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dispute
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dispute
v.
argue, debate; appeal, contest; oppose, fight against
n.
quarrel, disagreement, argument
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Dispute
Dispute may refer to:
- an act of physical violence; a fight
- Controversy
- Dispute (credit card)
- La Dispute, a 1744 prose comedy by Pierre de Marivaux
- La Dispute (band), an American post-hardcore band
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dispute
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) difference, difference of opinion, conflict
(hypernym) disagreement
(hyponym) collision
(derivation) quarrel, scrap, argufy, altercate
2. coming into conflict with
(synonym) contravention
(hypernym) resistance
(derivation) quarrel, scrap, argufy, altercate
Verb
1. take exception to; "She challenged his claims"
(synonym) challenge, gainsay
(hypernym) contest, contend, repugn
(hyponym) call
(entail) question, oppugn, call into question
(derivation) difference, difference of opinion, conflict
2. have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These tewo fellows are always scrapping over something"
(synonym) quarrel, scrap, argufy, altercate
(hypernym) argue, contend, debate, fence
(hyponym) brawl, wrangle
(derivation) contravention
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Disput (der)
nm.
dispute, controversy, disagreement, quarrel, argument, contestation
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dispute
nf.
argument, dispute, quarrel, conflict; fight, contest, row; strife
disputer
v.
fight, quarrel, tell off; compete; contest, contend
