Collocations for "minutes"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "minutes" in context.
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minute
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [two, a few, several] minutes
- will [be there, pick you up in [two] minutes
- [arrived, showed up] [two] minutes [later, late, early, earlier]
- need [two] minutes to [finish, get ready, rest]
- give me [two] minutes to [finish]
- [give me, need] a minute to [think, decide, catch my breath]
- [give, spare] me a few minutes of your time
- the [train, bus] was [two] minutes late
- [in, during] the final minutes (of)
- [finished, remembered, moved] at the last minute
- waited until the last minute to
- [hey, just] wait a minute!
- [hang, hold] on a minute
- come here right this minute!
- (this) [will, may] take a few minutes
- I'll [come, do it] in a minute
- I'll be [with you, there, down] in just a minute
- UK: [not, just] at the minute
- the [test, questionnaire, interview] will take [30] minutes
- the duration of the [video, talk, webinar] is [30] minutes
- the team [scored, won, tied] in the last minute
- [call, phone, text] me the minute you get [home, there]
- can't wait a minute more
- can't get a minute's [peace, rest]
- will observe a minute's silence
- the minutes [flew, rushed] by
- hours, minutes, and seconds
- [take, note, hand out] the minutes of the meeting
- [my watch's, the clock's] minute hand
- the minute hand (of my watch)
- a two-minute [warning, silence, commercial]
- [beat, broke, smashed, ran] the four-minute mile
- go to the minute clinic
- minute amount of
- a minute [creature, insect]
- minute differences in [size, weight, opinion, meaning]
- the minute details of
- (subjected to a) minute [examination, inspection]
- on a minute [budget, scale]
- the chances are minute
'minutes' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
activity
- additional
- after
- ago
- alarm
- allotment
- allow
- another
- anxious
- approximately
- asleep
- baker
- banter
- bare
- bidding
- bike
- boil
- boiling
- bomb
- bonus
- brew
- broccoli
- bus
- chat
- chime
- choice
- clock
- closing
- commute
- couple
- crisp
- dazed
- delay
- departure
- destination
- developer
- disconnect
- dishwasher
- dryer
- duration
- early
- earthquake
- eating
- eggplant
- eight
- eleven
- encore
- engagement
- exercise
- fame