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minutes

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmɪnɪts/
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  • CMU ARPABET: M IH1 N AH0 T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

plural of minute

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The official notes kept during a meeting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

third-person singular simple present indicative of minute

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a written account of what transpired at a meeting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: proceedings, transactions

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: written record, written account

Narrower terms: Congressional Record, Hansard

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: արձանագրություն (arjanagrutʻyun) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Belarusian: пратако́л (pratakól) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Bulgarian: протоко́л (protokól) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Catalan: acta — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 記錄 /记录 (jìlù) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 會議記錄 /会议记录 (huìyì jìlù) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紀要 /纪要 (jìyào) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 會議紀要 /会议纪要 — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Czech: protokol — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Czech: zápis — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Danish: referat — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Danish: mødereferat — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Dutch: notulen — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Esperanto: protokolo — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Faroese: gerðabók — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Faroese: fundarbók — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Finnish: pöytäkirja — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • French: procès-verbal — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Georgian: პროტოკოლი (ṗroṭoḳoli) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Georgian: ოქმი (okmi) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • German: Protokoll — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • German: Mitschrift — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • German: Niederschrift — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Greek: πρακτικά (praktiká) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Greek: πρωτόκολλο (protókollo) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Ancient Greek: ὑπομνήματα (hupomnḗmata) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Hebrew: פְּרוֹטוֹקוֹל (protokól) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Hindi: कार्यविवरण (kāryavivraṇ) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Hungarian: jegyzőkönyv — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Indonesian: notula — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Indonesian: notulensi — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Indonesian: notulen — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Indonesian: catatan rapat — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Irish: miontuairiscí — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Italian: verbale — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Italian: processo verbale — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Japanese: 会議録 (kaigiroku) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Japanese: 議事録 (gijiroku) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Kazakh: хаттама (xattama) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Korean: 회의록 (hoe'uirok) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Korean: 의사록 (uisarok) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Kyrgyz: протокол (protokol) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Macedonian: протокол (protokol) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Mongolian: протокол (protokol) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Norwegian Bokmål: referat — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Norwegian Bokmål: protokoll — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Polish: protokół — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Portuguese: ata — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Russian: протоко́л (protokól) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Serbo-Croatian: за́писнӣк — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Serbo-Croatian: про̏токол — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Serbo-Croatian: zápisnīk — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȍtokol — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Slovak: protokol — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Slovak: zápis — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Slovak: zápisnica — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Slovene: zapisnik — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Spanish: acta — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Swahili: kumbukumbu za mkutano — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Swedish: minnesanteckning — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Swedish: protokoll — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Tagalog: akta — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Tagalog: tala — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Turkish: tutanak — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Ottoman Turkish: جریده (ceride) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Ukrainian: протоко́л (protokól) — the official notes kept during a meeting
  • Uzbek: protokol — the official notes kept during a meeting
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