MINUTE - one word, two meanings!

MINUTE is a HOMOGRAPH - that means it has more than one meaning. When 'minute' is a noun, the first syllable is stressed - MINute. When 'minute' is an adjective, the second syllable is stressed - miNUTE.

Learn to use both forms correctly, with meaning and examples!

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[syedarmaghanhassan]

It took me mere a minute after watching your videos to surrender my minute and humbling arsenal of English vocabulary to yours... 😅

[please_healtheworld]

When I saw the title of this video, I came up with this word 'minutes' which means 'preceedings'. 😊 But, I didn't know 'minute' refers to 'small' before. So, I'm trying to make sentences using all three of them.

Before finishing the meeting, our boss read the minutes roughly for about a minute. But, someone found a minute mistake in the minutes, and the boss corrected it. That was really sharp pointing out.

[HiteshKumar-nxwc]

Amazing video, Madam.!
Madam please tell me what is the difference between these two sentences 👇
- Hearing the news, he felt happy.
- He felt happy to hear the news.

[Xavidelbosque]

Hola Emma, hace unos pocos días encontré tu canal de Instagram, y la verdad me gustó la forma como enseñas, sobre todo porque hay transcripciones de lo que estás diciendo, veo también que hablas español, es difícil encontrar un nativo que hable español, estoy interesado en aprender inglés británico, tengo nivel A2, por lo mismo ya te estoy siguiendo tanto en Instagram, Youtube, y facebook, aunque hablas un acento británico standard tu pronunciación suena diferente, de que parte del reino unido eres?

[Adifgreat]

Interesting‼Can 'miNUTE' be used as a synonym of 'tiny'? Or does it have another sense?

[omprakashmohapatra]

Hi mam!
5 minutes is/are enough.
Here '5 minutes should be followed by a singular verb or plural verb'?

[mehmedbeyim]

Don't waste your time on minute issues even if it takes a minute.

[alisarvar]

Example: I had enough knowledge to find out all minute mistakes in a