All 12 Uses of
minute
in
The Giver
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Within minutes the speakers had crackled again, and the voice, reassuring now and less urgent, had explained that a Pilot-in-Training had misread his navigational instructions and made a wrong turn.†
p. 2..6
- The tub would be filled in a minute and the water flow would stop automatically.†
p. 30..2
- His real self was aware that it was only a minute or two; but his other, memory-receiving self felt hours pass in the sun.†
p. 86..3
- You're one minute late.†
p. 91..4 *
- I'm one minute late because something happened," he explained.†
p. 91..5
- That's why I was one minute late," he concluded, and looked questioningly at The Giver.†
p. 92..1
- Jonas was silent for a minute.†
p. 99..0
- I thought for a minute that they were wilting, and we should let the Gardening Crew know they needed more watering.†
p. 99..8
- They were both silent for a minute.†
p. 125..6
- Every minute counted now, and every minute must take him farther from the community.†
p. 163..7
- Every minute counted now, and every minute must take him farther from the community.†
p. 163..8
- So he rode hard, steadily, willing himself not to tire as the minutes and miles passed.†
p. 166..8
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.