minutes

/ˈmɪnɪts/

nounmin · utes

Think: “MINutes are MIN-i time pieces” — both start with MIN.

Yes, it's minutes. Don’t add an extra letter: it’s **min** + **utes** (not *minuets*).

Definitions

  1. nounUnits of time equal to 60 seconds; parts of an hour.
  2. nounWritten notes that record what happened in a meeting.

Examples

  • We have ten minutes before the bus arrives.
  • Please read the minutes from yesterday’s meeting.
  • The cookies need to bake for twelve minutes.

Synonyms

momentstimerecordnotesproceedings

Translations

ES minutosPT minutosFR minutes

Common misspellings

minitsminutsminuitesminuetsminnutesminuttesminuetes

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