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• Moot point — Moot 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• moot point — index problem, thesis Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 moot point …   Law dictionary

• (a) moot point — a moot ˈpoint/ˈquestion idiom (BrE, NAmE) a matter about which there may be disagreement or confusion • Whether this should be enforced by law or not is a moot point. Main entry: ↑mootidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• moot point — Synonyms and related words: bone of contention, catechism, cross interrogatory, cross question, debating point, demand, feeler, inquiry, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatory, issue, leader, leading question, point at issue, point in… …   Moby Thesaurus

• moot — moot1 [mu:t] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: moot law court, discussion (11 21 centuries), from Old English mot] 1.) a moot point/question something that has not yet been decided or agreed, and about which people have different opinions ▪ Whether… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• moot — 1 adjective 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… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• moot — moot1 [ mut ] adjective 1. ) AMERICAN no longer important, because a particular situation has changed or no longer exists 2. ) a moot point, question, or issue is one that people disagree about moot moot 2 [ mut ] verb transitive FORMAL to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• moot — I UK [muːt] / US [mut] adjective 1) a moot point, question, or issue is one that people disagree about 2) American no longer important, because a particular situation has changed or no longer exists II UK [muːt] / US [mut] verb [transitive] Word… …   English dictionary

• moot — [muːt] adj I a moot point, question, or issue is one that people disagree about II verb [T] formal moot [muːt] to suggest something as a subject for discussion …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• moot — 1 / müt/ vt: to make moot statute of limitations would moot the effort S. R. Sontag moot 2 adj [(of a trial or hearing) hypothetical, staged for practice, from moot hypothetical case for law students, argument, deliberative assembly, from Old… …   Law dictionary

• Moot — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English