v., -put·ed, -put·ing, -putes.

v.tr.

1. To argue about; debate.
2. To question the truth or validity of; doubt: Her friends disputed her intentions.
3. To strive to win (a prize, for example); contest for: Our team disputed the visitors' claim to the championship.
4. To strive against; resist: disputed the actions of his competitors.

v.intr.

1. To engage in discussion or argument; debate. See synonyms at discuss.
2. To quarrel angrily.

n.

1. A verbal controversy; a debate.
2. An angry altercation; a quarrel. See synonyms at argument.

[Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer, from Latin disputāre, to examine : dis-, apart; see dis– + putāre, to reckon.]

disputer dis·put'er n.

verb

1. To put forth reasons for or against something, often excitedly: argue, contend, debate, moot. See affirm/deny/argue, words.
2. To engage in a quarrel: argue, bicker, contend, fight, quarrel, quibble, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle. Informal hassle, tangle. Idioms: cross swords, have it out, have words, lock horns. See conflict/cooperation.
3. To take a stand against: buck, challenge, contest, oppose, resist, traverse. See support/oppose.

noun

A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed: altercation, argument, bicker, clash, contention, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, fight, polemic, quarrel, run-in, spat, squabble, tiff, word (used in plural), wrangle. Informal hassle, rhubarb, tangle. See conflict/cooperation.

n

Definition: argument
Antonyms: agreement

v

Definition: argue
Antonyms: agree, give in, go along

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A conflict or controversy; a conflict of claims or rights; an assertion of a right, claim, or demand on one side, met by contrary claims or allegations on the other. The subject of litigation; the matter for which a suit is brought and upon which issue is joined, and in relation to which jurors are called and witnesses examined.

A labor dispute is any disagreement between an employer and his or her employees concerning anything job-related, such as tenure, hours, wages, fringe benefits, and employment conditions.

IN BRIEF: To argue against.

The game was abandoned after the long dispute over the rules.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - diskussion, kævl, arbejdskamp
v. tr. - mundhugges om, betvivle, kæmpe om, modsætte sig
v. intr. - diskutere, være uenig

idioms:

• beyond dispute    indiskutabel
• in dispute    under diskussion, i arbejdskamp
• past dispute    indiskutabel

Nederlands (Dutch)
betwisten, redetwisten, bestrijden, geschil, redetwist

Français (French)
n. - dispute, discussion, débat, (Jur) litige, (Ind, Pol) conflit
v. tr. - contester, débattre, (Jur) attaquer, disputer à qn
v. intr. - contester, débattre, se disputer

idioms:

• beyond dispute    incontestable
• in dispute    en conflit
• past dispute    conflit antérieur
• without dispute    sans contredit

Deutsch (German)
n. - Konflikt, Wortstreit
v. - bestreiten, abstreiten, disputieren, sich streiten

idioms:

• beyond dispute    außer Frage
• in dispute    strittig, im Streit befindlich
• past dispute    außer Frage
• without dispute    ohne Kontroverse

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έριδα, λογομαχία, φιλονικία, καβγάς, διαμάχη, αμφισβήτηση, αντιδικία, διαφωνία
v. - αμφισβητώ, λογομαχώ, λογοφέρνω, ερίζω, διεκδικώ

idioms:

• beyond dispute    αναμφισβήτητος
• in dispute    υπό αμφισβήτηση
• past dispute    αναμφισβήτητος

Italiano (Italian)
contestare, disputare, discutere, disputa

idioms:

• in dispute    in questione
• past/beyond dispute    incontestabilmente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - controvérsia (f)
v. - disputar

idioms:

• in dispute    em disputa
• past/beyond dispute    incontestável

Русский (Russian)
оспаривать, дискутировать, спорить, спор

idioms:

• in dispute    в конфликте, спорят о
• past/beyond dispute    вне обсуждения

Español (Spanish)
n. - disputa, discusión, altercado
v. tr. - cuestionar, contender con, discutir, argumentar, disputar, altercar, reñir
v. intr. - discutir, argumentar, disputar, disputa

idioms:

• beyond dispute    indiscutible, incuestionable
• in dispute    en litigio, en situación de conflicto
• past dispute    indiscutible, incuestionable
• without dispute    sin discusión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dispyt, diskussion, konflikt
v. - diskutera, tvista, kämpa, motsätta sig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
争论, 对...提出质疑, 争执, 阻止, 抵抗

idioms:

• beyond dispute    不可争辩
• in dispute    在争论中
• past dispute    无争论余地, 不容争辩的, 无可置疑的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 爭論
v. tr. - 爭論, 對...提出質疑, 爭執, 阻止, 抵抗
v. intr. - 爭論, 爭執

idioms:

• beyond dispute    不可爭辯
• in dispute    在爭論中
• past dispute    無爭論餘地, 不容爭辯的, 無可置疑的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 논쟁, 항의
v. tr. - 토론하다, 이의를 제기하다
v. intr. - 논쟁하다, 반론을 말하다

idioms:

• in dispute    해결되지 않은

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 論争する, 言い争う, 異論を唱える, 論ずる, 抵抗する, 争う
n. - 論争, 口論

idioms:

• beyond dispute    議論の余地なく
• in dispute    論争中の, 未解決の
• past/beyond dispute    論争の余地なく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جدال, نزاع (فعل) يتجادل, يتسائل عن مدى صحه أو بطلان شئ, يقاوم نجاح شخص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ויכוח, אי-הסכמה, דיון, ריב‬
v. tr. - ‮דן ב-, עירער על, התנגד, נאבק, התווכח‬
v. intr. - ‮נאבק, התווכח, רב עם‬

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