"moot" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /muːt/ Audio: en-us-moot.ogg [US], en-au-moot.ogg [Australia] Forms: more moot [comparative], most moot [superlative]
enPR: mo͞ot Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”). Cognate with Scots mut, mote (“meeting, assembly”), Low German Mööt (“meeting”), Moot (“meeting”), archaic Dutch (ge)moet (“meeting”), Danish møde (“meeting”), Swedish möte (“meeting”), Norwegian møte (“meeting”), Icelandic mót (“meeting, tournament, meet”). Related to meet. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meh₂d- (meet)}}, {{inh|en|enm|mōt}} Middle English mōt, {{m|enm|ȝemōt}} ȝemōt, {{inh|en|ang|*mōt}} Old English *mōt, {{m|ang|ġemōt||meeting}} ġemōt (“meeting”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mōtą}} Proto-Germanic *mōtą, {{der|en|ine-pro|*meh₂d-|id=meet|t=to encounter, come}} Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”), {{cog|sco|mut}} Scots mut, {{m|sco|mote||meeting, assembly}} mote (“meeting, assembly”), {{cog|nds|Mööt||meeting}} Low German Mööt (“meeting”), {{m|nds|Moot||meeting}} Moot (“meeting”), {{m|nl|moet|(ge)moet|meeting}} (ge)moet (“meeting”), {{cog|da|møde||meeting}} Danish møde (“meeting”), {{cog|sv|möte||meeting}} Swedish möte (“meeting”), {{cog|no|møte||meeting}} Norwegian møte (“meeting”), {{cog|is|mót||meeting, tournament, meet}} Icelandic mót (“meeting, tournament, meet”), {{m|en|meet}} meet Head templates: {{en-adj}} moot (comparative more moot, superlative most moot)
  1. (current in UK, rare in the US) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve. Tags: rare Translations (subject to discussion): спорен (sporen) (Bulgarian), discutible (Catalan), diskutabilní (Czech), sporný (Czech), hypothetisch (Dutch), kiistanalainen (Finnish), ratkaisematon (Finnish), kiistelty (Finnish), kiistakysymys [noun] (Finnish), discutable (French), fraglich (German), strittig (German), umstritten (German), vitás (Hungarian), vitatott (Hungarian), vitatható (Hungarian), függőben lévő (Hungarian), eldöntetlen (Hungarian), függő (Hungarian), vita tárgyává tehető (Hungarian), discusso (Italian), dibattuto (Italian), controverso (Italian), sporny [masculine] (Polish), discutível (Portuguese), спо́рный (spórnyj) (Russian), дискуссио́нный (diskussiónnyj) (Russian), discutible (Spanish), punto muerto [masculine] (Spanish), спі́рний (spírnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-moot-en-adj-wG8AbdM6 Categories (other): American English, British English Disambiguation of 'subject to discussion': 87 9 4
  2. (Canada, US, chiefly law) Being an exercise of thought; academic. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-moot-en-adj-ByJk1-M~ Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Topics: law
  3. (Canada, US) Having no practical consequence or relevance. Tags: Canada, US Synonyms: irrelevant, obsolete Translations (having no practical importance): irrellevant (Catalan), hypothetisch (Dutch), irrelevant (Dutch), epärelevantti (Finnish), asian vierestä (Finnish), non pertinent (French), stérile (French), vain (French), irrelevant (German), müßig (German), rein akademisch (German), jelentéktelen (Hungarian), érdektelen (Hungarian), irreleváns (Hungarian), okafogyott (Hungarian), öncélú (Hungarian), pusztán elméleti (Hungarian), hipotetikus (Hungarian), hape (Maori), bezprzedmiotowy (Polish), irrelevante (Portuguese), теорети́ческий (teoretíčeskij) (Russian), гипотети́ческий (gipotɛtíčeskij) (Russian), irrelevante (Spanish), irrelevant (Swedish), oviktig (Swedish), ovidkommande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-moot-en-adj-s-IWcTcH Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Disambiguation of 'having no practical importance': 9 9 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: moot point, moot court, ward moot
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /muːt/ Audio: en-us-moot.ogg [US], en-au-moot.ogg [Australia] Forms: moots [plural]
enPR: mo͞ot Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”). Cognate with Scots mut, mote (“meeting, assembly”), Low German Mööt (“meeting”), Moot (“meeting”), archaic Dutch (ge)moet (“meeting”), Danish møde (“meeting”), Swedish möte (“meeting”), Norwegian møte (“meeting”), Icelandic mót (“meeting, tournament, meet”). Related to meet. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meh₂d- (meet)}}, {{inh|en|enm|mōt}} Middle English mōt, {{m|enm|ȝemōt}} ȝemōt, {{inh|en|ang|*mōt}} Old English *mōt, {{m|ang|ġemōt||meeting}} ġemōt (“meeting”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mōtą}} Proto-Germanic *mōtą, {{der|en|ine-pro|*meh₂d-|id=meet|t=to encounter, come}} Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”), {{cog|sco|mut}} Scots mut, {{m|sco|mote||meeting, assembly}} mote (“meeting, assembly”), {{cog|nds|Mööt||meeting}} Low German Mööt (“meeting”), {{m|nds|Moot||meeting}} Moot (“meeting”), {{m|nl|moet|(ge)moet|meeting}} (ge)moet (“meeting”), {{cog|da|møde||meeting}} Danish møde (“meeting”), {{cog|sv|möte||meeting}} Swedish möte (“meeting”), {{cog|no|møte||meeting}} Norwegian møte (“meeting”), {{cog|is|mót||meeting, tournament, meet}} Icelandic mót (“meeting, tournament, meet”), {{m|en|meet}} meet Head templates: {{en-noun}} moot (plural moots)
