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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•pute /dɪˈspyut/USA pronunciation v., -put•ed, -put•ing, n. v. - to be in an argument or debate;
argue: [no object]The school board members spend their time disputing and getting nothing done.[~ + with + object]We were disputing with the committee on how to proceed. - to argue or debate about;
argue against;
call (something) in question: [~ + object]The accountant disputes the figures you gave her.[~ + that clause]The administration does not dispute that the cuts in personnel will hurt good service.
n. - debate, controversy, or difference of opinion: [countable]The dispute concerns capital punishment.[uncountable]much dispute over how to inspect nuclear weapons-producing plants.
- a quarrel;
a fight:[countable]a loud dispute in the middle of the night.
dis•put•a•ble, adj. See -pute-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•pute (di spyo̅o̅t′),USA pronunciation v., -put•ed, -put•ing, n. v.i. - to engage in argument or debate.
- to argue vehemently;
wrangle or quarrel.
v.t. - to argue or debate about;
discuss. - to argue against;
call in question:to dispute a proposal. - to quarrel or fight about;
contest. - to strive against;
oppose:to dispute an advance of troops.
n. - a debate, controversy, or difference of opinion.
- a wrangling argument;
quarrel.
- Latin disputāre to argue a point, equivalent. to dis- dis-1 + putāre to reckon, consider; see putative
- Anglo-French, Old French desputer)
- Middle English (1275–1325
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bicker, squabble.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged disputation, altercation, wrangle, bickering, squabble. See argument.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dispute vb /dɪˈspjuːt/- to argue, debate, or quarrel about (something)
- (tr; may take a clause as object) to doubt the validity, etc, of
- (transitive) to seek to win; contest for
- (transitive) to struggle against; resist
n /dɪˈspjuːt; ˈdɪspjuːt/- an argument or quarrel
Etymology: 13th Century: from Late Latin disputāre to contend verbally, from Latin: to discuss, from dis-1 + putāre to thinkdisˈputer n |