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Minute

/mˈɪnət/
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(noun) A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).

The station is a ten minute drive from here.
A minute has sixty seconds.
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Please wait a ____ while I finish typing this final email, and then I will be ready to leave for the meeting with you.

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