dispute
An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.
Noun 2 meanings
An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.
Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
Verb 4 meanings
To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
“Some residents disputed the proposal, saying it was based more on emotion than fact.”
To oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call into question; to deny the truth or validity of.
“to dispute assertions or arguments”
To strive or contend about; to contest.
Etymology
From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disputāre (“to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate”), from dis- (“apart”) + putāre (“to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”).
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DISPUTE at a glance
DISPUTE has 7 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + S 1 + P 3 + U 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,438 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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