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Definition: MOOT POINT |
MOOT POINT1. A point or question to be debated; a doubtful question. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Moot Point (A). A doubtful or unsettled question. The Anglo-Saxon motian is "to debate," and a moot point is one sub judice, or under debate. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Idea | Subject, subject matter; matter, theme, gr/noemata/gr, topic, what it is about, thesis, text, business, affair, matter in hand, argument; motion, resolution; head, chapter; case, point; proposition, theorem; field of inquiry; moot point, problem; (question). |
Inquiry | Question, query, problem, desideratum, point to be solved, porism; subject of inquiry, field of inquiry, subject of controversy; point in dispute, matter in dispute; moot point; issue, question at issue; bone of contention; (discord); plain question, fair question, open question; enigma; (secret); knotty point; (difficulty); quodlibet; threshold of an inquiry. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: MOOT POINT |
| Specialty definitions using "MOOT POINT": Oracle of the Holy Bottle, Bacbuc. (references) |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expressions using "MOOT POINT": a moot point ♦ it's a moot point. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
moot point | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "MOOT POINT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | c'est discutable (it's a moot point). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | darüber lässt sich streiten (it's a moot point). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קו"" ש וי" במחלוקת (a moot point). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vitás pont. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ootmay ointpay ponte de discussão (a moot point). (various references) сомнительный пункт. (various references) to je sporna tačka (it's a moot point). (various references) punto de discusión (a moot point). (various references) tartışma konusu (bone, contention, point at issue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-m-n-o-o-o-p-t-t" | |
-2 letters: tompion. | |
-3 letters: motion, option, potion. | |
-4 letters: motto, nomoi, pinot, pinto, piton, point, potto, topoi. | |
-5 letters: into, mint, mitt, mono, moon, moot, mott, omit, onto, otto, pint, pion, poon, tint, toit, toom, toon, toot, topi. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-m-n-o-o-o-p-t-t" | |
+3 letters: somatotropin. | |
+4 letters: noncompetitor, onomatopoetic, somatotrophin, somatotropins. | |
+5 letters: antimonopolist, noncompetition, noncompetitors, nonimportation, somatotrophins. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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