dispute
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *pewH- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *puHtós Proto-Italic *putos Latin putus? Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin disputo Old French desputerbor. Middle English disputen English dispute 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”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.
Definitions
An argument or disagreement
An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.
- But is not this dispute over the question whether we have free will or not very like a dispute that we might engage in over the color of a tree — whether it be green or blue?
Verbal controversy or disagreement
Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
- Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.
to contend in argument
to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
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to make a subject of disputation
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 oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
- to dispute assertions or arguments
- to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance
to strive or contend about
to strive or contend about; to contest
- to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards
to struggle against
to struggle against; to resist
- Dispute it [grief] like a man.
The neighborhood
- synonymargument
- synonymargy-bargy
- synonymaltercation
- synonymcontention
- synonymbarney
- synonymbawl out
- synonymblue
- synonymbobbery
- synonymbrawl
- synonymclash
- synonymconflict
- synonymcontroversy
- antonymaccord
- antonymagreement
- antonymassent
- antonymconcord
- antonymconcordance
- antonymharmony
- antonymresolution
- antonymsolution
- antonymunion
- neighboracquiescence
- neighborcompromise
- neighborstalemate
- neighborquarrelsome
- neighborgive curry
- neighborhave an axe to grind
- neighborhave a bone to pick
- neighborfall out
- neighbordisputable
- neighbordisputant
- neighbordisputation
- neighbordisputatious
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at dispute. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at dispute. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at dispute
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA