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See also: Dispute and disputé

English

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Latin putus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin putō
Latin disputo
Old French desputerbor.
Middle English disputen
English dispute

    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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    dispute (plural disputes)

    1. An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.
      Synonyms: debate, quarrel
      • 1919, Ellwood Hendrick, Percolator Papers, page 67:
        But is not this dispute over the question whether we have free will or not very like a dispute that we might engage in over the color of a tree — whether it be green or blue?
      1. (law) A disagreement between parties in a contract, lawsuit, treaty, or other legal matter.
        Synonyms: conflict, controversy
        Near-synonyms: claim, question
        • 1927, Ben Morris Selekman, “Synopsis”, in Postponing Strikes: A Study of the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act of Canada, page 28:
          Canadian experience throws light on the relative merits of a separate board for each dispute as compared with a permanent board to hear all disputes.
        • 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.

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    Verb

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    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 into 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, volume (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.

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    French

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    Etymology

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    From Latin disputāre.

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    dispute f (plural disputes)

    1. dispute
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    • → Romanian: dispută

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    Italian

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    Pronunciation

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

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    dispute f

    1. plural of disputa

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    Portuguese

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    dispute

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

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    dispute f

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

    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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

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    dispute

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