moot

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

moot [moot moots mooted mooting] adjective, verb BrE [muːt] NAmE [muːt]
adjective (NAmE)
unlikely to happen and therefore not worth considering
•He argued that the issue had become moot since the board had changed its policy.

Word Origin:
Old English mōt ‘assembly ’ or ‘ meeting’ and mōtian ‘to converse’, of Germanic origin; related to ↑meet. 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.
Idiom: ↑moot point
 
verb usually passive ~ sth (formal)
to suggest an idea for people to discuss
Syn: ↑propose, Syn: put forward
•The plan was first mooted at last week's meeting.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English mōt ‘assembly ’ or ‘ meeting’ and mōtian ‘to converse’, of Germanic origin; related to ↑meet. 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.

Example Bank:
•It had been mooted that there should be a study period after school.
•The idea was first mooted at last week's meeting.

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  arguable, debatable, disputable, consider, debate, turn over, deliberate