dispute
Pronunciation: /dɪˈspjuːt/
The English word “dispute” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.
- A disagreement between parties in a contract, lawsuit, treaty, or other legal matter.
- Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
verb
- To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
- To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
- To oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call into question; to deny the truth or validity of.
- To strive or contend about; to contest.
- To struggle against; to resist.
Etymology
From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disputāre (“to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate”), from dis- (“apart”) + putāre (“to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.
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More English words
- disputative
- disputatively
- disputativeness
- disputator
- dispute resolution
- dispute resolution organization
- disputed
- disputedly
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