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# moot

adjective (a moot point; no comparative); verb (moot, moots, mooted, mooting)

«moot» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A moot point is a question that people still argue about and have not settled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moot/#m1)
2. (formal) To moot an idea is to raise it for discussion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moot/#m2)

### In the lessons

in the notes to tales, «a moot point» is a question scholars still dispute; in formal talk, «to moot» means to suggest an idea for others to think about

### Examples

- Whether the wolf was really a dog is a moot point. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moot/#x1)
- The teacher mooted a trip to the zoo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moot/#x2)
- Nobody has settled the moot question of who first wrote the tale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moot/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; a moot point is an unsettled question, not a count

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «moot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«moot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/moot.html) on Mova free.