dispute

[dih-spyoot] /dɪˈspyut/
verb (used without object), disputed, disputing.
1.
to engage in argument or debate.
2.
to argue vehemently; wrangle or quarrel.
verb (used with object), disputed, disputing.
3.
to argue or debate about; discuss.
4.
to argue against; call in question:
to dispute a proposal.
5.
to quarrel or fight about; contest.
6.
to strive against; oppose:
to dispute an advance of troops.
noun
7.
a debate, controversy, or difference of opinion.
8.
a wrangling argument; quarrel.
Origin
1275-1325; Middle English (< Anglo-French, Old French desputer) < Latin disputāre to argue a point, equivalent to dis- dis-1 + putāre to reckon, consider; see putative
Related forms
disputeless, adjective
disputer, noun
predispute, noun, verb, predisputed, predisputing.
redispute, verb, redisputed, redisputing.
undisputed, adjective
undisputedly, adverb
undisputing, adjective
well-disputed, adjective
Can be confused
dispute, refute.
Synonyms
2. bicker, squabble. 8. disputation, altercation, wrangle, bickering, squabble. See argument.
Examples from the web for dispute
  • The dispute between these two camps isn't one where people often change their minds at the drop of an argument.
  • Anyone who attempts to argue that there is still significant dispute about the science is mis-characterizing the truth.
  • One theory is a family dispute of some sort: there are reports of an argument before the shooting rampage.
  • The dispute was between two students.
  • The dispute highlights the town's—and state's—predicament.
  • The dispute raises unprecedented questions for distance education.
  • Although the linguistic dispute may appear trivial, the row compacts ancient hatreds and modern resentments into a toxic compound.
  • The present dispute is very different from anything we have seen in the past.
  • Few could dispute his remarks or his credentials.
  • Whether a contract exists in this case is in dispute.
British Dictionary definitions for dispute

dispute

verb (dɪˈspjuːt)
1.
to argue, debate, or quarrel about (something)
2.
(transitive; may take a clause as object) to doubt the validity, etc, of
3.
(transitive) to seek to win; contest for
4.
(transitive) to struggle against; resist
noun (dɪˈspjuːt; ˈdɪspjuːt)
5.
an argument or quarrel
Derived Forms
disputer, noun
Word Origin
C13: from Late Latin disputāre to contend verbally, from Latin: to discuss, from dis-1 + putāre to think
Word Origin and History for dispute
v.

c.1300, from Old French desputer (12c.) "dispute, fight over, contend for, discuss," from Latin disputare "weigh, examine, discuss, argue, explain," from dis- "separately" (see dis-) + putare "to count, consider," originally "to prune" (see pave).

Used in Vulgate in sense of "to argue, contend with words." Related: Disputable; disputed; disputing. The noun is not certainly recorded before 1590s (disputacioun in that sense is from late 14c.).

Idioms and Phrases with dispute

dispute

see: in dispute