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S: (n) moot (a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise) "he organized the weekly moot"

S: (v) consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate (think about carefully; weigh) "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

S: (v) hash out, discuss, talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion) "We discussed our household budget"

S: (v) negociate, negotiate, talk terms (discuss the terms of an arrangement) "They negotiated the sale of the house"
S: (v) negociate (confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement) "The parties negociated all night"
S: (v) powwow (hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting)
S: (v) debate, deliberate (discuss the pros and cons of an issue)
S: (v) consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate (think about carefully; weigh) "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
S: (v) bandy, kick around (discuss lightly) "We bandied around these difficult questions"
S: (v) moderate, chair, lead (preside over) "John moderated the discussion"
S: (v) rede, advise, counsel (give advice to) "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"
S: (v) confer, confabulate, confab, consult (have a conference in order to talk something over) "We conferred about a plan of action"
S: (v) broach, initiate (bring up a topic for discussion)
S: (v) bandy about (discuss casually) "bandy about an idea"
S: (v) thrash out, hammer out (discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement) "The leaders of the various Middle Eastern countries are trying to hammer out a peace agreement"

W: (n) consideration [Related to: consider] (a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting)) "consideration of the traffic problem took more than an hour"
W: (n) consideration [Related to: consider] (the process of giving careful thought to something)
W: (n) deliberation [Related to: deliberate] ((usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question) "the deliberations of the jury"
W: (n) deliberation [Related to: deliberate] (careful consideration) "a little deliberation would have deterred them"
W: (n) deliberation [Related to: deliberate] (the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision) "he was a man of judicial deliberation"

S: (adj) moot (of no legal significance (as having been previously decided))
S: (adj) arguable, debatable, disputable, moot (open to argument or debate) "that is a moot question"