Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - moot
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~1 adj 1 a moot point/question something that has not yet been decided, and about which people have different opinions (Whether these controls will really reduce violent crime is a moot point.) 2 AmE a situation or possible action that is moot, is no longer likely to happen or exist (The fear that airstrikes could endanger troops is moot now that the army is withdrawing.) ~2 v be mooted to be suggested for people to consider (The question of changing the membership rules was mooted at the last meeting.)
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1.
(moots, mooting, mooted) 1. If a plan, idea, or subject is mooted, it is suggested or introduced for discussion. (FORMAL) Plans have been mooted for a 450,000-strong Ukrainian army... = propose, put forward VERB: usu passive, be V-ed 2. If something is a moot point or question, people cannot agree about it. How long he’ll be able to do so is a moot point. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mot, gemot; akin to Middle High German muoze meeting Date: before 12th century 1. a deliberative assembly primarily for the administration of justice; especially one held by the freemen of an Anglo-Saxon community 2. obsolete argument, discussion II. transitive verb Date: before 12th century 1. archaic to discuss from a legal standpoint ; argue 2. a. to bring up for discussion ; broach b. debate III. adjective Date: circa 1587 1. a. open to question ; debatable b. subjected to discussion ; disputed 2. deprived of practical significance ; made abstract or purely academic ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj., v., & n. --adj. (orig. the noun used attrib.) 1 debatable, undecided (a moot point). 2 US Law having no practical significance. --v.tr. raise (a question) for discussion. --n. 1 hist. an assembly. 2 Law a discussion of a hypothetical case as an academic exercise. Etymology: OE mot, and motian converse, f. Gmc, rel. to MEET(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. ист. собрание свободных граждан для обсуждения дел общины 2. учебный судебный процесс (в юридических школах) 3. спорный moot case —- спорное дело 4. обсуждать, дискутировать; ставить вопрос на обсуждение to moot the question again —- снова поставить вопрос на обсуждение it has been mooted that... —- утверждали, что... 5. охот. уст. звук рога ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) hist. собрание свободных граждан для обсуждения дел всей общины 2) leg. учебный судебный процесс (в юридических школах) 2. adj. спорный 3. v. ставить вопрос на обсуждение; обсуждать ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. gemot "meeting" (to discuss community affairs or justice), from P.Gmc. *ga-motan. Meaning of "hypothetical" began in law student jargon, 1531, when students would gather to discuss hypothetical cases. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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