Moot — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise

think about carefully; weigh

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈuːt/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈuːt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈuːt/

1 syllable Say it as /mˈuːt/.

Examples

he organized the weekly moot
They considered the possibility of a strike
Turn the proposal over in your mind

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

turn over debatable disputable arguable debate consider deliberate

Parts of Speech

noun	a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise “he organized the weekly moot”
verb	think about carefully; weigh “They considered the possibility of a strike”
adjective	of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)
adjective	open to argument or debate “that is a moot question”

Word Forms

consideration	noun	a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting)
deliberation	noun	(usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question
debate	verb	have an argument about something

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

strittig

ein hypothetischer Fall, den Jurastudenten als Übung argumentieren

🇫🇷French

discutable

un cas hypothétique que les étudiants en droit argumentent comme exercice

🇪🇸Spanish

discutible

Un caso hipotético que los estudiantes de Derecho argumentan como ejercicio.

🇮🇹Italian

discutibile

un caso ipotetico che gli studenti di giurisprudenza sostengono come esercizio

🇳🇱Dutch

hypothetisch

een hypothetisch geval dat rechtenstudenten als oefening beargumenteren

🇵🇹Portuguese

discutível

um caso hipotético que estudantes de direito argumentam como um exercício

🇷🇺Russian

спорный

гипотетический случай, который студенты-юристы приводят в качестве упражнения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विवादास्पद

एक काल्पनिक मामला जिस पर कानून के छात्र एक अभ्यास के रूप में बहस करते हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

কথা

একটি অনুমানমূলক কেস যা আইন ছাত্ররা একটি অনুশীলন হিসাবে তর্ক করে

🇮🇳Tamil

மூட்

சட்ட மாணவர்கள் ஒரு பயிற்சியாக வாதிடும் ஒரு கற்பனையான வழக்கு

🇮🇳Telugu

మూట్

లా విద్యార్థులు వ్యాయామంగా వాదించే ఊహాజనిత కేసు

🇮🇳Marathi

वादळ

एक काल्पनिक केस जे कायद्याचे विद्यार्थी व्यायाम म्हणून वाद घालतात

🇮🇳Gujarati

મૂટ

કાલ્પનિક કેસ કે કાયદાના વિદ્યાર્થીઓ કસરત તરીકે દલીલ કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೂಟ್

ಕಾನೂನು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ವ್ಯಾಯಾಮವಾಗಿ ವಾದಿಸುವ ಒಂದು ಕಾಲ್ಪನಿಕ ಪ್ರಕರಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മൂട്ട്

നിയമവിദ്യാർത്ഥികൾ ഒരു വ്യായാമമായി വാദിക്കുന്ന ഒരു സാങ്കൽപ്പിക കേസ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੂਟ

ਇੱਕ ਕਲਪਨਾਤਮਕ ਕੇਸ ਜੋ ਕਾਨੂੰਨ ਦੇ ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀ ਇੱਕ ਅਭਿਆਸ ਵਜੋਂ ਬਹਿਸ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

جھگڑا

ایک فرضی معاملہ جس پر قانون کے طلباء بطور مشق بحث کرتے ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

没有实际意义

法学院学生辩论的假设案例作为练习

🇯🇵Japanese

議論の余地がない

法学部の学生が演習として議論する仮説的なケース

🇰🇷Korean

무트

법학도들이 연습으로 주장하는 가상의 사례

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tranh luận

một trường hợp giả định mà sinh viên luật tranh luận như một bài tập

🇹🇭Thai

สงสัย

เป็นกรณีสมมุติที่นักศึกษากฎหมายโต้แย้งเป็นแบบฝึกหัด

🇮🇩Indonesian

diperdebatkan

sebuah kasus hipotetis yang diperdebatkan oleh mahasiswa hukum sebagai latihan

🇵🇭Filipino

pagtalunan

isang hypothetical na kaso na pinagtatalunan ng mga mag-aaral ng batas bilang isang ehersisyo

🇲🇾Malay

dipertikaikan

kes hipotesis yang dipertikaikan oleh pelajar undang-undang sebagai latihan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

موضع نقاش

قضية افتراضية يناقشها طلاب القانون كتمرين

🇮🇷Persian

مورد بحث

یک مورد فرضی که دانشجویان حقوق به عنوان یک تمرین استدلال می کنند

🇹🇷Turkish

tartışmalı

hukuk öğrencilerinin alıştırma olarak tartıştığı varsayımsal bir dava

🇮🇱Hebrew

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