Meaning & use
Mooting
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Raising a topic for discussion or debate, often as a hypothetical or preliminary proposal.
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Committee members were mooting the idea of a four-day work week.
Law students spent the evening mooting a fictional appeal before a panel of judges.
A note on using this word
In law schools, 'mooting' specifically refers to arguing a simulated case in a moot court, a practice dating back centuries in English legal training.
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proposingdebating
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2. verb
Rendering an issue irrelevant or no longer practically significant.
The settlement ended up mooting the need for a trial.
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