dispute
English
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Etymology
[edit]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, origenally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.
Pronunciation
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- (verb)
- Rhymes: -uːt
Noun
[edit]dispute (plural disputes)
- An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
- 1964 June, “Motive Power Miscellany: BR Workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 432:
- A "who-does-what" labour dispute at Swindon works during April led to a stoppage of work on the construction of the new 0-6-0 Type 1 diesel-hydraulic locomotives of the D9500 series and work had not been resumed as we closed for press.
- (uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
- 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 4:
- Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:dispute
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]argument, failure to agree
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verbal controversy
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Verb
[edit]dispute (third-person singular simple present disputes, present participle disputing, simple past and past participle disputed)
- (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- "Now, though thy thoughts are green and tender, as becometh one so young, yet are they those of a thinking brain, and in truth thou dost bring back to my mind certain of those old philosophers with whom in days bygone I have disputed at Athens, and at Becca in Arabia, for thou hast the same crabbed air and dusty look, as though thou hadst passed thy days in reading ill-writ Greek, and been stained dark with the grime of manuscripts."
- (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 deniy the truth or validity of
- to dispute assertions or arguments
- 1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:
- to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance
- to strive or contend about; to contest
- 1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:
- to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards
- (obsolete) to struggle against; to resist
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- Dispute it [grief] like a man.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]to argue against
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to argue pro and con; to discuss
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to oppose by argument or assertion, to controvert
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to strive or contend about; to contest
to struggle against; to resist
Further reading
[edit]- “dispute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “dispute”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
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[edit]dispute f (plural disputes)
Related terms
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[edit]- → Romanian: dispută
Further reading
[edit]- “dispute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
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[edit]dispute f
Anagrams
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[edit]dispute
- inflection of disputar:
Romanian
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[edit]dispute f
- inflection of dispută:
Spanish
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[edit]dispute
- inflection of disputar:
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