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• present tense form of minute (3rd person singular).
• plural of minute.

minutes

British  

/ ˈmɪnɪts /

plural noun

1. an official record of the proceedings of a meeting, conference, convention, etc

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Explanation

Minutes are notes that are taken at a meeting and often distributed to participants. Often, the secretary of an organization or club is the person who gets stuck taking the minutes. The best minutes provide a summary of the most important items that were discussed during a meeting. Parent-teacher organizations, city councils, and court hearings all include someone who takes minutes. In the case of a hearing, every single word spoken in the courtroom, unless specifically excluded by the judge, is included in the minutes. The Latin root of minutes is minuta scriptura, "rough notes," or "small writing."

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The outbreak was already the fastest growing on record, UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said last week, warning that "the epidemic is killing someone every 30 minutes".

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Those officials are afraid that they won’t get their 15 minutes of fame when financial television hosts can no longer elicit their latest pearls of wisdom about the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

On the economic front, we’ll see Fed minutes, housing-market data, and readings on manufacturing and services activity.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

But investors will be keeping an eye on the minutes of last month’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting, to be released Wednesday, for details on how Fed members view inflation and the interest-rate environment.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

Placing a long-distance call requires being on hold for up to five minutes sometimes, as a network of operators across the country snake the call to its destination.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse