Definitions for dispute

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dispute dis·pute

Spelling: [dih-spyoot]

IPA: /dɪˈspyut/

Dispute is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 229 anagrams from letters in dispute (deipstu).

Definitions for dispute

noun

1. a debate, controversy, or difference of opinion.
2. a wrangling argument; quarrel.

verb (used with object)

1. to argue or debate about; discuss.
2. to argue against; call in question:
3. to quarrel or fight about; contest.
4. to strive against; oppose:

verb (used without object)

1. to engage in argument or debate.
2. to argue vehemently; wrangle or quarrel.

Origin of dispute

1275-1325; Middle English (Anglo-French, Old French desputer) Latin disputāre to argue a point, equivalent to dis- dis-¹ + putāre to reckon, consider; see <

Examples for dispute

But it was always my notion, that children should not dispute their parents' authority.

I could not dispute the evidence of the bit of shivered glass.

But, if it be to ease her heart, and not to dispute my will, you may hear her out.

But only recently did this dispute spread to the lily-white slopes of a Montana ski resort.

After two years, the dispute ended with an arbitration ruling in favor of Savage.

Despite the strong language, however, the neither the JPO nor Lockheed could dispute a single fact in either Daily Beast report.

But the outlines of that dispute spilled out into the open this week.

Now, where there is an et cetera in an agreement, there is always an opening for dispute.

The beauty of the Turkish women is still a matter of dispute.

At least for now, because few things about this dispute are absolutely certain.