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dispute
[dih-spyoot]
verb (used without object)
to engage in argument or debate.
She liked nothing more than to dispute with her fellow law students.
to argue vehemently; wrangle or quarrel.
Those two are always disputing about something or other.
Synonyms: ,
verb (used with object)
to argue or debate about; discuss.
Whether excessive time spent on the internet can be called an addiction is hotly disputed.
to argue against; call into question.
Historians dispute this claim, suggesting Raleigh could not possibly have discovered the potato in the places he visited.
to quarrel or fight about; contest.
We stopped to watch a puffed-up crow disputing territory with a cat.
Archaic.Ģżto strive against; oppose.
to dispute an advance of troops.
noun
a debate, controversy, or difference of opinion.
Players were elated when the equal pay dispute was finally resolved.
a wrangling argument; quarrel.
Some women at the end of the bar were having a noisy dispute about who should be the designated driver.
Synonyms: , , , ,
dispute
verb
to argue, debate, or quarrel about (something)
(tr; may take a clause as object) to doubt the validity, etc, of
(tr) to seek to win; contest for
(tr) to struggle against; resist
noun
an argument or quarrel
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- disputeless adjective
- disputer noun
- predispute noun
- redispute verb
- undisputing adjective
- »å¾±²õĖ±č³Ü³Ł±š°ł noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of dispute1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of dispute1
Idioms and Phrases
in dispute,
being fought or argued over; debated or contested; unresolved.
The authorship of the recently discovered text is in dispute.
Both countries argue that the territories in dispute originally belonged to them.
engaged in an argument or disagreement.
The program enables parties in dispute to settle their differences over the internet without face-to-face mediation.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Negotiations between the UK and Canada on a trade agreement broke down early last year, before the British general election, after a dispute over beef and cheese.
The four were indicted in 2011 on multiple charges stemming from a land dispute between the county and Colonies Partners.
Over the decades, it has largely been centred on parade disputes or bonfires, but last summer there was racially-motivated violence in Belfast.
Family members of some of those men, however, have disputed any gang ties, with some arguing that they were swept up as a result of innocent tattoos.
The all-out strike began 13 weeks ago in a dispute over pay, and the union has warned the strike could last until December after members voted to continue the action.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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