English Dictionary

moot

動詞

アメリカ英語 廃用 地域限定 イングランド北部方言 スコットランド英語

To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose. / To discuss or debate. / (US) To make or declare irrelevant. / To argue or plead in a supposed case. / (regional, obsolete) To talk or speak.

日本語の意味

議題として取り上げる、提起する / 議論する、討論する / （米国使用）無効にする、意味がなくすると宣言する / （架空の事件で）論じる、弁護する / （地方、古い用法）話す

During the meeting, she decided to moot the idea of a four-day workweek to see how the team reacted.

会議中、彼女はチームの反応を見るために週4日勤務の案を提案することに決めた。

意味（1）

To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.

A number of other mergers of U.S. railroads are mooted, but the I.C.C. [Interstate Commerce Commission] has made it clear that its assent to the N.& W.-Virginian proposal, which was unopposed by competitors or stockholders, should not be taken as an indication that others will swiftly pass its scrutiny.

意味（2）

To discuss or debate.

a problem which hardly has been mentioned, far less mooted, in this country

意味（3）

(US) To make or declare irrelevant.

意味（4）

To argue or plead in a supposed case.

There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing and fighting.

意味（5）

(regional, obsolete) To talk or speak.

'Tis no boot to moot again of it.

意味（6）

(Scotland, Northern England) To say, utter, also insinuate.

He could not moot the words.

moots （ present singular third-person ）

mooting （ participle present ）

mooted （ participle past ）

mooted （ past ）