Definitions for minutes

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IPA: /ˈmɪn ɪt/

Minutes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 213 anagrams from letters in minutes (eimnstu).

Definitions for minutes

noun

1. the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
2. an indefinitely short space of time:
3. an exact point in time; instant; moment:
4. minutes, the official record of the proceedings at a meeting of a society, committee, or other group.
5. Chiefly British. a written summary, note, or memorandum.
6. a rough draft, as of a document.
7. Geometry. the sixtieth part of a degree of angular measure, often represented by the sign ′, as in 12° 10′, which is read as 12 degrees and 10 minutes. Compare angle1 (def 1c).

Idioms

1. up to the minute, modern; up-to-date:

adjective

1. prepared in a very short time:

verb (used with object)

1. to time exactly, as movements or speed.
2. to make a draft of (a document or the like).
3. to record in a memorandum; note down.
4. to enter in the minutes of a meeting.

Origin of minutes

1350-1400; Middle English Medieval Latin minūta, noun use of feminine of minūtus minute²

Examples for minutes

At some point, show creator Mark Burnett made the diabolical decision to extend the show to 120 minutes.

Latitude of camp 26 degrees 42 minutes 43 seconds by Regulus.

Within minutes, it seems, of the disclosures of these tragic events, large numbers of people chose a side and stuck to it.

By meridian altitude of sun, camp is in latitude 31 degrees 53 minutes South.

minutes before an airplane hit the water, an alert would go out.

Scalise spoke about taxes and government slush funds for a mere 15 minutes, Knight said.

About 45 minutes past our interview time, the studio flack summons me.

Stephen was not called till some minutes later, and had not seen him since.

By observation, the camp was in latitude 31 degrees 42 minutes South.

By meridian altitudes of sun, Lyrae (Vega), 32 degrees 15 minutes.