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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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This comes after waking at 5:30 a.m., walking the dog, packing breakfast and lunch and driving 30 minutes from their Charleston, W.Va., home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

With three minutes and 52 seconds left in the first quarter, Sexton checked into the game, and his first play was a steal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

They made six errors in the opening 20 minutes - and a better side than France, who haven't reached the semi-finals since 1992, would have taken advantage.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The average contest this season has lasted 3 hours and 11 minutes, the highest in decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

My own list emblazoned in my brain, I manage to find a dozen files for the deceased members of the Forty-Eighth in about twenty minutes, all with no sign of the archivist returning.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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