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# min

«min» in Mova's school dictionary: **the short way to write minute** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

abbreviation, noun (min — minute, minutes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Min is the short way to write minute. There are 60 min in one hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/min/#m1)

2) Min can also be short for minimum, the smallest amount allowed (as in «min 3 players»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/min/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a unit of time for how long something takes; changing hours to minutes; timetables. In everyday life: cooking times on packets, bus timetables, a game «min 2 players». Phrases: «5 min», «per min», «h and min».

### examples

- The bus ride takes 25 min. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/min/#x1)
- She reads for 15 min every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/min/#x2)
- 1 h 20 min = 80 min. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/min/#x3)
- The cake bakes for 40 min. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/min/#x4)
- An hour has 60 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/min/#x5)
- Cook the pasta for 10 min. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/min/#x6)
- The next train comes in 5 min. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/min/#x7)
- Min. age 8 years, says the board game box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/min/#x8)

### note

Write «min» with no s: «5 min». Do not confuse «min» (minute) with «m» (metre). Maths: a unit of time; add only min to min. Trap: change hours to minutes (× 60) before adding, and do not count 100 minutes in an hour.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «min» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/min/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.