dispute

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/

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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.
   • Milton

     Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.

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.

Etymology

From Latin disputare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.pyt/

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Noun

dispute f (plural disputes)

1. dispute

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• stupide

Noun

dispute f

1. plural of disputa

Anagrams

• stupide

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

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.