Dispute
[dɪ'spjuːt;'dɪspjuːt] or ['dɪs'pjʊt]
Definition
(noun.) coming into conflict with.
(noun.) 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'.
Typist: Susan--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle.
(v. t.) To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
(v. t.) To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments.
(v. t.) To strive or contend about; to contest.
(v. t.) To struggle against; to resist.
(v. i.) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
(v. i.) Contest; struggle; quarrel.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Debate, argue, contend in argument.[2]. Bicker, wrangle, quarrel, BRAWL, spar, spat, jangle, squabble, TIFF, fall out, have words, have an altercation.
v. a. [1]. Debate, discuss, agitate, ventilate, argue, reason about.[2]. Controvert, impugn, call in question, oppose by argument.
n. Debate, disputation, discussion, controversy, altercation, verbal contest, verbal quarrel, war of words.
Editor: Rae
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Argue, question, canvass, contest, contend, challenge, debate, controvert,controversy, difference, gainsay, impugn, quarrel, altercation
ANT:Waive, concede, allow, forego
Checker: Pamela
Definition
v.t. to make a subject of argument: to contend for: to oppose by argument: to call in question.—v.i. to argue: to debate.—n. a contest with words: an argument: a debate: a quarrel.—adj. Dis′putable that may be disputed: of doubtful certainty.—n. Dis′putableness.—adv. Dis′putably.—ns. Dis′putant Disput′er; Disputā′tion a contest in argument: an exercise in debate.—adjs. Disputā′tious Disput′ative inclined to dispute cavil or controvert.—adv. Disputā′tiously.—n. Disput′tiousness.—Beyond or Without dispute indubitably certainly.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of holding disputes over trifles, indicates bad health and unfairness in judging others. To dream of disputing with learned people, shows that you have some latent ability, but are a little sluggish in developing it.
Typist: Tito
Examples
- We are wont to dispute concerning the nature of mathematical points, but seldom concerning the nature of their ideas. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It does seem a very preposterous way of settling a dispute. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Under one of the wills in dispute, I should take much more than he. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was not for me to dispute the question. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He does not, therefore, dispute about wages, but is willing to employ labour at any price. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If we convince HIM, we place our victory beyond the possibility of dispute. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- An hour afterwards, I heard them at high words in the conservatory, with the dog-rose once more at the bottom of the dispute. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The rapidity with which he insisted on travelling, bred several disputes between him and the party whom he had hired to attend him as a guard. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- There is no need, therefore, to generate dialectical disputes about the final goal of politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- These fine differences about the constitution of the Deity interwove with politics and international disputes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The socialist movement calls him its prophet, and, while many socialists say he is superseded, no one disputes his historical importance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He brought a commission to supersede Mr. Hamilton, who, tired with the disputes his proprietary instructions subjected him to, had resigned. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I had caught this by reading my father's books of disputes on religion. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Disputes arose as to which was invented first, and long controversies between scientific societies, most of which sided with the friends of Davy. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And on the question of pumps versus patent-leather Oxfords his authority had never been disputed. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Is appealed to, at the fish stage of the banquet, by Veneering, on the disputed question whether his cousin Lord Snigsworth is in or out of town? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The truth of these propositions cannot, I think, be disputed. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I am simply trying to point out an illuminating fact whose essential truth can hardly be disputed. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As he rode through the night with Channa, it seemed to him that Mara, the Tempter of Mankind, filled the sky and disputed with him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But the payment of duties laid by an act of Parliament as regulations of commerce was never disputed. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The law--the eagle-eyed law itself--had been deceived, and had handed over disputed thousands to a madman's hands. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I was conscious of an impropriety in my disputing with a military man in matters of his profession, and said no more. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He never dreamed of disputing their pretensions, but did homage to the miserable Mumbo jumbo they paraded. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- On the whole, I by no means recognized the analysis, but thought it not worth disputing. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- We went out with the resolution of disputing with our foe. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Thompson, a sort of independent or partisan commander who was disputing with us the possession of south-east Missouri. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Well, said Emma, there is no disputing about taste. Jane Austen. Emma.
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