Meaning & use
minuting
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“minuting” is a form of “minute”. See that entry for the full set of meanings.
Meanings
verbtransitiveformal
Present participle of minute: writing an official record of what is said and decided at a meeting.
Grammar: Takes an object: minuting the meeting.
Patterns
- minuting a meeting
- minuting a decision
She is minuting the board meeting this afternoon.
Who is minuting the discussion about the budget?
He spent the evening minuting every comment from the neighborhood group.
noununcountableformal
The work or practice of writing up official records of meetings.
Grammar: Uncountable: minuting takes skill.
Patterns
- the minuting of something
Minuting requires careful listening and quick typing.
The minuting of the council's decisions was clear and accurate.
Accurate minuting protects everyone if a dispute arises.
Common combinations
- minuting the meeting
- Tom is minuting the meeting while I chair.
- minuting decisions
- Minuting decisions avoids later confusion.
- accurate minuting
- Accurate minuting is important for legal reasons.
- take care of the minuting
- Can you take care of the minuting today?
Synonyms and how they differ
- recording
- Recording is general and can mean sound or video, while minuting always means written notes.
- noting
- Noting is informal and can mean writing for yourself, with no official status.
- documenting
- Documenting is broader and covers any written account of events.
- transcribing
- Transcribing means writing out every word, but minuting records only the main points.
Word family
Commonly confused: minuting or minute (tiny)?
minuting vs minute (tiny)
The adjective minute, pronounced my-NYOOT, means extremely small and is unrelated to the minutes of a meeting.
Practice
Who is ___ the meeting today?
Choose one answer.
The -ing form of minute drops the final e: minuting. Minuteing and minutting are misspellings.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “minuting”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.