{
    "term": "minute",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "extremely small",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "minute amounts of chemicals in the water"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The kitchen on the boat is minute."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Even minute amounts of bacteria in the water supply can cause disease."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were minute traces of the drug present in his blood."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "tiny"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "very detailed, careful and complete",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **minute examination/inspection**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She remembered everything **in minute detail/in the minutest detail(s)**."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/maɪˈnjuːt/",
                "audio": "mi/minute/minute__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/maɪˈnuːt/",
                "audio": "mi/minute/minute__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘lesser’, with reference to a tithe or tax): from Latin minutus ‘lessened’, past participle of minuere."
}