minutes

M3I1N1U1T1E1S1
/ˈmɪnɪts/

noun

The official notes kept during a meeting.

Very commonScrabble 9

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of minute
nounminutes pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyThe official notes kept during a meeting.

    Minutes from a municipal council meeting published on Thursday showed that the village of about 100 people, 350km (215 miles) west of Vienna, will be named Fugging from 1 January 2021.

    2020 November 26, Philip Oltermann in Berlin, “Fugging hell: tired of mockery, Austrian village changes name”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2020
    1 more example

    It was obvious from the prosecutions opening speech that they couldn't prove this intention on prima facie evidence: no letters, no minutes, no witnesses to testify to a wicked burning of the midnight oil as the PIE executive endeavoured […]

    1981 February 14, Roger Moody, “Retrial for PIE Defendants”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 1
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of minute

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna written account of what transpired at a meeting

Broader
written recordwritten account
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek ὑπομνήματα
  • ὑπομνήματα (hupomnḗmata)the official notes kept during a meeting
Bulgarian протоко́л
  • протоко́л (protokól)the official notes kept during a meeting
Catalan acta
  • actathe official notes kept during a meeting
Chinese Mandarin 記錄 /记录, 會議記錄 /会议记录
  • 記錄 /记录 (jìlù)the official notes kept during a meeting
  • 會議記錄 /会议记录 (huìyì jìlù)the official notes kept during a meeting
  • 紀要 /纪要 (jìyào)the official notes kept during a meeting
  • 會議紀要 /会议纪要the official notes kept during a meeting
Czech protokol, zápis
  • protokolthe official notes kept during a meeting
  • zápisthe official notes kept during a meeting
Danish referat, mødereferat
  • referatthe official notes kept during a meeting
  • mødereferatthe official notes kept during a meeting
Dutch notulen
  • notulenthe official notes kept during a meeting
Esperanto protokolo
  • protokolothe official notes kept during a meeting
Finnish pöytäkirja
  • pöytäkirjathe official notes kept during a meeting
French procès-verbal
  • procès-verbalthe official notes kept during a meeting
German Protokoll, Mitschrift
  • Protokollthe official notes kept during a meeting
  • Mitschriftthe official notes kept during a meeting
  • Niederschriftthe official notes kept during a meeting
Greek πρακτικά, πρωτόκολλο
  • πρακτικά (praktiká)the official notes kept during a meeting
  • πρωτόκολλο (protókollo)the official notes kept during a meeting
Hebrew פְּרוֹטוֹקוֹל
  • פְּרוֹטוֹקוֹל (protokól)the official notes kept during a meeting
Hindi कार्यविवरण
  • कार्यविवरण (kāryavivraṇ)the official notes kept during a meeting
Hungarian jegyzőkönyv
  • jegyzőkönyvthe official notes kept during a meeting
Indonesian notula, notulensi
  • notulathe official notes kept during a meeting
  • notulensithe official notes kept during a meeting
  • notulenthe official notes kept during a meeting
  • catatan rapatthe official notes kept during a meeting
Irish miontuairiscí
  • miontuairiscíthe official notes kept during a meeting
Italian verbale, processo verbale
  • verbalethe official notes kept during a meeting
  • processo verbalethe official notes kept during a meeting
Japanese 会議録, 議事録
  • 会議録 (kaigiroku)the official notes kept during a meeting
  • 議事録 (gijiroku)the official notes kept during a meeting
Korean 회의록, 의사록
  • 회의록 (hoe'uirok)the official notes kept during a meeting
  • 의사록 (uisarok)the official notes kept during a meeting
Norwegian Bokmål referat, protokoll
  • referatthe official notes kept during a meeting
  • protokollthe official notes kept during a meeting
Polish protokół
  • protokółthe official notes kept during a meeting
Portuguese ata
  • atathe official notes kept during a meeting
Russian протоко́л
  • протоко́л (protokól)the official notes kept during a meeting
Slovak protokol, zápis
  • protokolthe official notes kept during a meeting
  • zápisthe official notes kept during a meeting
  • zápisnicathe official notes kept during a meeting
Spanish acta
  • actathe official notes kept during a meeting
Swahili kumbukumbu za mkutano
  • kumbukumbu za mkutanothe official notes kept during a meeting
Swedish minnesanteckning, protokoll
  • minnesanteckningthe official notes kept during a meeting
  • protokollthe official notes kept during a meeting
Tagalog akta, tala
  • aktathe official notes kept during a meeting
  • talathe official notes kept during a meeting
Turkish tutanak
  • tutanakthe official notes kept during a meeting
Ukrainian протоко́л
  • протоко́л (protokól)the official notes kept during a meeting

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Cite this entry
APA

minutes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minutes

MLA

“minutes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minutes. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minutes,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minutes.

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