every minute (of something)

every minute (of something)
every minute (of something) phrase
all of a period of time

I enjoyed every minute of our holiday in Spain.

Thesaurus: all the time and alwayssynonym
Main entry: minute

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • 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

  • there's one born every minute — spoken used for saying that someone has been very stupid, especially because they have been tricked into doing something …   English dictionary

  • minute — 1 / mInit/ noun (C) 1 TIME one of the 60 parts into which an hour is divided: It takes me ten minutes to walk to work. | The train arrived at four minutes past eight. 2 at the last minute at the last possible time, just before it is too late:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • every — ev|ery W1S1 [ˈevri] determiner [always followed by a singular C noun] [: Old English; Origin: Afre Alc ever each ] 1.) used to refer to all the people or things in a particular group or all the parts of something ▪ We looked carefully at every… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • every — / evri/ determiner 1 each one of a group of things or people that make a group or set: Every student has to fill in a questionnaire. (=all the students) | every single: Unfortunately the President disagreed with every single thing his aides said …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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