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Word: Moot
Speech Type: Adjective
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
subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty
Short Definition:subject to debate or uncertainty
Examples:- whether they had been successful or not was a moot point
- it is a moot point whether such a controversial scheme would have succeeded
having little or no practical relevance, typically because the subject is too uncertain to allow a decision
Short Definition:purely theoretical
Examples:- the whole matter is becoming increasingly moot
Word: Moot
Speech Type: Verb
muːt
raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility)
Short Definition:raise for discussion
Examples:- the scheme was first mooted last October
Word: Moot
Speech Type: Noun
muːt
an assembly held for debate, especially in Anglo-Saxon and medieval times.
Short Definition:assembly held for debate
a mock judicial proceeding set up to examine a hypothetical case as an academic exercise
Short Definition:mock trial as academic exercise
Examples:- the object of a moot is to provide practice in developing an argument
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