🇬🇧 Minute meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

When something is minute, it is so extremely small that it’s hard to see or notice. A minute thing might be smaller than a grain of sand, smaller than a crumb, or even so tiny you need a microscope to see it. We use minute to describe size, not time, so a minute object is one that is teeny-tiny.

My super-advanced robot had a minute power button, so small I needed a toothpick and three wishes to turn it on.

I tried to scare my sister with a spider, but it was so minute she thought I was pointing at imaginary dirt.

My brother bragged about his muscles, but they were so minute that even the microscope said, “Sorry, nothing to see here.”

The dragon in my drawing looked fierce, but I accidentally gave it minute wings, so it could only fly if the wind felt sorry for it.

Scientists study minute living things called microbes; some are so incredibly tiny that millions could fit on the tip of a pencil.

A child held a minute seed on a big palm. A minute ant climbed it; a minute drop of rain landed, making a minute sprout shake. The child crouched, breath held, watching the minute world tilt and settle. Joy broke across the child's face when the minute sprout opened; the child laughed and slipped the seed into a warm pocket.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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