# dispute
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* (noun)
** (UK) IPA: /dɪsˈpjuːt/, /ˈdɪs.pjuːt/
** (US) IPA: /ˈdɪs.pjuːt/, /dɪsˈpjuːt/
** Audio (General American):(file)
* (verb)
** IPA: /dɪsˈpjuːt/
* Rhymes: -uːt

### Noun

dispute (plural disputes)
* An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
** 1964 June, “Motive Power Miscellany: BR Workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 432:A "who-does-what" labour dispute at Swindon works during April led to a stoppage of work on the construction of the new 0-6-0 Type 1 diesel-hydraulic locomotives of the D9500 series and work had not been resumed as we closed for press.
* (uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
** 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 4:Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.

#### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:dispute

#### Derived terms

* beyond dispute
* counterdispute
* disputeless
* dispute resolution
* domestic dispute
* interdispute
* predispute
* trade dispute

#### Translations

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### Verb

dispute (third-person singular simple present disputes, present participle disputing, simple past and past participle disputed)
* (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
** 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:"Now, though thy thoughts are green and tender, as becometh one so young, yet are they those of a thinking brain, and in truth thou dost bring back to my mind certain of those old philosophers with whom in days bygone I have disputed at Athens, and at Becca in Arabia, for thou hast the same crabbed air and dusty look, as though thou hadst passed thy days in reading ill-writ Greek, and been stained dark with the grime of manuscripts."
* (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.
* 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
** 1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance
* to strive or contend about; to contest
** 1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards
* (obsolete) to struggle against; to resist
** c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:Dispute it [grief] like a man.

#### Derived terms

* disputability
* disputably
* indisputably
* industrial dispute
* nondisputing
* redispute
* undisputing

#### Related terms

* disputable
* disputant
* disputation
* disputatious
* disputative
* disputedly

#### Further reading

* “dispute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “dispute”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

## French
### Etymology

From Latin disputāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dis.pyt/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dispute f (plural disputes)
* dispute

#### Related terms

* disputer

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: dispută

### Further reading

* “dispute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* stupide

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdi.spu.te/
* Rhymes: -ispute
* Hyphenation: dì‧spu‧te

### Noun

dispute f
* plural of disputa

### Anagrams

* stupide

## Portuguese
### Verb

dispute
* inflection of disputar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [diˈspute]

### Noun

dispute f
* inflection of dispută:
** indefinite plural
** indefinite genitive/dative singular

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /disˈpute/ [d̪isˈpu.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ute
* Syllabification: dis‧pu‧te

### Verb

dispute
* inflection of disputar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative