Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.

    I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.

    protokollieren, aufzeichnen

    вести́ протоко́лvestí protokól

  2. To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.

Examples

4223 sentences
  1. The bus leaves in five minutes.

    Автобус відправляється за п'ять хвилин. — Wordowl

    ruАвтобус отправляется через пять минут. — Pudongria

    deDer Bus fährt in fünf Minuten ab. — Dejo

  2. I'll be there in a minute.

    Я буду там за хвилину. — deniko

    ruЯ буду там через минуту. — sharptoothed

    deIch werde in einer Minute da sein. — Zaghawa

  3. She left home ten minutes ago.

    Вона вийшла з будинку десять хвилин тому. — rmdas

    ruОна ушла из дома десять минут назад. — Lenin_1917

    deSie ist vor zehn Minuten aus dem Haus gegangen. — wolfgangth

  4. Let's have a ten-minute break.

    Зробімо перерву на десять хвилин. — rozmaita

    ruДавайте сделаем перерыв на десять минут. — Olya

    deLasst uns zehn Minuten Pause machen. — MUIRIEL

  5. I'll be back in ten minutes.

    Я повернуся за десять хвилин. — deniko

    ruЯ вернусь через десять минут. — Hellerick

    deIch bin in zehn Minuten zurück. — Sudajaengi

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to write the minutes of:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to write the minutes of:

Origin

From Middle English mynute, minute, mynet, from Old French minute, from Medieval Latin min

From Middle English mynute, minute, mynet, from Old French minute, from Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour; note”). Doublet of menu and menudo.

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Forms

minutes, minuting, minuted, minuted
Base formminute · to minute
3rd person singularminutes
Present participleminuting
Past simpleminuted
Past participleminuted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyminute
he, she, itminutes

Past simpleLesson

all personsminuted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave minuted
he, she, ithas minuted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill minute

Word family

1 related words
Derivedunminuted

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a few minutes
  • thirty minutes
  • few minutes
  • ten minutes
  • minutes ago
  • five minutes
  • for a minute
  • few minutes ago
  • about thirty minutes
  • in thirty minutes
  • for thirty minutes
  • three minutes

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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