dispute

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Related terms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.4.4 External links 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Related terms 2.4 Anagrams 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 4 Spanish 4.1 Verb

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From Middle English disputen < Old French desputer (French disputer) < Latin disputare (“‘to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate’”) < dis- (“‘apart’”) + putare (“‘to reckon, consider, think, orig. make clean, clear up’”), related to purus (“‘pure’”). Cf. compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.

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• IPA: /dɪsˈpjuːt/, SAMPA: /dIs"pju:t/
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  Rhymes: -uːt

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dispute (plural disputes)

1. An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
2. Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
3. Contest; struggle; quarrel.

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• See also Wikisaurus:dispute

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[edit] Verb

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

1. To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle.
2. To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
3. To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments.
4. To strive or contend about; to contest.
5. To struggle against; to resist.

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• disputable
• disputant
• disputation
• disputatious

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• industrial dispute

[edit] Translations

• Finnish: riidellä (1,7), kinata (1,6,7), väitellä (1,6,7), kiistellä (1,6,7)

[edit] External links

• dispute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• dispute in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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From Latin disputare

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dispute f. (plural disputes)

1. dispute

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• disputer

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• Alphagram: deipstu
• stupide

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dispute f.

1. Plural form of disputa.

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dispute (infinitive: disputar)

1. formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of disputar.
2. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of disputar.
3. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of disputar.
4. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of disputar.