Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#DISPUTECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#DISPUTE disputen, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#DISPUTE desputer (French disputer), from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#DISPUTE 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^(key): /dɪsˈpjuːt/, /ˈdɪs.pjuːt/Category:English 2-syllable words#DISPUTECategory:English 2-syllable words#DISPUTECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DISPUTE
  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪs.pjut/, /dɪsˈpjut/Category:English 2-syllable words#DISPUTECategory:English 2-syllable words#DISPUTECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DISPUTE

    • Audio (California):

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  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpjʉːt/, /ˈdɪs.pjʉːt/Category:English 2-syllable words#DISPUTECategory:English 2-syllable words#DISPUTECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DISPUTE
• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpjuːt/Category:English 2-syllable words#DISPUTECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DISPUTE
  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpjut/Category:English 2-syllable words#DISPUTECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DISPUTE
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpjʉːt/Category:English 2-syllable words#DISPUTECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DISPUTE
• Rhymes: -uːtCategory:Rhymes:English/uːt#DISPUTECategory:Rhymes:English/uːt/2 syllables#DISPUTE

Noun

dispute (plural disputes)Category:English lemmas#DISPUTECategory:English nouns#DISPUTECategory:English countable nouns#DISPUTECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DISPUTECategory:Pages with entries#DISPUTECategory:Pages with 6 entries#DISPUTE

1. An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.

   Synonyms: debate, quarrel

   • 1919, Ellwood Hendrick, Percolator Papers, page 67:

     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?

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   1. (lawCategory:en:Law#DISPUTE) A disagreement between parties in a contract, lawsuit, treaty, or other legal matter.

      Synonyms: conflict, controversy

      Near-synonyms: claim, question

      • 1927, Ben Morris Selekman, “Synopsis”, in Postponing Strikes: A Study of the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act of Canada, page 28:

        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.

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      • 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.

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2. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#DISPUTE) 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.

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Verb

dispute (third-person singular simple present disputes, present participle disputing, simple past and past participle disputed)Category:English lemmas#DISPUTECategory:English verbs#DISPUTECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DISPUTECategory:Pages with entries#DISPUTECategory:Pages with 6 entries#DISPUTE

1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#DISPUTE) 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."

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2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#DISPUTE) 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#DISPUTE

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

   to dispute assertions or argumentsCategory:English terms with usage examples#DISPUTE

   • 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

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4. 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

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5. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#DISPUTE) 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.

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Etymology

From LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#DISPUTE disputāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.pyt/Category:French 2-syllable words#DISPUTECategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#DISPUTE

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Noun

dispute f (plural disputes)Category:French lemmas#DISPUTECategory:French nouns#DISPUTECategory:French countable nouns#DISPUTECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#DISPUTECategory:French feminine nouns#DISPUTECategory:Pages with entries#DISPUTECategory:Pages with 6 entries#DISPUTE

1. dispute

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• stupide

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdis.pu.te/Category:Italian 3-syllable words#DISPUTECategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#DISPUTE
• Rhymes: -isputeCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ispute#DISPUTECategory:Rhymes:Italian/ispute/3 syllables#DISPUTE
• Hyphenation: dì‧spu‧te

Noun

dispute fCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#DISPUTECategory:Italian noun forms#DISPUTECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#DISPUTECategory:Pages with entries#DISPUTECategory:Pages with 6 entries#DISPUTE

1. plural of disputa

Anagrams

• stupide

Verb

disputeCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#DISPUTECategory:Portuguese verb forms#DISPUTECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#DISPUTECategory:Pages with entries#DISPUTECategory:Pages with 6 entries#DISPUTE

1. inflection of disputar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [diˈspute]Category:Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation#DISPUTE

Noun

dispute fCategory:Romanian non-lemma forms#DISPUTECategory:Romanian noun forms#DISPUTECategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#DISPUTECategory:Pages with entries#DISPUTECategory:Pages with 6 entries#DISPUTE

1. inflection of dispută:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈpute/ [d̪isˈpu.t̪e]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#DISPUTECategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#DISPUTE
• Rhymes: -uteCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ute#DISPUTECategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ute/3 syllables#DISPUTE
• Syllabification: dis‧pu‧te

Verb

disputeCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#DISPUTECategory:Spanish verb forms#DISPUTECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#DISPUTECategory:Pages with entries#DISPUTECategory:Pages with 6 entries#DISPUTE

1. inflection of disputar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative