mooted (verb)

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• moot — [[t]mu͟ːt[/t]] moots, mooting, mooted 1) VERB: usu passive If a plan, idea, or subject is mooted, it is suggested or introduced for discussion. [FORMAL] [be V ed] Plans have been mooted for a 450,000 strong Ukrainian army... [be V ed] When the… …   English dictionary

• moot — 1 adjective 1 a moot point/question something that has not yet been decided, and about which people have different opinions: Whether these controls will really reduce violent crime is a moot point. 2 AmE a situation or possible action that is… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• moot — I UK [muːt] / US [mut] adjective 1) a moot point, question, or issue is one that people disagree about 2) American no longer important, because a particular situation has changed or no longer exists II UK [muːt] / US [mut] verb [transitive] Word… …   English dictionary

• Hebrew Names —     Hebrew Names     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Hebrew Names     To the philosopher a name is an artificial sign consisting in a certain combination of articulate sounds, whereby a particular class of people are wont to designate one thing and… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• idea — noun 1 plan/suggestion ADJECTIVE ▪ bright, brilliant, clever, excellent, good, great, marvellous/marvelous, nice, wonderful ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Doctrine of the Atonement —     Doctrine of the Atonement     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Doctrine of the Atonement     The word atonement, which is almost the only theological term of English origin, has a curious history. The verb atone , from the adverbial phrase at one (M …   Catholic encyclopedia

• moot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. mooted, debatable, suspect. See doubt. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unsettled, debatable, disputable; see controversial , questionable 1 , uncertain 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY… …   English dictionary for students

• moot — 1. adjective a moot point Syn: debatable, open to discussion/question, arguable, questionable, at issue, open to doubt, disputable, controversial, contentious, disputed, unresolved, unsettled, up in the air 2. verb the idea was first mooted in… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• moot´er — moot «moot», adjective, verb, noun. –adj. that is doubtful or debatable; that can be argued: »a moot point. ╂[< noun] –v.t. 1. to bring forward (a point, subject, question, or case) for discussion: »The project of this conference was first… …   Useful english dictionary