All 25 Uses
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The Swiss Family Robinson
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- When we got on board, I desired the boys to collect whatever came first to hand, and load the raft to be ready for our return at night, and then we made a minute inspection of the pinnace.
Chpt 6minute = careful
- Jack had to answer a host of questions concerning their capture, and to give a minute account of the affray with the buffaloes.
Chpt 7 *minute = detailed
- You are right, Fritz; coral consists of the calcereous cells of minute animals, so built up as to form a tree-like structure.
Chpt 10 *minute = tiny
- They raised a shout of triumph, which guided Jack to the scene of action; and their first care was for the dogs, whose wounds they dressed before minutely examining the hyaena.
Chpt 15minutely = carefully
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- Spit it all out this minute!'†
Chpt 3
- I will wait a few minutes, but the instant there is danger, cut the line.'†
Chpt 5
- For a few minutes I could do nothing but laugh, but then running to him with my hatchet, I struck several sharp blows on his bundle, which we opened carefully, and found within the land-crab perfectly dead.†
Chpt 6
- 'The year contains 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 45 seconds,' returned he promptly.†
Chpt 9
- 'Perfectly correct!' said I, smiling, 'but you would get in a mess with those spare hours, minutes, and seconds in a year or two, wouldn't you?'†
Chpt 9
- By and by the other boys arrived, Ernest holding up the knife in token of being the winner; and after hearing all particulars about the running, and that he had reached Falconhurst two minutes before Fritz, we proceeded to test the climbing powers of the youthful athletes.†
Chpt 9
- 'On being bitten by a cobra, the sufferer applies one of these stones to each puncture, where they adhere strongly for a time, five or six minutes being about the average.†
Chpt 11
- Ernest took the matter quite seriously, and planting his elbows on his knees, he bent his thoughtful brow in his hands, and remained wrapt in poetic meditation for about two minutes.†
Chpt 11
- 'It cannot possibly be Swift,' said I; adding, after listening attentively a minute or two, 'I am inclined to think it must be the cry of a bittern, a fine handsome bird of the nature of a heron.'†
Chpt 12
- In a few minutes a herd of creatures like little pigs issued from the thicket, and made off in single file at a brisk trot; they were of a uniform grey colour, and showed short sharp tusks.†
Chpt 12
- We lost sight of him for a few minutes, and then arose a cry of terror, violent barking and deep, surly growls.†
Chpt 12 *
- When a full account of our adventures had been given, with a minute and special description of the bear-fight, my wife related what she had done during our absence.†
Chpt 12
- This great bird guarded the entrance to the cave, occasionally retiring into it himself for a few minutes; but as soon as the other birds came pressing in after him, he hurried out again and they were forced to retire.†
Chpt 12
- I saw a number of them running about and so unhooded him, and in a few minutes he brought me three—one dead, with whose body I rewarded him, and these two here, unhurt.'†
Chpt 13
- In a few minutes he returned with a scrap of paper in his hand.†
Chpt 15
- 'I felt stupefied for some minutes: the bird began to show signs of life, which recalled me to myself; and, quickly deciding what must be done, I tore a strip from my handkerchief, on which I traced the words, "Do not despair!†
Chpt 16
- On emerging into the dazzling sunshine, we found ourselves floating in the calm expanse of Pearl Bay; but it was some minutes before we could look around on the bright and lovely scene.†
Chpt 16
- In another minute the brave boy was on board, and in spite of his blackened face was kissed and welcomed heartily.†
Chpt 17
- For some minutes there was no reply, and then an answering report rolled in the distance.†
Chpt 18
- For some minutes longer we continued our examination of the scene, and then satisfied by the appearance of the camp on shore, that there was no chance of the brig quitting the coast for several days, we resolved to return without betraying our presence, for I was unwilling to appear before these strangers until we could do so in better form, and in a manner more in accordance with our actual resources.†
Chpt 18
- In another minute we were upon her deck.†
Chpt 18
Definitions:
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(1)
(minute as in: minute size) small, exceptionally small, or insignificant
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(2)
(minute as in: minute description) detailed (including even small considerations); and/or careful (done with care)
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(3)
(minutes as in: keep the minutes) a written record of what happened at a meeting
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(4)
(meaning too common or too 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.