dispute

EnglishEdit

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dispute

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

(noun)
- (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpjuːt/, /ˈdɪs.pjuːt/
- (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪs.pjuːt/, /dɪsˈpjuːt/
- Audio (GA) (file)
(verb)
- IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpjuːt/
Rhymes: -uːt

NounEdit

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. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 4:
  Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.

SynonymsEdit

See also Thesaurus:dispute

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

argument, failure to agree

Arabic: خِلَاف‎ m (ḵilāf)
Armenian: վեճ (hy) (več)
Belarusian: спор m (spor), ды́спут m (dýsput), спрэ́чка f (spréčka), пале́міка f (paljémika)
Bengali: বিবাদ (bn) (bibad)
Bulgarian: спор (bg) m (spor), поле́мика (bg) f (polémika)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 爭論／争论 (zh) (zhēnglùn), 爭議／争议 (zh) (zhēngyì), 爭端／争端 (zh) (zhēngduān), 糾紛／纠纷 (zh) (jiūfēn)
Czech: spor (cs) m
Esperanto: disputo
Finnish: kiista (fi)
French: dispute (fr) f, litige (fr) m
Galician: disputa (gl) f
German: Streit (de) m, Disput (de) m
Greek: διένεξη (el) f (diénexi), έριδα (el) f (érida), διαμάχη (el) f (diamáchi)
Irish: imreas m
Italian: disputa (it) f, lite (it) f, bega (it) f
Japanese: 論争 (ja) (ろんそう, ronsō), 議論 (ja) (ぎろん, giron)
Korean: 논쟁 (ko) (nonjaeng), 론쟁 (ko) (ronjaeng) (North Korea), 의논 (ko) (uinon)
Latgalian: streids
Latvian: strīds
Malayalam: തർക്കം (ml) (taṟkkaṃ)
Maori: whakatete, ngutungutu
Norwegian: uenighet (no), disputt m
Ottoman Turkish: نزاع‎ (nizaʿ)
Portuguese: disputa (pt) f
Romanian: dispută (ro) f
Russian: спор (ru) m (spor), ди́спут (ru) m (dísput), поле́мика (ru) f (polémika)
Scottish Gaelic: connsachadh m, connspaid f
Spanish: disputa (es) f, contencioso (es) m
Swedish: dispyt (sv) c
Telugu: వివాదం (te) (vivādaṁ)
Ukrainian: спір m (spir), ди́спут m (dýsput), супере́ка f (superéka), поле́міка (uk) f (polémika)

verbal controversy

Arabic: نِزَاع‎ m (nizāʕ), شِجَار‎ m (šijār)
Belarusian: сва́рка f (svárka)
Bulgarian: ка́раница (bg) f (káranica)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: disputo
Finnish: kiista (fi), erimielisyys (fi)
French: dispute (fr) f
Galician: disputa (gl) f
German: Debatte (de) f
Greek: αντιπαράθεση (el) f (antiparáthesi)
Latin: disputātiō f
Malayalam: തർക്കം (ml) (taṟkkaṃ)
Norwegian: disputt m
Romanian: dispută (ro)
Russian: спор (ru) m (spor), ссо́ра (ru) f (ssóra), деба́ты (ru) m pl (debáty), ди́спут (ru) m (dísput)
Scottish Gaelic: connspaid f
Tagalog: balitaktak
Ukrainian: сва́рка (uk) f (svárka), супере́чка f (superéčka)

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} disputo
Georgian: ^{(please verify)} დავა (dava)

VerbEdit

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.
  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.