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dispute

dis·pute

UK/dɪˈspjuːt/ US/dɪˈspjʉwt/ fairly common
verb (2) noun (2)

verb

1.

take exception to

  • “She challenged his claims”
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2.

have a disagreement over something

  • “We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America”
  • “These tewo fellows are always scrapping over something”
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noun

1.

a disagreement or argument about something important

  • “he had a dispute with his wife”
  • “there were irreconcilable differences”
  • “the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats”
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2.

coming into conflict with

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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • beyond dispute
  • dispute resolution
  • domestic dispute
  • fall out
  • give curry
  • have a bone to pick
  • have an axe to grind
  • industrial dispute
  • trade dispute

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