I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
moot court
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
point
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Whether this input has made a significant impact on the pattern of activity is a moot point .
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It is a moot point whether hierarchies exist outside our own thought processes.
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Whether they have appeared as part of the C. and A.G.'s audit is a moot point .
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It's a moot point whether this is censorship.
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Whether the law should be this is a moot point .
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Quite how long Lord Young was proposing to delay publication is a moot point .
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It is a moot point whether a supranational authority is also required.
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This is a moot point which requires further study before it can be resolved.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Even if Proposition 559 passes, it will become moot if the Supreme Court says it's unconstitutional.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It's a moot point whether this is censorship.
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It is a moot point whether hierarchies exist outside our own thought processes.
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Quite how long Lord Young was proposing to delay publication is a moot point.
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Whether the law should be this is a moot point.
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Whether they have appeared as part of the C. and A.G.'s audit is a moot point.
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Whether this input has made a significant impact on the pattern of activity is a moot point.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
idea
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He had mooted the idea of becoming a teacher but made no serious attempts to do anything about it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A final version has already been mooted.
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A new approach was being mooted in the heaving undergrowth of ultra-left literature.
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As Jubilee 2000 draws to a close next month, climate change has been mooted as a possible successor issue.
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It was mooted the association could offer a unique police view of current problems.
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Misha F is against pets in principle, but admitted to having three cats and mooted a Chekhov sequel, Three Cats.
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Once the trip was mooted, there were weeks of indecision about who would go and when.
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Paris was mooted but when Henrietta could not find her passport they eloped to Edinburgh.
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Such is the Delors-led demand for uniformity that even this was mooted as a possibility.