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I 'minit noun1) (the sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds: It is twenty minutes to eight; The journey takes thirty minutes; a ten-minute delay.) minutt2) (in measuring an angle, the sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds: an angle of 47° 50′ (= forty-seven degrees, fifty minutes).) bueminutt3) (a very short time: Wait a minute; It will be done in a minute.) øyeblikk, minutt4) (a particular point in time: At that minute, the telephone rang.) i samme øyeblikk, straks, på streken, akkurat da5) ((in plural) the notes taken at a meeting recording what was said: The chairman asked for this decision to be recorded in the minutes.) møtereferat/-protokoll•- the minute that
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- up to the minute II adjective1) (very small: The diamonds in the brooch were minute.) ørliten, bitte liten2) (paying attention to the smallest details: minute care.) meget omhyggelig, utførlig•- minutely- minutenessminutt--------ørlitenIsubst. \/ˈmɪnɪt\/1) minutt2) ( hverdagslig) liten stund, øyeblikk3) tidspunkt, øyeblikk4) notat, memorandumapprove the minutes godkjenne referatetby the minute ( spesielt om progresjon eller endring) svært raskt, hurtighalf a minute en liten stund, et øyeblikkin a minute om et øyeblikk, straksI won't be a minute jeg kommer straks, jeg kommer om et øyeblikkjust a minute! eller wait a minute! et øyeblikk!, vent litt!, et øyeblikk, bare!( som innledning til spørsmål eller innvending) vent litt!, stopp litt!, stopp en halv!keep the minutes føre referat, føre protokollminute by minute minutt for minutt, fortløpendenot for a minute slett ikke, ikke i det hele tattthis minute eller this very minute øyeblikkelig, med det samme for et øyeblikk sidento the minute på minuttet, presis, på slagetup to the minute fullstendig oppdatert, fullstendig a jourIIverb \/ˈmɪnɪt\/1) føre referat, føre protokoll2) sende referat til, sende protokollen til3) ta tiden på, måle tiden påminute down skrive ned i referatetIIIadj. \/maɪˈnjuːt\/, \/mɪˈnjuːt\/1) svært liten, minimal, bitte liten, ørliten, ubetydelig, hårfin2) omhyggelig, utførlig, minutiøs, presisin minute detail ned til minste detalj, svært detaljert -
2 play for time
(to delay an action, decision etc in the hope that conditions will improve.) trekke ut tida, forsøke å vinne tid
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