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How to pronounce moot

/muːt/
noun

IPA: /muːt/

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The correct spelling is moot. A moot court. For example: "1903, Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day, Moot Points: Friendly Disputes on Art and Industry Between Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day"

Usage Examples

1903, Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day, Moot Points: Friendly Disputes on Art and Industry Between Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day

That point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot.

Haven't you heard the moot, mate? There are going to be layoffs. They are going to shit-can the lot of us.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A moot court.
  2. 2.A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
  3. 3.A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
  4. 4.A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
  5. 5.An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).

adjective

  1. 1.Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
  2. 2.Being an exercise of thought; academic.
  3. 3.Having no practical impact or relevance.

verb

  1. 1.To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
  2. 2.To discuss or debate.
  3. 3.To make or declare irrelevant.
  4. 4.To argue or plead in a supposed case.
  5. 5.To talk or speak.

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