moot

Definitions


[muːt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty
(e.g: whether they had been successful or not was a moot point)

- having little or no practical relevance, typically because the subject is too uncertain to allow a decision
(e.g: the whole matter is becoming increasingly moot)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English mōt ‘assembly or meeting’ and mōtian ‘to converse’, of Germanic origin; related to meet. The adjective (originally an attributive noun use: see moot court) dates from the mid 16th century; the current verb sense dates from the mid 17th century


[muːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility)
(e.g: the scheme was first mooted last October)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English mōt ‘assembly or meeting’ and mōtian ‘to converse’, of Germanic origin; related to meet. The adjective (originally an attributive noun use: see moot court) dates from the mid 16th century; the current verb sense dates from the mid 17th century


[muːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an assembly held for debate, especially in Anglo-Saxon and medieval times

- a mock judicial proceeding set up to examine a hypothetical case as an academic exercise
(e.g: the object of a moot is to provide practice in developing an argument)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English mōt ‘assembly or meeting’ and mōtian ‘to converse’, of Germanic origin; related to meet. The adjective (originally an attributive noun use: see moot court) dates from the mid 16th century; the current verb sense dates from the mid 17th century




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