dispute
Use Dispute in a sentence
verb (used without object)
1.
to engage in argument or debate.
2.
to argue vehemently; wrangle or quarrel.
verb (used with object)
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.
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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
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
dis·pute·less, adjective
dis·put·er, noun
pre·dis·pute, noun, verb, pre·dis·put·ed, pre·dis·put·ing.
re·dis·pute, verb, re·dis·put·ed, re·dis·put·ing.
un·dis·put·ed, adjective
Synonyms
2. bicker, squabble. 8. disputation, altercation, wrangle, bickering, squabble. See argument.
2. bicker, squabble. 8. disputation, altercation, wrangle, bickering, squabble. See argument.
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| dispute | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to argue, debate, or quarrel about (something) |
| 2. | (tr; may take a clause as object) to doubt the validity, etc, of |
| 3. | (tr) to seek to win; contest for |
| 4. | (tr) to struggle against; resist |
| —n | |
| 5. | an argument or quarrel |
| [C13: from Late Latin disputāre to contend verbally, from Latin: to discuss, from | |
| dis'puter | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
dispute
early 13c., from O.Fr. desputer (12c.), from L. disputare "examine, discuss, argue," from dis- "separately" + putare "to count, consider," originally "to prune" (see pave). Used in Vulgate in sense of "to argue, contend with words." Related: Disputed; disputing.
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Example sentences
One theory is a family dispute of some sort: there are reports of an argument before the shooting rampage.
Anyone who attempts to argue that there is still significant dispute about the science is mis-characterizing the truth.
The dispute between these two camps isn't one where people often change their minds at the drop of an argument.
Though the shelling has stopped, any ceasefire remains fragile as long as nationalists in both countries keep stoking the dispute.
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