dispute

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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.

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpjuːt/, /ˈdɪs.pjuːt/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪs.pjuːt/, /dɪsˈpjuːt/

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• (verb)
  • IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpjuːt/
• Rhymes: -uːt

Noun

dispute (plural disputes)

1. 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.

2. (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. M for John Starkey , →OCLC, page 4:

     Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:dispute

Derived terms

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Verb

dispute (third-person singular simple present disputes, present participle disputing, simple past and past participle disputed)

1. (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."

2. (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.

3. 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

   • 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

4. to strive or contend about; to contest
   • 1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:

     to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards

5. (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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :

     Dispute it [grief] like a man.

Derived terms

• industrial dispute

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Translations

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

From Latin disputāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.pyt/

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Noun

dispute f (plural disputes)

1. dispute

Related terms

• disputer

Descendants

• → Romanian: dispută

Further reading

• “dispute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• stupide

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.spu.te/
• Rhymes: -ispute
• Hyphenation: dì‧spu‧te

Noun

dispute f

1. plural of disputa

Anagrams

• stupide

Portuguese

Verb

dispute

1. inflection of disputar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

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Noun

dispute f

1. inflection of dispută:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈpute/
• Rhymes: -ute
• Syllabification: dis‧pu‧te

Verb

dispute

1. inflection of disputar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative