dispute

  • 41dispute — [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… …

    Word origins

  • 42dispute — See: IN DISPUTE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 43dispute — See: IN DISPUTE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 44dispute — See: in dispute …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 45dispute — verb dɪ spju:t 1》 argue about (something).     ↘question the truth or validity of (a statement or alleged fact). 2》 compete for. 3》 archaic resist (a military landing or advance). noun dɪ spju:t, dɪspju:t a disagreement or argument. ↘a… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 46dispute — v 1. debate, discuss, argue, ventilate, air, Rare. discept; oppose, controvert, refute, confute, argue against; quarrel, wrangle, differ, disagree, altercate, clash, fight about, brawl, row, bicker, squabble, have words, fall out, riff, spat,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 47dispute — dis•pute [[t]dɪˈspyut[/t]] v. put•ed, put•ing, n. 1) to engage in argument or debate 2) to argue vehemently; quarrel 3) to argue or debate about 4) to argue against; call in question 5) to quarrel or fight about; contest 6) to strive against;… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 48dispute — [c]/dəsˈpjut / (say duhs pyooht) verb (disputed, disputing) –verb (i) 1. to engage in argument or discussion. 2. to argue vehemently; wrangle or quarrel. –verb (t) 3. to argue or debate about; discuss. 4. to argue against; call in question. 5. to …

  • 49dispute — A conflict or controversy; a conflict of claims or rights; an assertion of a right, claim, or demand on one side, met by contrary claims or allegations on the other. The subject of litigation; the matter for which a suit is brought and upon which …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 50dispute — A conflict or controversy; a conflict of claims or rights; an assertion of a right, claim, or demand on one side, met by contrary claims or allegations on the other. The subject of litigation; the matter for which a suit is brought and upon which …

    Black's law dictionary