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• the minute you do something — 1) as soon as you do something Please call me the minute you get home. 2) used for saying that a particular action causes a quick result or reaction The minute you mention marriage, he s gone …   English dictionary

• minute — min|ute1 [ mınıt ] noun *** 1. ) count a period of 60 seconds. There are 60 minutes in one hour: I ll meet you downstairs in ten minutes. We waited until twenty minutes to ten, then left. Thompson scored again in the final minutes of the game. a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• minute — I UK [ˈmɪnɪt] / US noun Word forms minute : singular minute plural minutes *** 1) [countable] a period of 60 seconds. There are 60 minutes in one hour I ll meet you downstairs in ten minutes. We waited until twenty minutes to ten, then left.… …   English dictionary

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• up-to-the-minute — also up to the minute ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Up to the minute information is the latest information that you can get about something. ...24 hours a day up to the minute instant news... Computers give them up to the minute information on sales and… …   English dictionary

• minute — I NOUN AND VERB USES ♦ minutes, minuting, minuted (Pronounced [[t]mɪ̱nɪt[/t]] in minute 1, and [[t]maɪnju͟ːt, AM nu͟ːt [/t]] in minute 2.) 1) N COUNT: oft num N A minute is one of the sixty parts that an hour is divided into. People often say a… …   English dictionary

• minute*/*/*/ — [ˈmɪnɪt] noun [C] I 1) a period of 60 seconds. There are 60 minutes in one hour I ll meet you downstairs in ten minutes.[/ex] The train leaves at six minutes past ten.[/ex] 2) informal a very short period of time It will only take a minute.[/ex]… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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• The Sacrament of Penance —     The Sacrament of Penance     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Sacrament of Penance     Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest s absolution to… …   Catholic encyclopedia