All 8 Uses of
minute
in
An Ideal Husband
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- I converted him in ten minutes.†
Act 1
- But the observation crushed Tommy for ten minutes.†
Act 2
- ] The fact is, I have promised to go round for ten minutes to see poor Lady Brancaster, who is in very great trouble.†
Act 2
- I should like to have a few minutes' conversation with her.†
Act 2
- ] Want my cab round in twenty minutes.†
Act 3
- Arthur, you must let me stay for five minutes.†
Act 3
- I'll be back in five minutes.†
Act 4 *
- It's nearly twenty minutes since I saw her last.†
Act 4
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Much more commonly, minute and minutes refer to a period of time lasting 60 seconds.
Less commonly, they refer to a measurement of angle where 60 minutes make up a single degree, and where a right angle has 90 degrees and a circle has 360 degrees.