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Meaning of "dispute" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DISPUTE

From Late Latin disputāre to contend verbally, from Latin: to discuss, from dis-1 + putāre to think.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DISPUTE

dispute  [dɪˈspjuːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISPUTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dispute is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dispute in English.

WHAT DOES DISPUTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dispute in the English dictionary

The first definition of dispute in the dictionary is to argue, debate, or quarrel about. Other definition of dispute is to doubt the validity, etc, of. Dispute is also to seek to win; contest for.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISPUTE

PRESENT

Present
I dispute
you dispute
he/she/it disputes
we dispute
you dispute
they dispute
Present continuous
I am disputing
you are disputing
he/she/it is disputing
we are disputing
you are disputing
they are disputing
Present perfect
I have disputed
you have disputed
he/she/it has disputed
we have disputed
you have disputed
they have disputed
Present perfect continuous
I have been disputing
you have been disputing
he/she/it has been disputing
we have been disputing
you have been disputing
they have been disputing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I disputed
you disputed
he/she/it disputed
we disputed
you disputed
they disputed
Past continuous
I was disputing
you were disputing
he/she/it was disputing
we were disputing
you were disputing
they were disputing
Past perfect
I had disputed
you had disputed
he/she/it had disputed
we had disputed
you had disputed
they had disputed
Past perfect continuous
I had been disputing
you had been disputing
he/she/it had been disputing
we had been disputing
you had been disputing
they had been disputing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will dispute
you will dispute
he/she/it will dispute
we will dispute
you will dispute
they will dispute
Future continuous
I will be disputing
you will be disputing
he/she/it will be disputing
we will be disputing
you will be disputing
they will be disputing
Future perfect
I will have disputed
you will have disputed
he/she/it will have disputed
we will have disputed
you will have disputed
they will have disputed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been disputing
you will have been disputing
he/she/it will have been disputing
we will have been disputing
you will have been disputing
they will have been disputing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would dispute
you would dispute
he/she/it would dispute
we would dispute
you would dispute
they would dispute
Conditional continuous
I would be disputing
you would be disputing
he/she/it would be disputing
we would be disputing
you would be disputing
they would be disputing
Conditional perfect
I would have dispute
you would have dispute
he/she/it would have dispute
we would have dispute
you would have dispute
they would have dispute
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been disputing
you would have been disputing
he/she/it would have been disputing
we would have been disputing
you would have been disputing
they would have been disputing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you dispute
we let´s dispute
you dispute
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to dispute
Past participle
disputed
Present Participle
disputing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISPUTE


acute
əˈkjuːt
attribute
əˈtrɪbjuːt
compute
kəmˈpjuːt
constitute
ˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːt
contribute
kənˈtrɪbjuːt
cute
kjuːt
depute
dɪˈpjuːt
disrepute
ˌdɪsrɪˈpjuːt
distribute
dɪˈstrɪbjuːt
execute
ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt
impute
ɪmˈpjuːt
institute
ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːt
miscompute
ˌmɪskəmˈpjuːt
mute
mjuːt
precompute
ˌpriːkəmˈpjuːt
recompute
ˌriːkəmˈpjuːt
repute
rɪˈpjuːt
substitute
ˈsʌbstɪˌtjuːt
tribute
ˈtrɪbjuːt
ute
juːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISPUTE

disprove
disprover
disprovide
dispunge
dispurvey
dispurveyance
disputability
disputable
disputableness
disputably
disputant
disputation
disputatious
disputatiously
disputatiousness
disputative
disputatively
disputativeness
disputed
disputer

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISPUTE

absolute
Advocate Depute
Advocates Depute
border dispute
boundary dispute
brute
chute
commute
en route
flute
frontier dispute
house of ill repute
industrial dispute
last-minute
minute
pay dispute
route
salute
statute
trade dispute

Synonyms and antonyms of dispute in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISPUTE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dispute» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dispute

Translation of «dispute» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISPUTE

Find out the translation of dispute to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dispute from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dispute» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

争议
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disputa
570 millions of speakers

English

dispute
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विवाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النزاع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

disputa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিতর্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

conflit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pertikaian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Auseinandersetzung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

論争
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

논쟁
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Regejegan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tranh chấp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சர்ச்சை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विवाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ihtilaf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

controversia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spór
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спір
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dispută
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαφορά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geskil
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tvist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tvist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dispute

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISPUTE»

The term «dispute» is very widely used and occupies the 9.717 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISPUTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dispute» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dispute» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dispute

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10 QUOTES WITH «DISPUTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dispute.
1
Saint Augustine
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
2
Bruce Babbitt
Well, what I tried to do is simply to get out on the land. And when I came to Washington, I think one of the mistakes we made early on was kind of having an ideological dispute up in the Congress.
3
Howard Berman
It is wrong to say the U.S. should 'not take sides' in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.
4
Conrad Black
No one could seriously dispute that almost all of sub-Saharan Africa, all of North Africa except Morocco, all of the Middle East except Israel and Jordan and most of the oil-rich states, and the entire former British Indian Empire were better governed by Europeans.
5
Jack Bowman
At one point, when I was 20 and living in Kentucky, I got shot - it was a land dispute over six inches of property that ran a hundred yards through my grandfather's land. It was really over the honor of my family and that of another family.
6
Lara Flynn Boyle
That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?
7
James Buchanan
To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute.
8
Vincent Bugliosi
These people have elevated audacity to symphonic and operatic levels. The Florida Supreme Court relied on new law to resolve the election dispute down there.
9
Cyril Connolly
Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature.
10
Andrew Cuomo
There is no dispute that Albany needs to be changed. There is no dispute that the current situation in Albany is untenable. Nobody knows that better than I do.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISPUTE»

