moot
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
he organized the weekly moot
Types & categories
- lawsuit hypernym
Related & opposite
- law domain topic
Sense 2 verb
think about carefully; weigh
They considered the possibility of a strike
Types & categories
- hash out hypernym
- see hyponym
- premeditate hyponym
- debate hyponym
- wrestle hyponym
- think twice hyponym
Related & opposite
- deliberateness derivation
- consideration derivation
- weighing derivation
- consideration derivation
- deliberation derivation
- consider verb group
Sense 3 adjective
of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)
Related & opposite
- law domain topic
- irrelevant similar to
Sense 4 adjective
open to argument or debate
that is a moot question
Related & opposite
- contend derivation
- deliberate derivation
- controversial similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lawsuit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberateness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | consideration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | weighing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | consideration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberation |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | consider |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hash out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | see |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | premeditate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | debate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrestle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | think twice |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | irrelevant |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | contend |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberate |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | controversial |