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Meaning and definition for "moot" word
[adjective] open to debate
[verb] think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
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\Moot\, n. (Shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
\Moot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mooted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mooting}.] [OE. moten, motien, AS. m[=o]tan to meet or assemble for conversation, to discuss, dispute, fr. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting, an assembly; akin to Icel. m[=o]t, MHG. muoz. Cf. {Meet} to come together.] 1. To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion. A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less mooted, in this country. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court. First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain young men, containing some doubtful controversy. --Sir T. Elyot.
\Moot\, v. i. To argue or plead in a supposed case. There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing and fighting. --B. Jonson.
\Moot\, n. [AS. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; -- usually in comp.] [Written also {mote}.] 1. 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. --J. R. Green. 2. [From {Moot}, v.] A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice. The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots. --Sir T. Elyot. {Moot case}, a case or question to be mooted; a disputable case; an unsettled question. --Dryden. {Moot court}, a mock court, such as is held by students of law for practicing the conduct of law cases. {Moot point}, a point or question to be debated; a doubtful question.
\Moot\, a. Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.
Synonyms for moot
consider, contestable, controversial, debatable, debate, deliberate, disputable, disputed, turn over
See also: consult | discuss | premeditate | see | take counsel | talk over | think twice | wrestle |
Related terms: argufy, bring forward, broach, cavil, contested, controvertible, dispute, doubtable, dubious, hassle, introduce, make a motion, notional, questionable, questioned, quibble, recommend, spar, start, suspect, suspicious, under a cloud
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Let's analyse "moot" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: TOOM. Average typing speed for these characters is 1000 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
moot: 6 + 6 = 12, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three. |
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