• • (British) IPA: /ˈdɪs.pjuːt/
  • (America) IPA: /dɪsˈpjuːt/
  • IPA: /dɪsˈpjuːt/

dispute (plural disputes)

1. An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
2. (uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Book the Fourth”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: Printed by J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398 ↗:

     Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.

• See also Thesaurus:dispute

• French: dispute, litige
• German: Streit, Disput
• Italian: disputa, lite, bega
• Portuguese: disputa
• Russian: спор
• Spanish: disputa, contencioso

• French: dispute
• German: Debatte
• Russian: деба́ты

dispute (disputes, present participle disputing; past and past participle disputed)

1. (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another
2. (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.

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 arguments

   • to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance

4. to strive or contend about; to contest

   • to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards

5. (obsolete) to struggle against; to resist
   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     Dispute it [grief] like a man.

• French: discuter, argumenter

• French: évaluer

• French: argumenter
• German: bestreiten

• French: contester

• French: résister