moot

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /mut/ UK /muːt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
open to debate or of no practical relevance; to raise for discussion

Whether he would have won is now a moot point.

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Synonyms

1 adj · open to debate or of no... debatable arguable academic hypothetical irrelevant

Opposites

settled certain relevant decided

Word family

Derived forms mootedmootness

Related forms meet meeting

Etymology

From Old English mōt ('meeting, assembly, court'), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą ('encounter, meeting'); the adjectival sense 'debatable' arose from the practice of arguing hypothetical cases at a 'moot'.

mōt Old English *mōtą Proto-Germanic

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# moot

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /mut/
**IPA (UK):** /muːt/

## Meanings
1. open to debate or of no practical relevance; to raise for discussion

## Examples
- Whether he would have won is now a moot point.

## Synonyms
- debatable
- arguable
- academic
- hypothetical
- irrelevant

## Antonyms
- settled
- certain
- relevant
- decided

## Derived Forms
- mooted
- mootness

## Related Forms
- meet
- meeting

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mōt
- Root: *mōtą

## Etymology
From Old English mōt ('meeting, assembly, court'), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą ('encounter, meeting'); the adjectival sense 'debatable' arose from the practice of arguing hypothetical cases at a 'moot'.

## AI Etymology
Moot is from Old English mōt ('meeting, assembly, court'), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą ('encounter, meeting'); the adjectival sense 'debatable' arose from the practice of arguing hypothetical cases at a 'moot'. In present-day use, it means open to debate or of no practical relevance; to raise for discussion. Derived formations include mooted and mootness. Related vocabulary includes meet and meeting.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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