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1. (adj.) moot
open to discussion or debate; debatable; arguable.
2. moot
of little or no practical value or meaning; hypothetical; purely academic.
3. (v.t.) moot
to present or introduce for discussion.
4. moot
to reduce or remove the practical significance of; make theoretical or academic.
5. moot
Archaic. to argue (a case), esp. in a mock court.
6. (n.) moot
an assembly of the people in early England, exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
7. moot
an argument or discussion, esp. of a hypothetical legal case.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME mot(e) meeting, assembly, OE gemōt; akin to meet1)
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| Definition of 'moot' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) moot
a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
"he organized the weekly moot"
2. (adj) moot
of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)
3. (verb) arguable, debatable, disputable, moot
open to argument or debate
"that is a moot question"
4. (verb) consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate
think about carefully; weigh
"They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
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| Definition of 'moot' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) moot
subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted
2. (noun) moot
a ring for gauging wooden pins
3. (noun) moot
a meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot
4. moot
see 1st Mot
5. moot
a discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice
6. moot
of Mot
7. (verb) moot
to argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion
8. (verb) moot
specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court
9. (verb) moot
to argue or plead in a supposed case
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