  1. A moot court.
    Sense id: en-moot-en-noun--PiaaZ8o
  2. A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
    Sense id: en-moot-en-noun-yO8EBixM
  3. (scouting) A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks. Categories (topical): Scouting
    Sense id: en-moot-en-noun-TkM~R3Ic
  4. (paganism) A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
    Sense id: en-moot-en-noun-PE8o164X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 6 1 3 9 10 4 12 5 10 10 8 2 3 1 3 1 0 5 1 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 6 6 1 3 8 10 3 10 5 10 10 7 1 2 2 4 1 0 5 1 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 4 4 1 2 5 12 3 7 6 14 14 6 1 3 1 3 1 0 6 1 1 Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion
  5. (historical) An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality). Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-moot-en-noun-en:assembly
  6. (shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
    Sense id: en-moot-en-noun-Jw34Vgze Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 6 1 3 9 10 4 12 5 10 10 8 2 3 1 3 1 0 5 1 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 6 6 1 3 8 10 3 10 5 10 10 7 1 2 2 4 1 0 5 1 1 Topics: business, manufacturing, shipbuilding
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: folkmoot, gemoot, moot hall, moot-stow, tun-moot
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: moots [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English moten (“to speak, talk, converse, discuss”), from Old English mōtian (“to speak, converse, discuss”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet, encounter”), a suffixed derivative of *mōtą (“meeting”). Related to etymology 1. See also mutter (which is a frequentative of moot). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|moten|id=to speak|t=to speak, talk, converse, discuss}} Middle English moten (“to speak, talk, converse, discuss”), {{inh|en|ang|mōtian||to speak, converse, discuss}} Old English mōtian (“to speak, converse, discuss”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mōtijaną||to meet, encounter}} Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet, encounter”), {{m|gem-pro|*mōtą||meeting}} *mōtą (“meeting”), {{m|en|mutter}} mutter Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} moot (countable and uncountable, plural moots)
  1. (Scotland, Northern England) A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-moot-en-noun-wIokPhjO Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English
  2. (Scotland, Northern England, rustic) Talk. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, countable, uncountable Translations (to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose): повдигам въпрос (povdigam vǎpros) (Bulgarian), plantejar (Catalan), předložit [perfective] (Czech), navrhnout (k diskusi) [perfective] (Czech), ter discussie stellen (Dutch), ter tafel brengen (Dutch), ter sprake brengen (Dutch), tuoda keskusteluun (Finnish), ehdottaa (Finnish), esittää (Finnish), zur Debatte stellen (German), zur Diskussion stellen (German), infrage stellen (German), in Frage stellen (German), propor (Portuguese), tencionar (Portuguese), pleitear (Portuguese), ста́вить вопро́с на обсужде́ние (stávitʹ voprós na obsuždénije) [imperfective] (Russian), plantear (Spanish), proponer (Spanish), sugerir (Spanish), підніма́ти пита́ння (pidnimáty pytánnja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-moot-en-noun-tUHv6ELv Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 6 6 1 3 8 10 3 10 5 10 10 7 1 2 2 4 1 0 5 1 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 4 4 1 2 5 12 3 7 6 14 14 6 1 3 1 3 1 0 6 1 1 Disambiguation of 'to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose': 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈmʊt/ Forms: moots [plural]
Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} moot (plural moots)
  1. (Australia) Vagina. Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-moot-en-noun-a9t2vOiH Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 6 6 1 3 8 10 3 10 5 10 10 7 1 2 2 4 1 0 5 1 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 4 4 1 2 5 12 3 7 6 14 14 6 1 3 1 3 1 0 6 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Forms: moots [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch moot (“piece”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|moot||piece}} Dutch moot (“piece”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} moot (plural moots)
  1. (West Country) The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree. Tags: West-Country Derived forms: moot-axe, mooting-axe, moot earth, moot-end
    Sense id: en-moot-en-noun-LYzAc5Aw Categories (other): West Country English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

Forms: moots [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of mutual with humorously altered pronunciation. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|mutual}} Clipping of mutual Head templates: {{en-noun}} moot (plural moots)
  1. (Internet slang, endearing) A mutual follower on a social media platform. Tags: Internet, endearing Categories (topical): Social media
    Sense id: en-moot-en-noun-AV85A2cA Disambiguation of Social media: 2 2 3 1 1 3 10 2 6 5 13 13 5 22 2 1 2 1 0 4 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Verb

Forms: moots [present, singular, third-person], mooting [participle, present], mooted [participle, past], mooted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English moten (“to speak, talk, converse, discuss”), from Old English mōtian (“to speak, converse, discuss”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet, encounter”), a suffixed derivative of *mōtą (“meeting”). Related to etymology 1. See also mutter (which is a frequentative of moot). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|moten|id=to speak|t=to speak, talk, converse, discuss}} Middle English moten (“to speak, talk, converse, discuss”), {{inh|en|ang|mōtian||to speak, converse, discuss}} Old English mōtian (“to speak, converse, discuss”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mōtijaną||to meet, encounter}} Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet, encounter”), {{m|gem-pro|*mōtą||meeting}} *mōtą (“meeting”), {{m|en|mutter}} mutter Head templates: {{en-verb}} moot (third-person singular simple present moots, present participle mooting, simple past and past participle mooted)
  1. To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
    Sense id: en-moot-en-verb-1v5z~VjP
  2. To discuss or debate.
    Sense id: en-moot-en-verb-KtjrfP7j
  3. (US) To make or declare irrelevant. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-moot-en-verb-en:irrelevant Categories (other): American English
  4. To argue or plead in a supposed case.
    Sense id: en-moot-en-verb-ANrmy9Ds
  5. (regional, obsolete) To talk or speak. Tags: obsolete, regional
    Sense id: en-moot-en-verb-nYejyvc7 Categories (other): Regional English
  6. (Scotland, Northern England) To say, utter, also insinuate. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland
    Sense id: en-moot-en-verb-fH~UeMy3 Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: moots [present, singular, third-person], mooting [participle, present], mooted [participle, past], mooted [past]
Etymology: From Dutch moot (“piece”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|moot||piece}} Dutch moot (“piece”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} moot (third-person singular simple present moots, present participle mooting, simple past and past participle mooted)
  1. (West Country) To take root and begin to grow. Tags: West-Country
    Sense id: en-moot-en-verb-WYXDtOrY Categories (other): West Country English
  2. (West Country) To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with a snout. Tags: West-Country
    Sense id: en-moot-en-verb-f3d~6bpq Categories (other): West Country English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

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        {
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "subject to discussion",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "subject to discussion",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "subject to discussion",
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        {
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          "sense": "subject to discussion",
          "word": "discutable"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "subject to discussion",
          "word": "fraglich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 9 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "subject to discussion",
          "word": "strittig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 9 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "subject to discussion",
          "word": "umstritten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 9 4",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "ref": "1535, William Stewart, The Buik of the Croniclis of Scotland",
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        "To say, utter, also insinuate."
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          "word": "tuoda keskusteluun"
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        },
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        },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "sporen",
      "sense": "subject to discussion",
      "word": "спорен"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "subject to discussion",
      "word": "discutible"
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      "sense": "subject to discussion",
      "word": "diskutabilní"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "subject to discussion",
      "word": "sporný"
    },
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      "sense": "subject to discussion",
      "word": "hypothetisch"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "subject to discussion",
      "word": "kiistanalainen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subject to discussion",
      "word": "ratkaisematon"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subject to discussion",
      "word": "kiistelty"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subject to discussion",
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      "word": "kiistakysymys"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "discutable"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "subject to discussion",
      "word": "fraglich"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "subject to discussion",
      "word": "strittig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "subject to discussion",
      "word": "umstritten"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "subject to discussion",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "függőben lévő"
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      "word": "dibattuto"
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      "word": "controverso"
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      "sense": "subject to discussion",
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      "sense": "subject to discussion",
      "word": "спо́рный"
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      "sense": "having no practical importance",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "having no practical importance",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "having no practical importance",
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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        "Scottish English"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "povdigam vǎpros",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "повдигам въпрос"
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    {
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      "word": "plantejar"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "předložit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "navrhnout (k diskusi)"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "ter discussie stellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "ter tafel brengen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "ter sprake brengen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "tuoda keskusteluun"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "ehdottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "esittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "zur Debatte stellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "zur Diskussion stellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "infrage stellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "in Frage stellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "propor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "tencionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "pleitear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stávitʹ voprós na obsuždénije",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ста́вить вопро́с на обсужде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "plantear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "proponer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "sugerir"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidnimáty pytánnja",
      "sense": "to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose",
      "word": "підніма́ти пита́ння"
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        "Vagina."
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        "To take root and begin to grow."
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          "ref": "2020, @healer_katara, \"Café au Twitter\", ZaofuToday, Issue 1, page 10",
          "text": "Eid Mubarak to all my muslim moots out there"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, @DIORJAEYUN, \"NCity Small Business\", EnVi, Winter 2021, page 222",
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          "ref": "2022, anonymous, quoted in Fayika Farhat Nova et al., \"Cultivating the Community: Inferring Influence Within Eating Disorder Networks on Twitter\", Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, January 2022 (article link)",
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