From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishin a minutein a minutePMNvery soon Wait here. I’ll be back in a minute. Mr Gregson will be with you in a minute. → minute
Examples from the Corpus
in a minute• There was blood everywhere and in minutes the whole scene looked like Custer's Last Stand.• Ten minutes after the break Middlesbrough suddenly burst into attack with two good chances in a minute.• As for water, that would come in minute drops from the cactus.• I would have married her in a minute.• I've got a meeting with Liz in a minute.• The firm says its key target is persuading busy young mums that Spam makes an easy meal in minutes.• Perhaps in a minute or two the door would open again and there would be ... who?• Interleukin-2 is normally present in minute quantities in the microscopic local environment of lymphocytes and acts only upon those few cells.• Streams swell in minutes and waterfalls get a sudden new lease of life.• Tell him we'll be there in a minute.• Selenium, a substance in crude oil, is toxic to wildlife in minute levels. 