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How to pronounce “moot”
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Pronunciation guide for moot
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of moot with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Irwin Redlener: How to survive a nuclear attack 25 minutes
are as dead as the people here. So it was a moot point.
- Definition summary
- (current in UK, rare in the US) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
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How to pronounce moot
Irwin Redlener: How to survive a nuclear attack 25 minutes
are as dead as the people here. So it was a moot point.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “moot”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (current in UK, rare in the US) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
- (Canada, US, chiefly law) Being an exercise of thought; academic.
- (Canada, US) Having no practical consequence or relevance.
- [Noun]
- A moot court.
- 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.
- (scouting) A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting two weeks.
- (paganism) A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
- (historical) An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality). [from the 12th c.]
- (shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
- [Verb]
- To bring up as a subject for debate.
- To discuss or debate.
- (US) To make or declare irrelevant.
- To argue or plead in a supposed case.
- (regional, obsolete) To talk or speak.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To say, utter, also insinuate.
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