dispute

Meaning

Noun

1. An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
2. (uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.

Verb

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
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
4. to strive or contend about; to contest
5. (obsolete) to struggle against; to resist

Synonyms

quarrel

argue

argument

debate

controversy

contest

wrangle

fight

discussion

challenge

conflict

squabble

discuss

disagreement

contention

contend

altercation

disagree

trouble

strife

bicker

question

❓

contradict

altercate

row

oppose

litigation

struggle

haggle

spat

disputation

wrangling

clash

strive

case

impugn

brawl

controvert

deny

dissension

scrap

dissent

gainsay

argumentation

bickering

contestation

resist

difference

difference of opinion

protest

Translations

dispute

Streit

querelle

disputa

discussão

litige

disputa

Auseinandersetzung

disputa

disputa

ruzie

tartışma

Zwist

contester

streiten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪsˈpjuːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: disputen

Cognate with French: disputer

In summary

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.

Sentences

The legal dispute ended in the club folding at the end of the season .