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min·utes

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. minutes, proceedings, transactionsnoun

    a written account of what transpired at a meeting

Wiktionary

  1. minutesnoun

    The official notes kept during a meeting.

  2. Etymology: From the plural of the English minute.

Wikipedia

  1. Minutes

    Minutes, also known as minutes of meeting (abbreviation MoM), protocols or, informally, notes, are the instant written record of a meeting or hearing. They typically describe the events of the meeting and may include a list of attendees, a statement of the issues considered by the participants, and related responses or decisions for the issues.

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  1. minutes

    Minutes are a unit of time. In most parts of the world, a minute refers to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour. It is widely used to measure time in both general and scientific contexts. In some other context, such as in meeting or event, "minutes" refers to the written record of what was discussed and what decisions were made.

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  1. Minutes

    Minutes, also known as protocols or, informally, notes, are the instant written record of a meeting or hearing. They typically describe the events of the meeting, starting with a list of attendees, a statement of the issues considered by the participants, and related responses or decisions for the issues. Minutes may be created during the meeting by a typist or court reporter, who may use shorthand notation and then prepare the minutes and issue them to the participants afterwards. Alternatively, the meeting can be audio recorded, video recorded, or a group's appointed or informally assigned Secretary may take notes, with minutes prepared later. Many government agencies use minutes recording software to record and prepare all minutes in real-time. For private organizations, it is usually important for the minutes to be terse and only include a summary of discussion and decisions. A verbatim report is typically not useful. The minutes of certain groups, such as a corporate board of directors, must be kept on file and are important legal documents.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. minutes

    Short notices taken in writing of any important proceedings.

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'minutes' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #566

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'minutes' in Written Corpus Frequency: #370

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Anagrams for minutes »

  1. minuets

  2. mustine

  3. untimes

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of minutes in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of minutes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of minutes in a Sentence

  1. Van Hollen:

    We were only on the ground (in Havana) for about 30 minutes.

  2. Tommy Lloyd:

    I think we really built some foundational pieces this year that are really going to serve us well moving forward. Extremely proud of the guys. Extremely proud of the coaching staff, we ran into a really good team tonight that was just a little bit too much for us. Houston stretched its lead to 10 points three different times before halftime. The Wildcats missed seven of their first eight shots, and trailed by double digits for the first time after Houston scored seven points in a 57-second span for a 14-4 lead. That quick spurt included Shead getting a rebound to start a fastbreak that ended with his pass to Ramon Walker Jr. in the left corner for an open 3, and a driving layup by Edwards after a turnover. Taze Moore, a graduate transfer, had a career-high 21 points in Houston’s second-round win over Illinois, but Taze Moore early 3 to make it 5-0 Houston in the first two minutes was all Taze Moore ’d score against The Wildcats. Taze Moore committed Taze Moore third personal foul with 9:22 left and played only 17 minutes overall.

  3. Chris Cabrera:

    When you stop somebody, you ask their name and the first thing they tell you is – ‘I’m here for asylum, I can’t go home because they’ll kill me.’ … When it takes a good five or six minutes just to get their name out of them, they have a rehearsed story, once they get those papers saying they can pass through our checkpoint, we’ll never see them again.

  4. Jerri Kelly:

    They spent a good five minutes goofing off and screwing around in [ the neighbor's ] driveway and up around their house. That's not selling cards.

  5. Jeff Katula:

    If you can fit in 10 minutes in the morning, 10 minutes at lunch, and 10 minutes at night, and you can do that five days a week, you’re there.

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