dispute
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Latin putus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin putō
Latin disputo
Old French desputerbor.
Middle English disputen
English dispute
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.
Inflected forms:
form: disputes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: disputes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: disputing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: disputed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: disputed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.
pos: noun
examples: But is not this dispute over the question whether we have free will or not very like a dispute that we might engage in over the color of a tree — whether it be green or blue?
gloss: An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.
pos: noun
examples: Canadian experience throws light on the relative merits of a separate board for each dispute as compared with a permanent board to hear all disputes.
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.
gloss: Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.
gloss: to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: "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."
gloss: to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Some residents disputed the proposal, saying it was based more on emotion than fact.
gloss: 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
pos: verb
examples: to dispute assertions or arguments
to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance
gloss: to strive or contend about; to contest
pos: verb
examples: to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards
gloss: to struggle against; to resist
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: Dispute it [grief] like a man.
Synonyms: argument
argy-bargy
altercation
contention
barney
bawl out
blue
bobbery
brawl
clash
conflict
controversy
debate
difference
ding-dong
disagreement
discordance
disharmony
disputation
dispute
dissonance
disunion
dustup
face-off
falling out
feud
fight
flite
hassle
issue
palaver
quarrel
quibble
row
spat
squabble
tangle
threap
tiff
wrangle
Antonyms: accord
agreement
assent
concord
concordance
harmony
resolution
solution
union
Related words: acquiescence
compromise
stalemate
quarrelsome
give curry
have an axe to grind
have a bone to pick
fall out
disputable
disputant
disputation
disputatious
disputative
disputedly
Derived words: beyond dispute
counterdispute
disputeless
dispute resolution
domestic dispute
interdispute
predispute
trade dispute
disputability
disputably
indisputably
industrial dispute
nondisputing
redispute
undisputing
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: mosmarrëveshje
lang: Albanian
word: diskutim
lang: Arabic
word: خِلَاف
roman: ḵilāf
lang: Arabic
word: مُبَاحَثَة
roman: mubāḥaṯa
lang: Arabic
word: مُنَاقَشَة
roman: munāqaša
lang: Arabic
word: جَدَل
roman: jadal
lang: Arabic
word: نِزَاع
roman: nizāʕ
lang: Arabic
word: بَحْث
roman: baḥṯ
lang: Armenian
word: վեճ
roman: več
lang: Azerbaijani
word: mübahisə
lang: Azerbaijani
word: münaqişə
lang: Belarusian
word: спор
roman: spor
lang: Belarusian
word: ды́спут
roman: dýsput
lang: Belarusian
word: спрэ́чка
roman: spréčka
lang: Belarusian
word: пале́міка
roman: paljémika
lang: Bengali
word: বিবাদ
roman: bibad
lang: Bulgarian
word: спор
roman: spor
lang: Bulgarian
word: поле́мика
roman: polémika
lang: Bulgarian
word: ра́зпра
roman: rázpra
lang: Bulgarian
word: диспу́т
roman: dispút
lang: Burmese
word: အငြင်း
roman: a.ngrang:
lang: Burmese
word: ပဋိပက္ခ
roman: pa.ti.pakhka.
