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1 7.5
To write the official record of a meeting
  • verb
  • /ˈmɪnɪt/
  • UK
: levantar acta
  • He minuted every important detail of the meeting, ensuring nothing was overlooked.

Examples

  • During the conference, she carefully minuted the main points discussed by the speakers.

  • From Paris, Duranty minuted on 17 August that "it is inconceivable that a public trial of such men would be held unless the authorities had full proofs of their guilt."

    Academic text (1991)
  • The secretary minuted the decisions made during the meeting for future reference.

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

Idioms

399 1.0

Ask someone to wait for a very short time

Happening just before the last possible moment to act

After a very short time

this minute
  • Informal
65 1.1

At this very moment without delay

mile a minute
  • Informal
8 3.9

Very quickly, often when someone talks or acts

2 5.9

Happens just in time before it is too late

a hot minute
  • Slang
2 8.7

A short time, often said jokingly to mean a long time

laugh a minute
  • Informal
1 4.9

A very funny person or event that makes you laugh a lot

1 7.7

All the time feeling amused and making happy sounds

Compounds

299 1.9

The latest time before something must happen

204 3.7

Happening just before a deadline or event

The latest information available now

New York minute
  • Informal
7 7.2

A very short moment when something happens

A gift bought shortly before it is needed

beats per minute
  • Specialized
4 2.7

Number of times the heart beats in one minute to measure pulse

words per minute
  • Specialized
4 2.5

The number of words read, spoken, or typed in one minute

A choice someone makes very late, just before something happens

2 9.1

A person ready to act quickly in an emergency, often a colonial soldier in the American Revolution

2 1.6

A long hand on a clock or watch that shows the minutes

2 3.5

The number of turns something makes in one minute

beats per minute
  • Specialized
1 3.1

Number of beats in music in one minute that shows a song's speed

light minute
  • Specialized
1 8.1

The distance light travels in one minute in empty space

1 3.3

A thin piece of beef that cooks very quickly

A short announcement people hear four minutes before an event ends to tell them to prepare

minute of arc
  • Specialized
1 7.9

A small unit for measuring angles equal to one sixtieth of a degree

minute book
  • Formal
1 5.7

A book where an organisation keeps official written records of meetings

Number of events that happen in one minute

1 9.9

A gun fired once every minute to honor people at a funeral

A person who is arranged to care for children shortly before the care is needed

ampere-minute
  • Specialized
7.1

Amount of electric charge that a current of one amp moves in one minute

A runner who has run a mile in less than four minutes

Microsoft minute
  • Informal
9.4

A short expected wait that often takes much longer

Surface Forms

minute infinitive
minuted past
minuted past participle
minuting present participle
minutes third person singular

Etymology

Minute (verb) to write meeting notes comes from the noun minute or Latin minuta 'small note', so to minute a meeting is to write its short, official notes.