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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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But the academy product only had 25 minutes of top-flight football before this season so expectations must be managed.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

When I was in 10th grade, she helped me enroll in the Burlington County Footlighters, a community theater, about 45 minutes away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The Galaxy have split the two games in which he played, but in the 91 minutes he was on the field, he showed he can be a game-changing — if not season-changing — presence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

In 2024-25 Jackson scored 10 goals to Watkins' 16 in 382 fewer minutes.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

After a few minutes of foraging, snapping, and binding, the fox and the badger stood back to survey their work.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman