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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
comparative form of minute: more minute
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparative, form-of
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noun
Something that lasts or takes a specified number of minutes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds
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History
Etymology tree English minute Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English minuter From minute + -er (comparative suffix).
From minute + -er (measurement suffix).
