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English-Thai Dictionary

moot

ADJ น่า โต้แย้ง ซึ่ง ไม่แน่ นอน น่าสงสัย doubtful debatable disputable disputed unsettled definite certain proved na-to-yang

moot

ADJ ไม่สำคัญ ไม่ สัมพันธ์ mai-sam-kan

moot

N การ อภิปราย การ โต้แย้ง การโต้เถียง debate argument discussion kan-ar-pi-pai

moot

N สภา ประชาชน ใน สมัย แองโกล -แซกซอน ซึ่ง มี อำนาจบริหาร และ ร่างกฎหมาย sa-pa-pra-cha-chon-sueng-me-am-nad-bo-ri-han-rangkod-mai

moot

VI ถกเถียง (คำ ทางการ โต้แย้ง debate argue discuss dispute tok-tiang

moot

VT เสนอ ความคิด หรือ หัวข้อ เพื่อ การ อภิปราย (มัก ใช้ รูป passive voice broach raise propose repress conceal sa-nor-kwam-kid-rue-hua-kor-arpi-pai

moot court

N ศาล ฝึกหัด สำหรับ นักศึกษา วิชา กฎหมาย san-fuek-had-sam-rab-nak-suek-sa-wi-cha-koed-mai

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MOOT

v.t.[L. contra. ] To debate; to discuss; to argue for and against. The word is applied chiefly to the disputes of students in law, who state a question and discuss it by way of exercise to qualify themselves for arguing causes in court.

MOOT

v.i.To argue or plead on a supposed cause.

MOOT, MOOT-CASE, MOOT-POINT

n.A point, case or question to be mooted or debated; a disputable case; an unsettled question. In this moot-case your judgment to refuse.

MOOTED

pp. Debated; disputed; controverted.

MOOTER

n.A disputer of a mooted case.

MOOT-HALL, MOOT-HOUSE

n.A town hall; hall of judgment.

MOOTING

ppr. Disputing; debating for exercise.

MOOTING

n.The exercise of disputing.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MOOT

Defn: See 1st Mot. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

MOOT

MOOT Moot, n. (Shipbuilding )

Defn: A ring for gauging wooden pins.

MOOT

Moot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Mooting. ] Etym: [OE. moten, motien, AS. motan to meet or assemble for conversation, to discuss, dispute, fr. mot, gemot, a meeting, an assembly; akin to Icel. mot, MHG. muoz. Cf. Meet to come together. ]

1. To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion. A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less mooted, in this country. Sir W. Hamilton.

2. Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court. First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain young men, containing some doubtful controversy. Sir T. Elyot.

MOOT

MOOT Moot, v. i.

Defn: To argue or plead in a supposed case. There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing and fighting. B. Jonson.

MOOT

Moot, n. Etym: [AS. mot, gemot, 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 matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot. J. R. Green.

2. Etym: [From Moot, v.]

Defn: A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice. The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots. Sir T. Elyot. Moot case, a case or question to be mooted; a disputable case; an unsettled question. Dryden. -- Moot court, a mock court, such as is held by students of law for practicing the conduct of law cases. -- Moot point, a point or question to be debated; a doubtful question.

MOOT

Defn: Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.

MOOTABLE

MOOTABLE Moot "a *ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being mooted.

MOOTER

MOOTER Moot "er, n.

Defn: A disputer of a mooted case.

MOOT-HALL; MOOT-HOUSE

Moot "-hall `, Moot "-house `, n. Etym: [AS. moth. ]

Defn: A hall for public meetings; a hall of judgment. [Obs. ] "The moot-hall of Herod. " Wyclif.

MOOT-HILL

Moot "-hill `, n. (O. Eng. Law )

Defn: A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; -- called, in Scotland, mute-hill. J. R. Green.

MOOTMAN

Moot "man, n.; pl. Mootmen (. (O. Eng. Law )

Defn: One who argued moot cases in the inns of court.

New American Oxford Dictionary

moot

moot |mo͞ot mut | ▶adjective subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty, and typically not admitting of a final decision: whether the temperature rise was mainly due to the greenhouse effect was a moot point . • having no practical significance, typically because the subject is too uncertain to allow a decision: it is moot whether this phrase should be treated as metaphor or not. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be mooted ) raise (a question or topic ) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility ): Sylvia needed a vacation, and a trip to Ireland had been mooted. ▶noun 1 Brit. an assembly held for debate, esp. in Anglo-Saxon and medieval times. • a regular gathering of people having a common interest. 2 Law a mock trial set up to examine a hypothetical case as an academic exercise. ORIGIN Old English mōt ‘assembly or meeting ’ and mōtian ‘to converse, ’ of Germanic origin; related to meet 1. The adjective (originally an attributive noun use: see moot court ) dates from the mid 16th cent. ; the current verb sense dates from the mid 17th cent. usage: Note that a question subject to debate or dispute is a moot point, not a mute point. As moot is a relatively uncommon word, people sometimes mistakenly interpret it as the more familar word mute .

moot court

moot court |mut kɔrt | ▶noun a mock court at which law students argue imaginary cases for practice.

Oxford Dictionary

moot

moot |muːt | ▶adjective 1 subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty: whether the temperature rise was mainly due to the greenhouse effect was a moot point. 2 N. Amer. having little or no practical relevance: the whole matter is becoming increasingly moot. ▶verb [ with obj. ] raise (a question or topic ) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility ): the scheme was first mooted last October. ▶noun 1 historical an assembly held for debate, especially in Anglo-Saxon and medieval times. • a regular gathering of people having a common interest. 2 Law a mock judicial proceeding set up to examine a hypothetical case as an academic exercise. ORIGIN Old English mōt ‘assembly or meeting ’ and mōtian ‘to converse ’, of Germanic origin; related to meet 1. The adjective (originally an attributive noun use: see moot court ) dates from the mid 16th cent. ; the current verb sense dates from the mid 17th cent. usage: Note that a question subject to debate or dispute is a moot point, not a mute point. As moot is a relatively uncommon word people sometimes interpret it as the more familiar word mute .

moot court

moot court ▶noun N. Amer. a mock court at which law students argue imaginary cases for practice.

American Oxford Thesaurus

moot

moot adjective a moot point: debatable, open to discussion /question, arguable, questionable, at issue, open to doubt, disputable, controversial, contentious, disputed, unresolved, unsettled, up in the air. ▶verb the idea was first mooted in the 1930s: raise, bring up, broach, mention, put forward, introduce, advance, propose, suggest.

Oxford Thesaurus

moot

moot adjective whether the temperature rise is due to the greenhouse effect is a moot point: debatable, open to debate, open to discussion, arguable, questionable, at issue, open to question, open, doubtful, open to doubt, disputable, contestable, controvertible, problematic, problematical, controversial, contentious, vexed, disputed, unresolved, unsettled, up in the air, undecided, yet to be decided, undetermined, unconcluded. ▶verb the idea was first mooted in the 1930s: raise, bring up, broach, mention, put forward, introduce, advance, present, propose, suggest, submit, propound, air, ventilate.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

moot

moot /muːt /名詞 C 1 (法学生が行う )模擬討論 [裁判 ].2 〘英史〙(町村の )寄り合い .形容詞 1 議論の余地のある, 未決の .2 ｟米｠〘法〙実際的意味のない .動詞他動詞〖通例be ～ed 〗議題として提出される .～́ c ò urt 模擬法廷 .～̀ p ó int [qu é stion ]未解決の [もはや重要ではない ]問題, 論争の余地のある論点 .