Discover the use of dispute in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dispute and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Handbook of Dispute Resolution
This volume is an essential, cutting-edge reference for all practitioners, students, and teachers in the field of dispute resolution. Each chapter was written specifically for this collection and has never before been published.
Michael L. Moffitt, Robert C. Bordone, 2012
2
Alternative Dispute Resolution: The Litigator's Handbook
This book examines various ADR practices, giving you the information you need to evaluate each technique and successfully apply them. Includes numerous checklists, practice tips and sample agreements.
Nancy F. Atlas, Stephen K. Huber, E. Wendy Trachte-Huber, 2000
3
Fair Division: From Cake-Cutting to Dispute Resolution
Fair Division, unlike most research on fairness in the social sciences and mathematics, is devoted solely to the analysis of constructive procedures for actually dividing things up and resolving disputes, including indivisible items or ...
Steven J. Brams, Alan D. Taylor, 1996
4
Dispute Processes: ADR and the Primary Forms of Decision-Making
Considers the primary forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) - negotiation, mediation, and umpiring.
Simon Roberts, Michael Palmer, 2005
5
Private Dispute Resolution in International Business: ...
The DVDRom contains: * all contracts and other written documentation produced during the dispute including all procedural orders and awards rendered by the arbitral tribunal during the arbitration, * the text of legal materials such as ...
Klaus Peter Berger, 2006
6
International Dispute Settlement
A guide to the techniques and institutions used to solve international disputes, how they work and when they are used.
J. G. Merrills, 2011
7
A History of Alternative Dispute Resolution: The Story of a ...
Written by Jerome Barrett—a longtime practitioner, innovator, and leading historian in the field of ADR—and his son Joseph Barrett, this volume traces the evolution of the ADR process and offers an overview of the precursors to ADR, ...
Jerome T. Barrett, Joseph Barrett, 2004
8
Dispute Resolution in the Law of the Sea
Focusing on the functioning of the dispute settlement system under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea since its entry into force, this monograph offers a comprehensive study of dispute resolution in the contemporary law of the sea ...
Igor V. Karaman, 2012
9
Dispute Settlement in International Space Law: A Multi-door ...
Drawing on lessons learned in international law, juridical dispute settlement, entrepeneural efficiency, science and technology and space policy, this book offers a comprehensive insight into dispute settlement and proposes a workable and ...
Gérardine Meishan Goh, 2007
10
Construction Contract Claims, Changes & Dispute Resolution
Providing approaches for solving claims and changes challenges, this book is aimed at those involved in construction contracting and in the prevention, preparation, management, and resolution of construction claims and change orders.
Paul Levin, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISPUTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dispute is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Raheem Sterling's Liverpool dispute is now TOXIC and that's good …
If Liverpool didn't know it already, then Raheem Sterling's absence from training on Wednesday indicated they now have a toxic dispute on ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
New Haven man fatally shot, apparently in relation to domestic dispute
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A 44-year-old New Haven man was fatally shot Wednesday night, apparently in relation to a domestic dispute, ... «WTNH Connecticut News, Jul 15»
3
Euro, Envisioned as Force for Unity, Becomes Weapon in Greek Crisis
The crucial moment occurred when Greece's debt dispute with other European countries became a fight to stay in the euro. The prospect of a ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Dispute erupts over credit for finding Franklin flagship
It was billed as a moment of triumph for modern Canadian science and a keystone of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Arctic sovereignty legacy ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
5
Police: BYU recruit West shot over money dispute
On Tuesday, Coppell (Texas) police arrested Montay Kentrall Howard, 18, in connection with the shooting of BYU signee Charles West at a ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
6
Parking dispute at methadone clinic ends with arrest in Jeffersonville
JEFFERSONVILLE — A Jeffersonville man is in the Clark County jail facing felony charges and a $15,000 cash-only bond after a dispute over a ... «Evening News and Tribune, Jul 15»
7
South China Sea dispute: Philippines warns China flouting UN …
THE HAGUE: The Philippines has appealed to an international tribunal to declare China's claims to most of the South China Sea illegal, ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
8
Jefferson property dispute enmeshes town building inspector
On a week when many in the town of Jefferson are preparing for the town's Heritage Festival Saturday, a tense legal dispute enmeshing the ... «Oneonta Daily Star, Jul 15»
9
South Africa Gold Wage Talks Deadlock as Union Plans Dispute
The second-biggest union in South Africa's gold industry, which last year led a five-month platinum strike, said pay talks with the country's ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
10
New trial on damages ordered in Apple, Smartflash patent dispute
A federal court in Texas has ordered a new trial on damages in a patent infringement dispute between Apple and Smartflash that could modify ... «Computerworld, Jul 15»

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