Dispute
Pronunciation
- IPA: /dɪsˈpjuËt/
- Rhymes: -uËt
Origin
From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disputare ("to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate"), from dis- ("apart") + putare ("to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up"), related to purus ("pure"). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.
Full definition of dispute
Noun
dispute
(plural disputes)- An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
- Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
- MiltonAddicted more
To contemplation and profound dispute. - Contest; struggle; quarrel.
Synonyms
Verb
- (intransitive) To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
- (transitive) To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.Some residents disputed the proposal, saying it was based more on emotion than fact.
- To oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of.to dispute assertions or arguments
- Bancroftto seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance
- To strive or contend about; to contest.
- Prescottto dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards
- (obsolete) To struggle against; to resist.
- ShakespeareDispute it grief like a man.