(v. t.) To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion.
(v. t.) Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.
(v. i.) To argue or plead in a supposed case.
(n.) A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot.
(v.) A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice.
(a.) Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.
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Example Sentences:
(1) In his interim Digital Britain report published last month, Carter called for the creation of a "second institution ... with public purpose at its heart" to rival the BBC and mooted the merger of Channel 4 into a wider entity, potentially involving parts of BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm.
(2) The move, first mooted two months ago, has been instigated with Jol's blessing and the new man was quick to insist he had spent "many hours" talking with his compatriot prior to accepting the position, even if his arrival effectively dilutes the manager's powerbase at the club.
(3) The people were free, the dictator was dead, a mooted massacre had been averted – and all this without any obvious boots on the ground.
(4) The debate over whether to start with supply-side (investor) or demand-side (consumer) measures is a moot one, once confidence is at a low.
(5) A reason for Stepanenko’s extrication was also mooted – he and his family visited Crimea, annexed by Russia, in 2015 and did not hide the fact, protesting that it is simply part of Ukraine.
(6) The participation of the peritrophic membrane in a midgut barrier to infection of C. tarsalis, and many other mosquito species, by arboviruses is considered a moot point.
(7) UUP to leave Northern Ireland’s power-sharing executive Read more The revival of the independent monitoring commission (IMC), which had the task of examining the status of IRA and loyalist paramilitary ceasefires before devolution was restored nearly a decade ago, has been mooted as a way to rebuild the unionist community’s trust in republican goodwill and deter future ceasefire breaches.
(8) A rail link has long been mooted, with proposals released earlier this year for a project that would provide trains every 10 minutes to the airport, servicing an estimated six million people a year.
(9) Several other roles have been mooted for Brooks, though the company downplayed suggestions that she would run Storyful, a Dublin-based social media news agency started by the former RTÉ current affairs presenter Mark Little, or manage the Sun’s digital operations.
(10) But the project has been plagued by cost problems since it was first mooted under the last Labour government.
(11) Marriage equality could be a reality by end of the year, says George Brandis Read more The attorney general, George Brandis , told Sky News on Sunday the government’s mooted plebiscite on the issue would be held shortly after the 2016 election and before the end of the year.
(12) The most plausible explanation for Kennedy’s disinterest in the question is that he believes it will be moot because all of the state bans will fall.
(13) Separately, competition rules mean that business secretary Vince Cable must make a quasi-judicial ruling about whether to refer the mooted merger to the Competition Commission on grounds of a threat to national security.
(14) The mooted changes would be more likely to have broader effect.
(15) The protests, the product of rising tensions linked to mooted early elections, spending cuts and political upheavals in neighbouring Thailand and Singapore, echo events across the Muslim world.
(16) Michael Fallon was speaking up for millions up and down the country.” Peter Bone, MP for Wellingborough, said: “No 10 and Mr Fallon are saying the same thing, but he is reflecting more the words you hear on the doorstep.” Fallon’s comments followed Cameron’s pledge to make changes to the principle of freedom of movement of workers within the EU – a “red line” in a mooted renegotiation of the UK’s membership terms.
(17) One mooted solution is to cut the campaign period in half so that the vote would be held on 18 December.
(18) • Was the Saints’ victory this weekend really down to the factors I mooted above, or was it actually just because they got back to eating Popeyes chicken before the game ?
(19) In the wake of the Scottish referendum result , it was mooted in a BBC discussion that Britain has a “poverty of perspective” issue.
(20) The IMF describes the markets’ so-called “taper tantrum” earlier this year, after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke mooted the idea of “tapering” QE, as a “mini stress test”, which helped to reveal how investors might respond as monetary policy returns to normal.
Scout
Definition:
(n.) A swift sailing boat.
(n.) A projecting rock.
(v. t.) To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
(n.) A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition of an enemy.
(n.) A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
(n.) A fielder in a game for practice.
(n.) The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
(v. t.) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
(v. t.) To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
(v. i.) To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.
Example Sentences:
(1) If Carlsberg made adverts for football scouts ... Scott Murray Martial, who could potentially cost Manchester United £58.8m, had quite a bit to prove.
(2) Arnesen then compounded his problems by connecting sackings of his own scouting staff to Abramovich's recent financial losses - angering the Russian billionaire.
(3) Newspaper editors and TV bosses want to hear that their scouts have seen "must see" shows, when in fact having seen things everyone else has seen, when there are over 2,000 different shows daily, should be a sackable offence.
(4) It was pored over by line producers, prop masters, location scouts, production designers, scenic designers, costume designers, directors, assistant directors, second assistant directors, and second second assistant directors – at each step becoming more real, as if emerging from the shimmer of some distant desert horizon.
(5) It is hard to imagine any form of drafting that would not criminalise any contemporary form of the Kinder Scout trespass, or direct action protest occupations.
(6) As a scout, it’s my job to find the real-world locations that best match the director’s vision of New York.
(7) We are seeing a significant rise in the number of referrals each month from the Goddard inquiry, and these allegations relate to abuse in a range of institutions from the church, to schools, the scouts and hospitals.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Simon Bailey, head of the coordinating unit Operation Hydrant.
(8) Already the scouts are searching for the next school: C4 wants another series next year.
(9) The soldiers in the undated video, which was posted anonymously on the web, appear to be members of Scout Sniper Team 4, a US marine unit based in North Carolina that served in Afghanistan until last autumn.
(10) A Czech Scout has been praised after she confronted a neo-Nazi at a rally in Brno.
(11) Chelsea sent one and Leicester scouts also became regulars at the Luminus Arena.
(12) Beckham scouted locations for a new stadium in Miami last week and is looking for investors.
(13) Confessions of a location scout: why the New York beloved of the movies doesn't exist any more Read more Meanwhile, those apartment and condo owners who are full-time residents routinely join landlords in jacking up commercial rents, driving out beloved small businesses and neighbourhood eateries, and reducing the cityscape to a monoculture of faceless chain stores, nail salons, bank branches and overpriced restaurants.
(14) Fans were sceptical of the abilities of Martin Ferguson, Sir Alex's younger brother, who became Manchester United's chief European scout.
(15) The location and plane direction of the scan were guided by findings on initial coronary MR scout scans and by a review of the angiograms.
(16) He began to take part in the school's Duke of Edinburgh scheme, and joined a number of clubs, such as drama, chemistry and chess as well as the Scouts.
(17) She was either scouted for this year’s X Factor or turned up of her own accord – either way she didn’t make it through.
(18) It will be difficult, but you don’t know in time.” He continued: “Iain was brought in to do a job to recruit and scout players, and Iain was experienced at that job.
(19) When I came here, our scouts showed me some footage of a very skilled player from Red Star Belgrade.
(20) It’s window dressing,” said Harry Hughes, who said he had just returned from the field, monitoring cartel scouts.