dispute

See also: Dispute and disputé

English

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[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 4:

     Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:dispute

Derived terms

• dispute resolution
• domestic dispute
• trade dispute

 

Translations

argument, failure to agree

• Arabic: خِلَاف‎ m (ḵilāf)
• Armenian: վեճ (hy) (več)
• Belarusian: спор m (spor), ды́спут m (dýsput), спрэ́чка f (spréčka), пале́міка f (paljémika)
• Bengali: বিবাদ (bn) (bibad)
• Bulgarian: спор (bg) m (spor), поле́мика (bg) f (polémika)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爭論／争论 (zh) (zhēnglùn), 爭議／争议 (zh) (zhēngyì), 爭端／争端 (zh) (zhēngduān), 糾紛／纠纷 (zh) (jiūfēn)

• Czech: spor (cs) m
• Esperanto: disputo
• Finnish: kiista (fi)
• French: dispute (fr) f, litige (fr) m
• Galician: disputa (gl) f
• German: Streit (de) m, Disput (de) m
• Greek: διένεξη (el) f (diénexi), έριδα (el) f (érida), διαμάχη (el) f (diamáchi)
• Irish: imreas m
• Italian: disputa (it) f, lite (it) f, bega (it) f
• Japanese: 論争 (ja) (ろんそう, ronsō), 議論 (ja) (ぎろん, giron)
• Korean: 논쟁(論爭) (ko) (nonjaeng), 론쟁(論爭) (ko) (ronjaeng) (North Korea), 의논(議論) (ko) (uinon)
• Latgalian: streids
• Latvian: strīds m
• Malayalam: തർക്കം (ml) (taṟkkaṁ)
• Maori: whakatete, ngutungutu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uenighet (no) m or f, disputt m

• Ottoman Turkish: نزاع‎ (nizaʿ), پرخاش‎ (perhaş)
• Portuguese: disputa (pt) f
• Romanian: dispută (ro) f
• Russian: спор (ru) m (spor), ди́спут (ru) m (dísput), поле́мика (ru) f (polémika)
• Scottish Gaelic: connsachadh m, connspaid f
• Spanish: disputa (es) f, contencioso (es) m
• Swedish: dispyt (sv) c
• Telugu: వివాదం (te) (vivādaṁ)
• Tibetan: རྩོད་པ (rtsod pa), རྩོད་གླེང (rtsod gleng)
• Ukrainian: спір m (spir), ди́спут m (dýsput), супере́ка f (superéka), поле́міка (uk) f (polémika)
• Waigali: pad

verbal controversy

• Arabic: نِزَاع‎ m (nizāʕ), شِجَار‎ m (šijār)
• Belarusian: сва́рка f (svárka)
• Bulgarian: ка́раница (bg) f (káranica)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: disputo
• Finnish: kiista (fi), erimielisyys (fi)
• French: dispute (fr) f
• Galician: disputa (gl) f
• German: Debatte (de) f
• Greek: αντιπαράθεση (el) f (antiparáthesi)
• Latin: disputātiō f
• Malayalam: തർക്കം (ml) (taṟkkaṁ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: disputt m

• Romanian: dispută (ro) f
• Russian: спор (ru) m (spor), ссо́ра (ru) f (ssóra), деба́ты (ru) m pl (debáty), ди́спут (ru) m (dísput)
• Scottish Gaelic: connspaid f
• Tagalog: balitaktak
• Tibetan: རྩོད་གླེང (rtsod gleng)
• Ukrainian: сва́рка (uk) f (svárka), супере́чка f (superéčka)
• Waigali: pad

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} disputo
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} დავა (dava)

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:

     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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     Dispute it [grief] like a man.

Derived terms

• industrial dispute

Related terms

• disputable
• disputant
• disputation
• disputatious
• disputative
• disputedly

 

Translations

to argue against

• Armenian: վիճարկել (hy) (vičarkel), վիճել (hy) (vičel)
• Bulgarian: споря (bg) (sporja)
• Catalan: disputar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: disputi (eo)
• Finnish: kiistää (fi)
• French: discuter (fr), argumenter (fr)
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan), 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (andsakan)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀμφιλέγω (amphilégō)

• Japanese: 反論する (はんろんする, hanron suru)
• Latin: altercor
• Maori: wenewene, taupetupetu
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: connsaich
• Ukrainian: спереча́тися impf (sperečátysja)

to argue pro and con; to discuss

• Armenian: քննարկել (hy) (kʿnnarkel)
• Bulgarian: дискутирам (bg) (diskutiram)
• Catalan: disputar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: diskuti
• Finnish: kiistellä (fi), väitellä (fi)
• French: évaluer (fr)
• German: erörtern (de)
• Japanese: 議論する (ぎろんする, giron suru)
• Latin: disputō
• Maori: taupetupetu
• Norwegian: diskutere (no)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

to oppose by argument or assertion, to controvert

• Armenian: վիճարկել (hy) (vičarkel)
• Catalan: disputar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: kontraŭi
• Finnish: kiistää (fi), kyseenalaistaa (fi)
• French: argumenter (fr)
• German: bestreiten (de)
• Japanese: 反対する (はんたいする, hantai suru)
• Norwegian: argumentere (no)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

to strive or contend about; to contest

• Armenian: վիճարկել (hy) (vičarkel)
• Bulgarian: оспорвам (bg) (osporvam)
• Catalan: disputar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: haastaa (fi)
• French: contester (fr)
• Japanese: 争う (ja) (あらそう, arasou)
• Maori: taupetupetu
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

to struggle against; to resist

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: rezisti
• Finnish: kiistää (fi), vastustaa (fi)
• French: résister (fr)
• Japanese: 抵抗する (ていこうする, teikō suru)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 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

• IPA^(key): [diˈspute]

Noun

dispute f

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈpute/ [d̪isˈpu.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ute
• Syllabification: dis‧pu‧te

Verb

dispute

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