minute – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of minute

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to minute
Participle: minuted
Gerund: minuting

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Iminute
youminute
he;she;itminutes
weminute
youminute
theyminute

Perfect

Ihave minuted
youhave minuted
he;she;ithas minuted
wehave minuted
youhave minuted
theyhave minuted

Past

Iminuted
youminuted
he;she;itminuted
weminuted
youminuted
theyminuted

Pluperfect

Ihad minuted
youhad minuted
he;she;ithad minuted
wehad minuted
youhad minuted
theyhad minuted

Future

Iwill minute
youwill minute
he;she;itwill minute
wewill minute
youwill minute
theywill minute

Future Perfect

Iwill have minuted
youwill have minuted
he;she;itwill have minuted
wewill have minuted
youwill have minuted
theywill have minuted

Subjunctive

Present

Iminute
youminute
he;she;itminute
weminute
youminute
theyminute

Perfect

Ihave minuted
youhave minuted
he;she;ithave minuted
wehave minuted
youhave minuted
theyhave minuted

Imperfect

Iminuted
youminuted
he;she;itminuted
weminuted
youminuted
theyminuted

Pluperfect

Ihad minuted
youhad minuted
he;she;ithad minuted
wehad minuted
youhad minuted
theyhad minuted

Conditional

Present

Iwould minute
youwould minute
he;she;itwould minute
wewould minute
youwould minute
theywould minute

Perfect

Iwould have minuted
youwould have minuted
he;she;itwould have minuted
wewould have minuted
youwould have minuted
theywould have minuted

Imperative

youminute
weLet's minute
youminute

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam minuting
youare minuting
he;she;itis minuting
weare minuting
youare minuting
theyare minuting

Perfect

Ihave been minuting
youhave been minuting
he;she;ithas been minuting
wehave been minuting
youhave been minuting
theyhave been minuting

Past

Iwas minuting
youwere minuting
he;she;itwas minuting
wewere minuting
youwere minuting
theywere minuting

Pluperfect

Ihad been minuting
youhad been minuting
he;she;ithad been minuting
wehad been minuting
youhad been minuting
theyhad been minuting

Future

Iwill be minuting
youwill be minuting
he;she;itwill be minuting
wewill be minuting
youwill be minuting
theywill be minuting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been minuting
youwill have been minuting
he;she;itwill have been minuting
wewill have been minuting
youwill have been minuting
theywill have been minuting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be minuting
youwould be minuting
he;she;itwould be minuting
wewould be minuting
youwould be minuting
theywould be minuting

Perfect

Iwould have been minuting
youwould have been minuting
he;she;itwould have been minuting
wewould have been minuting
youwould have been minuting
theywould have been minuting

Other

Verbs similar to 'minute'

aminate, binate, dilute, incute, inure, manure, menuse, mince, minde, mine,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

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

Sample Sentences

  • I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.
  • I dare say there was a vast amount of minuting, memoranduming, and despatch-boxing, on this mighty subject. [1870 [1855 June 27], Charles Dickens, “Administrative Reform”, in Speeches Literary and Social, page 133:]
  • On 17 November 1949 Jay minuted Cripps, arguing that trade liberalization on inessentials was socially regressive. [1995, Edmund Dell, The Schuman Plan and the British Abdication of Leadership in Europe:]
  • The Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command, Sir Richard Peirse, was sceptical of its findings, minuting, ‘I don’t think at this rate we could have hoped to produce the damage which is known to have been achieved.’ [1996, Peter Hinchliffe, The Other Battle:]
  • Mr. Klingstadt, chief Auditor of the Admiralty of that city, sent for and examined them very particularly concerning the events which had befallen them; minuting down their answers in writing, with an intention of publishing himself an account of their extraordinary adventures. [2003, David Roberts, Four Against the Arctic:]
  • The Empress of Russia, with her own hand, minuted an edict for universal tolerance. [1876 [1834], George Bancroft, History of the United States from the discovery of the American continent, volume VI, pages 28–29:]