All 5 Uses of
minute
in
A Doll's House
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Wait a minute; I will come with you.†
Act 1
- On the contrary, he thinks it gives him the right to adopt a familiar tone with me, and every minute it is "I say, Helmer, old fellow!" and that sort of thing.†
Act 2
- You must coach me up to the last minute.†
Act 2
- Not a single minute, my sweet Nora.†
Act 3
- Wait a minute?†
Act 3 *
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.