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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024moot1 /mut/USA pronunciation adj. - that may be discussed and debated.
- of little or no practical value or meaning;
interesting only from the point of view of theory:a moot question; a moot point.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024moot1 (mo̅o̅t),USA pronunciation adj. - open to discussion or debate;
debatable;
doubtful:a moot point. - of little or no practical value or meaning;
purely academic. - Law[Chiefly Law.]not actual;
theoretical;
hypothetical.
v.t. - to present or introduce (any point, subject, project, etc.) for discussion.
- to reduce or remove the practical significance of;
make purely theoretical or academic. - [Archaic.]to argue (a case), esp. in a mock court.
n. - World Historyan assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- Lawan argument or discussion, esp. of a hypothetical legal case.
- [Obs.]a debate, argument, or discussion.
- bef. 900; Middle English mot(e) meeting, assembly, Old English gemōt; cognate with Old Norse mōt, Dutch gemoet meeting. See meet1
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged disputable, disputed, unsettled.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged debate, dispute, discuss.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged indisputable.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged agree.
moot2 (mo̅o̅t),USA pronunciation n. - a ring gauge for checking the diameters of treenails.
v.t. - to bring (a treenail) to the proper diameter with a moot.
- 1805–15; special use of dialect, dialectal moot tree-stump, block of wood; cognate with Dutch moot piece
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: moot /muːt/ adj - subject or open to debate: a moot point
vb - (transitive) to suggest or bring up for debate
- (intransitive) to plead or argue theoretical or hypothetical cases, as an academic exercise or as vocational training for law students
n - a discussion or debate of a hypothetical case or point, held as an academic activity
- (in Anglo-Saxon England) an assembly, mainly in a shire or hundred, dealing with local legal and administrative affairs
Etymology: Old English gemōt; compare Old Saxon mōt, Middle High German muoze meeting |