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   Dis·pute

   /diˈspyo͞ot/

   

   noun

   • 1. a disagreement, argument, or debate: "a territorial dispute between the two countries" Similar debatediscussiondiscoursedisputationargumentcontroversycontentiondisagreementaltercationfalling-outquarrelingvariancedissensionconflictfrictionstrifediscordantagonismrare:velitationcontestationquarrelargumentaltercationsquabblefalling-outshouting matchdisagreementdifference of opinionclashwranglefeudfightfracasbrawldonnybrookinformal:tiffspatscraprun-inrowbarneyslanging matchding-dongbust-upaftersrammyrhubarbarchaic:broilmiffOpposite agreementagreement
   • ▪ a disagreement between management and employees that leads to an action of protest by the employees: "if this dispute cannot be resolved quickly, a formal strike is inevitable"

   verb

   • 1. argue about (something); discuss heatedly: "he taught and disputed with local poets" Similar debatediscussexchange viewsquarrelarguedisagreehave a disagreementhave an altercationclashwranglebickersquabblebandy wordscross swordslock hornsinformal:fall outhave wordsargufyscraphave a tiffhave a spatarchaic:altercate
   • ▪ question whether (a statement or alleged fact) is true or valid: "the accusations are not disputed" Similar challengecontestdenydoubtquestioncall into questionimpugnquibble overcontradictargue aboutobject toopposedisagree withtake issue withprotest againstformal:gainsayrare:controvertOpposite acceptagree with
   • 2. compete for; strive to win: "the two drivers crashed while disputing the lead"
   • ▪ resist (a landing or advance): archaic "I formed my line and prepared to dispute the advance of the foe"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin disputare ‘to estimate’ (in late Latin ‘to dispute’), from dis- ‘apart’ + putare ‘reckon’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. disputer noun

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   What does dispute mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of DISPUTE is to engage in argument : debate; especially : to argue irritably or with irritating persistence. How to use dispute in a sentence.

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   What does disputed mean in a sentence?

   • A dispute is an argument or disagreement between people or groups. Negotiators failed to resolve the bitter dispute between the European Community and the United States over cutting subsides to farmers. If you dispute a fact, statement, or theory, you say that it is incorrect or untrue . He disputed the allegations. [VERB noun]

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   What is the difference between under dispute and in dispute?

   • an argument between two people, groups or countries; discussion about a subject on which people disagree in dispute with somebody/something The union is in dispute with management over working hours. in/under dispute The cause of the accident was still in dispute (= being argued about). These are not the issues under dispute.

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   What is beyond dispute?

   • beyond dispute The matter was settled beyond dispute by the court judgment (= it could no longer be argued about). open to dispute His theories are open to dispute (= can be disagreed with). Definition of dispute noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   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: squabble, bicker.

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   Definitions of dispute. noun. coming into conflict with. synonyms: contravention. see more. noun. a disagreement or argument about something important. “he had a dispute with his wife”. synonyms: conflict, difference, difference of opinion.

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