What (who) is dispute - definition
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Dispute (disambiguation); Disputant
dispute
¦ verb d?'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 d?'spju:t, 'd?spju:t a disagreement or argument.
?a disagreement between management and employees that leads to industrial action.
Derivatives
disputant noun
disputer noun
Origin
ME: via OFr. from L. disputare 'to estimate' (in late L. 'to dispute').
dispute
I. v. n.
1.
Debate, argue, contend in argument.
2.
Bicker, wrangle, quarrel, brawl, spar, spat, jangle, squabble, tiff, fall out, have words, have an altercation.
II. v. a.
1.
Debate, discuss, agitate, ventilate, argue, reason about.
2.
Controvert, impugn, deny, contradict, call in question, oppose by argument.
3.
Contest, struggle for, make resistance on.
III. n.
1.
Debate, disputation, discussion, controversy.
2.
Altercation, wrangle, squabble, spat, tiff, verbal contest, verbal quarrel, war of words.
dispute
I
n.
1) to stir up a dispute about
2) to arbitrate; resolve, settle a dispute (to settle a dispute out of court)
3) an acrimonious, bitter, heated, sharp; public dispute
4) a border; labor dispute
5) a dispute about, over; with
6) in dispute (this point is in dispute)
II
v. (L) I do not dispute that he was there
Wikipedia
Dispute
Dispute may refer to:
- an act of physical violence; combat
- Controversy
- Lawsuit
- Dispute resolution
- Dispute (credit card)
- La Dispute, a 1744 prose comedy by Pierre de Marivaux
- La Dispute (band), an American post-hardcore band
- The endless dispute, a question of arthropod morphology
Pronunciation examples for dispute
1. tau dispute.
The Tau Manifesto _ Michael Hartl _ Talks at Google
2. communal disputes.
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights _ Salman Rushdie _ Talks at Google
3. would dispute.
The Science of Ending Aging _ Aubrey de Grey _ Talks at Google
4. disputes among the states.
One Man's Quest to Rewrite the Constitution of the USA _ Kevin Bleyer _ Talks at Google
5. of international dispute resolution
Disruption & Weaponization of Law _ Robert Amsterdam _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of dispute
1. The dispute was resolved before a dispute panel was formed.
2. This has become a first–class dispute, a bitter dispute."
3. "When we talk of dispute resolution, it is the Kashmir dispute which is at the heart of the dispute between Pakistan and India," he pointed out.
4. Petersburg Dispute Resolution joins Baker & McKenzie Tax and Dispute Resolution practice together with his team.
5. ERELI: Frankly, I don‘t –– (a) I dispute the comparison. I dispute the comparison.