minutes

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of minute. Use it when you mean more than one minute of time.

   The eggs need to boil for ten minutes.

   We waited several minutes for the train to arrive.

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2. 2
   nouncountableplural

   The written notes that record what people say and decide in a meeting.

   Like a written diary of everything important that happened in a meeting.

   The secretary read the minutes from last week's meeting aloud.

   Please email me the minutes so I can check what we agreed.

   Similarnotes, record, proceedings

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3. 3
   verb

   Third-person singular present of minute. Use it when he, she, or it is writing down the notes of a meeting.

   She minutes every board meeting with careful precision.

   The clerk minutes each session and files the record afterward.

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