dispute
/ˈdɪ.spjut/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.27 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.
noun
An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.
verb
To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
Intransitive verb
verb
To oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call into question; to deny the truth or validity of.
Example Sentences
- "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?"
- "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."
- "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."
- "Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute."
- ""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.""
- "Some residents disputed the proposal, saying it was based more on emotion than fact."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin disputo Old French desputerbor. Middle English disputen English dispute 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *pewH-, disputen, desputer, disputo
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɪ.spjut/
- British English: /dɪˈspjuːt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
beyond dispute
dispute resolution
domestic dispute
trade dispute
give curry
have an axe to grind
have a bone to pick
fall out
Frequently Paired Words
acquiescence
compromise
stalemate
quarrelsome
give curry
have an axe to grind
have a bone to pick
fall out