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Meaning dispute meaning

What does dispute mean?
Definitions in simple English

dispute Noun

— A dispute is an argument or disagreement which continues over a period of time. A dispute may escalate into violence, or it may be a long verbal and legal struggle. The taxi driver and the passenger had a dispute over the fee. (here the word argument might be used instead) India and Pakistan have a dispute over Kasmir.

dispute Verb

— To argue against something; to discuss or debate. He disputed what she said, claiming she was lying — To fight against; to resist.

dispute

— noun (= difference, conflict) 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 — verb (= challenge) take exception to She challenged his claims — verb (= quarrel, scrap) have a disagreement over something We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America These two fellows are always scrapping over something — noun coming into conflict with

Synonyms dispute synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as dispute?

dispute English » English

quarrel argue argument debate controversy contest wrangle fight discussion challenge conflict squabble discuss disagreement contention contend altercation disagree trouble strife question bicker row oppose contradict altercate litigation wrangling struggle spat haggle disputation clash strive impugn dissension deny controvert case brawl scrap rivalry resist protest polemics gainsay dissent difference of opinion difference contestation

Topics dispute topics

What do people use dispute to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Say Debate

Quarrel
Language and thought Communication Say True

Contradict
Language and thought Communication Say

Debate
Social behavior Law

Court of law
Social behavior Conflict Peace

Make peace
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Certainly, definitely

Conjugation dispute conjugation

How do you conjugate dispute?

dispute · verb

Examples dispute examples

How do I use dispute in a sentence?

Simple sentences

That dispute has been settled once and for all.
The interpretation of this data, however, is very much in dispute.
The two countries came to a political settlement over this dispute.
We succeeded in settling the dispute.
The dispute was settled peacefully.
The dispute between them is due to misunderstanding.
The dispute was finally settled.
What is happening at the present time in the dispute over place-name signs in Carinthia is grotesque.
We can't dispute this fact.
When I arrived, the dispute had reached its boiling point.
A disinterested third party resolved the dispute.
Only after a long dispute did they come to a conclusion.
He will reconcile their dispute.
They did not wish to become embroiled in the dispute.
I don't dispute the facts you've presented but only the conclusion you draw from them.
This is beyond dispute.
I won't dispute that.
They felt the need to dispute that.

Movie subtitles

Let's not dispute that point, Helen.
I've heard all the dispute.
I was watching one man who had a dispute with the mayor about a piece of land, and who hated him.
I could dispute that with you.
Settling our dispute through a sword fight is cowardly.
That was said in dispute.
Since the United States government declares this man to be Santa Claus this court will not dispute it.
If the American army says I can be, who am I to dispute that?
I'm having a dispute with my landlady.
The dispute between you and Hennaberry was over a water right. No.
I had a dispute with.
I'd like to clearly state, Billy, that I'm extremely and utterly impartial. in your dispute with the navy.
Any dispute with the university would be useless.
Dispute not with him.
Would you care to dispute my opinion now, your men against mine?
The surrounding countries are locked in dispute.
Dispute it like a man.
In accordance with the law the lands here in dispute, whose claimants did no work on them within the three years immediately preceding the date of this action are public lands and subject to preemption.
Is there some sort of dispute going on?
As head of the family, no one would dare dispute her word.
Do you dispute that?
We're going to settle this dispute.
The facts in this case are simple and, to a point, not in dispute.
I cannot dispute it.
Never. - I oppose that too. Isn't there another solution to this dispute, Your Eminence?
I understand in a case of common accident when both parties die there's sometimes a dispute as to who legally was the first to die.
A slight dispute.
We dispute that.
I undertake to put a end to this dispute.
Dispute not with him. He is lunatic.
These are the only facts that interest anybody in this dispute.
The feelings we had for the deceased would prevent all unpleasant dispute.
And this dispute?
You know, a scandal right now with the new contract, the dispute that we're having with those left wingers your father.
Your claim has been cross-filed and will be under guard until the dispute is settled.

News and current affairs

Subsequently, the EU would monitor Kosovo and prevent any dispute that might turn violent.
A violent conflict in the past may survive as a war of memories in the present, as can be observed in the current dispute between China and South Korea on one side, and Japan on the other.
The elections last November that brought the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to power were preceded by a dispute between the members of the then-ruling coalition over enacting the reforms demanded by the EU.
But the film is of less interest in this dispute than the identity of the characters involved.
Similarly, the US has urged both China and Japan to resolve peacefully their dispute over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands.
But Arabs and Muslims must stop deluding themselves that the Israel-Palestine dispute is what is holding them back.
Such proposals, if accepted, would help resolve the current dispute to everyone's satisfaction.
Shared water calls for flexible, continuous, cooperative water management, based on agreed-upon rights and responsibilities, as well as ongoing monitoring and dispute resolution mechanisms.
All the problems of the Middle East - Iraq, the Arab-Israeli dispute, the need for political reforms, and Islamic terrorism - are interconnected.
Indeed, only by effectively addressing the Israeli-Arab dispute can he possibly salvage America's standing in the region.
When there is a dispute between a small nation and a large nation, the UN steps in and the small nation disappears.
China's failure to meet GATT standards may catalyze any number of disputes, enough to overload the WTO dispute settlement process, and the processes of obtaining decisions and implementing them could be very time-consuming.
Cooler heads must prevail around the world so that China is not taken to WTO dispute mechanisms for each and every insignificant infraction.
Former US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin reportedly tried to influence the current government to intervene on behalf of Enron in its hotly contested dispute in India.
But this dispute within Europe goes deeper than the matter of France's lapsed primacy.
A generation later, in the 1860's, the Civil War between northern and southern states resulted in large part from a dispute about the character of financial burdens -amp at least from the South's perspective.
But if the dispute with Iran is resolved diplomatically, the Middle East might, perhaps, be relegated to a position of lesser importance, as Obama clearly desires.
The border dispute remains unsettled, and both countries vie for influence in neighboring states such as Myanmar.
LOS ANGELES - Nobody would dispute the danger inherent in possessing nuclear assets.
Worse still, China has refused to accept the UNCLOS dispute-settlement mechanism, thereby remaining unfettered in altering facts on the ground.
But, equally important, the dispute underscores their different objectives.
As Iran seeks to assert its influence and interests, as well as those of its Shia allies, its dispute with the Security Council over its nuclear program has become closely tied to its regional ambitions.
This snarled three-way dispute, if not carefully untangled, holds many dangers.
Moreover, the role and attitude of a rising China must be assessed on a regional basis, particularly given that the long-standing dispute over islets in the South China Sea may be entering a new phase.

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