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 爭論 /争论
roman: zhēnglùn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 爭議 /争议
roman: zhēngyì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 爭端 /争端
roman: zhēngduān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 糾紛 /纠纷
roman: jiūfēn
lang: Czech
word: spor
lang: Danish
word: strid
lang: Danish
word: tvist
lang: Dutch
word: geschil
lang: Dutch
word: twist
lang: Esperanto
word: disputo
lang: Estonian
word: vaidlus
lang: Finnish
word: kiista
lang: French
word: dispute
lang: French
word: litige
lang: Galician
word: rifa
lang: Galician
word: tarapuxa
lang: Galician
word: retesía
lang: Galician
word: learaza
lang: Galician
word: barata
lang: Georgian
word: დავა
roman: dava
lang: Georgian
word: კამათი
roman: ḳamati
lang: German
word: Streit
lang: German
word: Disput
lang: Greek
word: διένεξη
roman: diénexi
lang: Greek
word: έριδα
roman: érida
lang: Greek
word: διαμάχη
roman: diamáchi
lang: Hebrew
word: רִיב
roman: riv
lang: Hindi
word: असहमति
roman: ashamti
lang: Hindi
word: विवाद
roman: vivād
lang: Hungarian
word: vita
lang: Icelandic
word: deila
lang: Icelandic
word: ágreiningur
lang: Indonesian
word: sengketa
lang: Indonesian
word: perselisihan
lang: Irish
word: imreas
lang: Italian
word: disputa
lang: Italian
word: lite
lang: Italian
word: bega
lang: Japanese
word: 論争
roman: ronsō
lang: Japanese
word: 議論
roman: giron
lang: Kazakh
word: дау
roman: dau
lang: Kazakh
word: талас
roman: talas
lang: Kazakh
word: жанжал
roman: janjal
lang: Khmer
word: ជម្លោះ
roman: cɔɔcumlŭəh
lang: Khmer
word: កលហៈ
roman: kaʼlaʼhaʼ
lang: Korean
word: 논쟁
roman: nonjaeng
lang: Korean
word: 론쟁
roman: ronjaeng
lang: Korean
word: 의논
roman: uinon
lang: Kyrgyz
word: талаш
roman: talaş
lang: Kyrgyz
word: чатак
roman: catak
lang: Lao
word: ການໂຕ້ຖຽງ
roman: kān tō thīang
lang: Latgalian
word: streids
lang: Latvian
word: strīds
lang: Latvian
word: ķilda
lang: Lithuanian
word: kivirčas
lang: Lithuanian
word: ginčas
lang: Macedonian
word: спор
roman: spor
lang: Macedonian
word: диспут
roman: disput
lang: Malay
word: sengketa
lang: Malay
word: pertikaian
lang: Malayalam
word: തർക്കം
roman: taṟkkaṁ
lang: Māori
word: whakatete
lang: Māori
word: ngutungutu
lang: Marshallese
word: akwāāl
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: uenighet
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: disputt
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tvist
lang: Pashto
word: شخړه
roman: šx̌aṛa
lang: Pashto
word: دعوه
roman: da'wá
lang: Iranian Persian
word: دَعْوا
roman: da'vâ
lang: Iranian Persian
word: نِزَاع
roman: nezâ'
lang: Iranian Persian
word: بَحْث
roman: bahs
lang: Polish
word: spór
lang: Polish
word: kłótnia
lang: Polish
word: sprzeczka
lang: Polish
word: dysputa
lang: Portuguese
word: disputa
lang: Romanian
word: dispută
lang: Russian
word: спор
roman: spor
lang: Russian
word: ди́спут
roman: dísput
lang: Russian
word: поле́мика
roman: polémika
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: connsachadh
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: connspaid
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: спо̏р
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: spȍr
lang: Slovak
word: spor
lang: Slovak
word: rozopra
lang: Slovene
word: spor
lang: Spanish
word: disputa
lang: Spanish
word: contencioso
lang: Spanish
word: disputación
lang: Spanish
word: trabacuenta
lang: Swedish
word: dispyt
lang: Swedish
word: tvist
lang: Tajik
word: баҳс
roman: bahs
lang: Tajik
word: низоъ
roman: nizo'
lang: Tajik
word: муноқиша
roman: munoqiša
lang: Tajik
word: мубоҳиса
roman: mubohisa
lang: Telugu
word: వివాదం
roman: vivādaṁ
lang: Thai
word: ความขัดแย้ง
roman: kwaam-kàt-yɛ́ɛng
lang: Thai
word: การโต้เถียง
roman: gaan-dtôo-tǐiang
lang: Thai
word: ข้อพิพาท
roman: kɔ̂ɔ-pí-pâat
lang: Tibetan
word: རྩོད་པ
roman: rtsod pa
lang: Tibetan
word: རྩོད་གླེང
roman: rtsod gleng
lang: Turkish
word: tartışma
lang: Turkish
word: kavga
lang: Turkish
word: ihtilaf
lang: Turkish
word: münakaşa
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: نزاع
roman: nizaʿ
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: چكیش
roman: çekiş
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: پرخاش
roman: perhaş
lang: Turkmen
word: dawa
lang: Turkmen
word: jedel
lang: Ukrainian
word: спір
roman: spir
lang: Ukrainian
word: ди́спут
roman: dýsput
lang: Ukrainian
word: супере́ка
roman: superéka
lang: Ukrainian
word: поле́міка
roman: polémika
lang: Urdu
word: تَنازَعَہ
roman: tanāza'a
lang: Uyghur
word: تالاش-تارتىش
roman: talash-tartish
lang: Uzbek
word: bahs
lang: Uzbek
word: mubohasa
lang: Uzbek
word: nizo
lang: Vietnamese
word: sự tranh luận
lang: Waigali
word: pad