Definitions for moot
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mootadjective

   a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise

   "he organized the weekly moot"

2. mootadjective

   of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)

3. arguable, debatable, disputable, mootverb

   open to argument or debate

   "that is a moot question"

4. consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberateverb

   think about carefully; weigh

   "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mootverb

   To render inconsequential, as having no effect on the practical outcome; to render academic; as, the ruling that the law was invalid mooted the question of whether he actually violated it.

2. Mootadjective

   Of purely theoretical or academic interest; having no practical consequence; as, the team won in spite of the bad call, and whether the ruling was correct is a moot question.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Mootverb

   To plead a mock cause; to state a point of law by way of exercise, as was commonly done in the inns of court at appointed times.

   Etymology: from motian, mot, gemot , meeting together, Saxon, or perhaps, as it is a law term, from mot, French.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Moot

   see 1st Mot

2. Mootnoun

   a ring for gauging wooden pins

3. Mootverb

   to argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion

4. Mootverb

   specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court

5. Mootverb

   to argue or plead in a supposed case

6. Mootnoun

   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

7. Moot

   a discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice

8. Mootadjective

   subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted

9. Moot

   of Mot

10. Etymology: [OE. moten, motien, AS. mtan to meet or assemble for conversation, to discuss, dispute, fr. mt, gemt, a meeting, an assembly; akin to Icel. mt, MHG. muoz. Cf. Meet to come together.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Moot

   mōōt, v.t. to propose for discussion: to discuss: argue for practice.—adj. discussed or debated.—n. in early English history, the meeting of the assembled freemen, or their representatives, to regulate the affairs of the village or tun, the hundred, or the kingdom—village- or town-moot, hundred-moot, folk-moot.—adj. Moot′able, that can be mooted or debated.—ns. Moot′-case, Moot′-point, a case, point, or question to be mooted or debated: an unsettled question; Moot′-court, -hall, a meeting or court for arguing supposed cases; Moot′-hill, a hill of meeting on which the moot was held. [A.S. mótian—mót, gemót, an assembly, akin to métan, to meet.]

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1. MOOT

   What does MOOT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the MOOT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

2. Moot

   Moot vs. Mute -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Moot and Mute.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MOOT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Moot is ranked #64559 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Moot surname appeared 308 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Moot.
   
   93.8% or 289 total occurrences were White.
   3.5% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.9% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Anagrams for moot »

1. toom

How to pronounce moot?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of moot in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of moot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of moot in a Sentence

1. Keith Ewing:

   But this is all moot: it is not foreseeable that the British government will change its mind.

2. Trump Organization:

   This confirmation effectively renders the investigations by the DA and AG moot.

3. Steve Vladeck:

   By vacating the decision below and ordering the lower court to dismiss the suit as being moot, the Justices avoided either tacitly endorsing or rejecting the lower court's analysis, leaving no federal precedent to govern the question of whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was allowed to extend the deadline for receipt of mail-in ballots last fall.

4. David Yerushalmi:

   The notion that the MTA can moot a constitutional violation by changing its policy after the fact and wishing away the violation is absurd, our complaint has a damage claim for past harms (even if only nominal damage). That fact alone precludes the argument that the case is moot.

5. Ben Cotton:

   All of this, however, may be a moot point because subsequently I've been able to recover all of the deleted files and I have access to that data.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=moot
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=moot
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=moot
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moot
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=moot
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html