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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dispute
▶verb /dɪˈspjuːt/
- 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).
■ a disagreement between management and employees that leads to industrial action.
– derivatives
disputant noun,
disputer noun.
disputant noun,
disputer noun.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. disputare ‘to estimate’ (in late L. ‘to dispute’).
'dispute' also found in these Oxford entries:
acrimonious
- alternative dispute resolution
- apodictic
- arbiter
- arbitrament
- arbitration
- arbitrator
- argue
- arrange
- arrangement
- battle
- black
- blow
- Camorra
- challenge
- compose
- compromise
- contest
- contretemps
- cross
- determination
- disputation
- feud
- final
- flying picket
- haggle
- impugn
- indeterminable
- issue of fact
- issue of law
- jar
- lawsuit
- lis
- litigate
- loggerhead
- mediate
- moot
- neutral
- open
- out
- parley
- part
- partial
- party
- passage
- patch
- polemic
- pour
- proceedings
Forum discussions with the word(s) "dispute" in the title:
... the invention of an untrue dispute <among, between> Joy and activists
"Few scientists dispute that ..."
A question about the TOEFL. One item in dispute. :)
dispute
Dispute
dispute that may result in estrangement
dispute that, 'saying' they are ....
dispute the price
In cases <where/ when/ which/ that> parents are unable to settle their dispute...
land dispute?
make unreasonable demands during a dispute in order to gain position
material dispute of fact
the Papal dispute
The word "dispute"
the words which it's hard to dispute against
They fought after the dispute
to commit themselves to settle/settling the dispute
"Few scientists dispute that ..."
A question about the TOEFL. One item in dispute. :)
dispute
Dispute
dispute that may result in estrangement
dispute that, 'saying' they are ....
dispute the price
In cases <where/ when/ which/ that> parents are unable to settle their dispute...
land dispute?
make unreasonable demands during a dispute in order to gain position
material dispute of fact
the Papal dispute
The word "dispute"
the words which it's hard to dispute against
They fought after the dispute
to commit themselves to settle/settling the dispute
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