dispute
31dispute — nf., discorde, querelle, différend, altercation, démêlé, conflit (de génération, ...), contestation, désaccord, accrochage (entre deux ou plusieurs personnes) ; noise, chicane, ennui : diskòrda (Villards Thônes.028) ; DISPUTA nf. (028,… …
32dispute — disputeless, adj. disputer, n. /di spyooht /, v., disputed, disputing, n. v.i. 1. to engage in argument or debate. 2. to argue vehemently; wrangle or quarrel. v.t. 3. to argue or debate about; discuss. 4. to argue against; call in question: to… …
33dispute */*/ — [ˈdɪspjuːt] , [dɪˈspjuːt] noun [C/U] I a serious disagreement, especially one that involves groups of people and lasts for a long time The two companies are still in dispute.[/ex] a territorial dispute between rival gangs[/ex] a dispute over… …
34dispute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. contradict, controvert, doubt, contest, question; argue, debate, quarrel, bicker, wrangle. n. disputation, debate, argument, disagreement. See discord, negation, reasoning. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …
35dispute — a strike Shortened form of industrial dispute. Used twice in three minutes by BBC Radio 4 on 15 June, 1983: A dispute among Southern Region guards has led to the cancelling of trains. (They were not arguing with each other, as might… …
36dispute — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (usu. foll. by with, against) a debate, argue (was disputing with them about the meaning of life). b quarrel. 2 tr. discuss, esp. heatedly (disputed whether it was true). 3 tr. question the truth or correctness or validity of… …
37dispute — [13] Dispute comes via Old French disputer from Latin disputāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis ‘separately’ and putāre ‘consider, reckon, think’ (source of a wide range of English words, from computer to reputation). It was… …
38dispute — 1. noun 1) a subject of dispute Syn: debate, discussion, disputation, argument, controversy, disagreement, quarreling, dissension, conflict, friction, strife, discord Ant: agreement 2) …
39dispute — 1. noun 1) a subject of dispute Syn: debate, discussion, argument, controversy, disagreement, dissent, conflict 2) they have settled their dispute Syn: quarrel, argument, altercation …
40dispute — A controversy. An allegation of fact by one person denied by another person, each acting with some show of reason. Knight s Appeal, 19 Pa 493, 494. See labor dispute; matter in dispute …
