokasyon
minute detail
|minute particle
|minute amount
Mga kasingkahulugan
tiny (Common everyday word for very small, less formal than 'minute'.)
Mga kasalungat
huge (Much larger in size compared to something small.)
Mga tema
size
|core_vocabulary
Depinisyon
Very, very small.
Extremely small in size, amount, or degree.
PANGNGALAN
B2
FORMAL
4
jegyzőkönyv
B2
Padron ng paggamit:
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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
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.
Kahulugan
Official record of a meeting
Mga kolokasyon
meeting minutes
|approve the minutes
|take minutes
Mga kasingkahulugan
record (General term for any documented account; not specific to meetings.)
Mga tema
business
|work
|communication
Depinisyon
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
Anyo sa diksyunaryo
minute
IPA
GB/mˈɪnɪt/
US/mˈɪnɪt/
Mga pantig at diin
minute (1 pantig)
Stress on 1st syllable (minute)
Mga anyo ng salita
Adjective
- Base: minute
- Comparative: minuter
- Superlative: minutest
Noun
- Base: minute
- Plural: minute, minutes
Mga kaugnay na salita
Forms
minutes
noun
minuter
adjective
minutest
adjective
Advanced or less common
minutely
adverb
Mga ekspresyon
every minute counts
1/ˈɛvɹi mˈɪnɪt kˈaʊnts/
idiom
Time is valuable; don’t waste it.
All time is important and should be used well.
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.