dispute

See also: Dispute and disputé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpjuːt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -uːt

Noun

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.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Book the Fourth”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: Printed by J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398:

     Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:dispute

Translations

argument, failure to agree

• Armenian: վեճ (hy) (več)
• Bengali: বিবাদ (bibad)
• Bulgarian: спор (bg) m (spor), полемика (bg) f (polemika)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爭論 (zh), 争论 (zh) (zhēnglùn), 爭議 (zh), 争议 (zh) (zhēngyì), 爭端 (zh), 争端 (zh) (zhēngduān), 糾紛 (zh), 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)
• Latgalian: streids
• Latvian: strīds
• Maori: whakatete, ngutungutu
• Norwegian: uenighet (no), disputt m
• 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
• Swedish: dispyt (sv) c
• Telugu: వివాదం (te) (vivādaṃ)

verbal controversy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: disputo
• Finnish: kiista (fi), erimielisyys (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Galician: disputa (gl) f
• Greek: αντιπαράθεση (el) f (antiparáthesi)

• Latin: disputātiō f
• Norwegian: disputt m
• Romanian: dispută (ro)
• Russian: деба́ты (ru) m pl (debáty), ди́спут (ru) m (dísput)
• Scottish Gaelic: connspaid f
• Tagalog: balitaktak

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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.
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

   • Bancroft

     to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance

4. To strive or contend about; to contest.
   • Prescott

     to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards

5. (obsolete) To struggle against; to resist.
   • Shakespeare

     Dispute it [grief] like a man.

Derived terms

• industrial dispute

Related terms

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

Translations

to argue against

• Catalan: disputar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: disputi (eo)
• Finnish: kiistää (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can

• 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

to argue pro and con; to discuss

• Catalan: disputar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: diskuti
• Finnish: kiistellä (fi), väitellä (fi)

• French: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 議論する (ぎろんする, giron suru)
• Norwegian: diskutere (no)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

to oppose by argument or assertion, to controvert

• Catalan: disputar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: kontraŭi
• Finnish: kiistää (fi), kyseenalaistaa (fi)

• French: please add this translation if you can
• 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

• Catalan: disputar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: haastaa (fi)

• French: please add this translation if you can
• 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: please add this translation if you can
• 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• dispute in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

Etymology

From Latin disputare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.pyt/

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Noun

dispute f (plural disputes)

1. dispute

Related terms

• disputer

Further reading

• “dispute” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• stupide

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Italian

Noun

dispute f

1. plural of disputa

Anagrams

• stupide

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Portuguese

Verb

dispute

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of disputar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of disputar
3. first-person singular imperative of disputar
4. third-person singular imperative of disputar

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Spanish

Verb

dispute

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.