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DISPUTING

Definition: DISPUTING

DISPUTING

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

1. Of Dispute

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "DISPUTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)


Crosswords: DISPUTING

English words defined with "DISPUTING": Collitigantdisagreement. (references)
Specialty definitions using "DISPUTING": AcquaintanceDisputelaw clerk, legal aidMetalogicus. (references)
Etymologies containing "DISPUTING": Collitigant. (references)

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Commercial Usage: DISPUTING

DomainTitle

Books

  • Beyond disputing : exploring legal culture in five European countries (reference)

  • Disputing in America: The Lawyer's Changing Role (reference)

  • Disputing the Dead: U.S. Law on Aboriginal Remains and Grave Goods (reference)

  • Genital Cutting and Transnational Sisterhood: Disputing U.S. Polemics (reference)

  • Mental Health Rehabilitation: Disputing Irrational Beliefs (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: DISPUTING

AuthorQuotation

Author Unknown

Doing the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His will (plans).

George Macdonald

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

Miguel de Cervantes

From pro's and con's they fell to a warmer way of disputing.

Sir Henry Wotton

The itch of disputing is the scab of the churches.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: DISPUTING

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

We hail, in them, philosophers, while, at the same time, inexorably disputing their philosophy.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

But in a moment his sadness left him and he was hotly disputing with Cranly and the two players who had finished their game.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: DISPUTING

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

This results in educational and mental health service sources disputing responsibility for coverage of special educational services. (references)

Human Rights

Sierra Leone

However, following a December clash in Koidu between disarmed CDF and RUF members and local citizens disputing access to diamond mining, some NGO's temporarily left the area until tensions declined. (references)

South Africa

The process was not completed in most of the provinces by year's end, and the Transvaal Agricultural Union was disputing the process for validating claims that did not meet the requirements of the Restitution Act. (references)

Worker Rights

Poland

Arbitration is not obligatory and depends on the agreement of disputing parties. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: DISPUTING

"DISPUTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 90.00% of the time. "DISPUTING" is used about 60 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)90%5446,184
Noun (singular)5%3202,518
Adjective (general or positive)3.33%2245,945
Noun (proper)1.67%1339,140
                    Total100.00%60N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DISPUTING

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

disputing a credit report

46

disputing credit

14

disputing credit report item

6

card charge credit disputing

5

debt disputing

3

credit disputing information report

3

disputing

2

debt disputing letter second validity

2

bill disputing

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: DISPUTING

Language Translations for "DISPUTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

争执 (Dispute, Disputed). (various references)

   

French

  

disputant. (various references)

   

German

  

disputierend (contending). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

×"תוכחות (arguing, debating, discussing). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

논박 (Dispute). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

isputingday

   

Swedish

  

tvistar. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: DISPUTING

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 19, Verse 8
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEiselqwn de eiV thn sunagwghn eparrhsiazeto epi mhnaV treiV dialegomenoV kai peiqwn ta peri thV basileiaV tou qeou
Latin405VulgateIntrogressus autem synagogam cum fiducia loquebatur per tres menses disputans et suadens de regno Dei
Middle English1395WyclifAnd he yede in to the synagoge, and spak with trist thre monethis, disputinge and tretinge of the kingdom of God.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd he went into the synagoge and behaved him selfe boldely for the space of thre monethes disputynge and gevynge them exhortacions of the kyngdome of God.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd he went into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd he went into the Synagogue, and for three months he was preaching there without fear, reasoning and teaching about the kingdom of God.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: DISPUTING

LanguageActs Chapter 19, Verse 8
AlbanianPastaj ai hyri në sinagogë dhe u foli lirisht njerëzve tre muaj me radhë, duke diskutuar dhe duke i bindur për gjërat e mbretërisë së Perëndisë.
Cebuano¶ Ug si Pablo miadto sa sinagoga, ug sulod sa tulo ka bulan siya nagsultihan didto sa walay kokahadlok, nga nangatarungan ug nagpatoo kanila mahitungod sa gingharian sa Dios.
CroatianOnda Pavao uðe u sinagogu te je tri mjeseca hrabro raspravljao i uvjeravao o kraljevstvu Božjem.
DanishOg han gik ind i Synagogen og vidnede frimodigt i tre Måneder, idet han holdt Samtaler og overbeviste om det, som hører til Guds Rige.
DutchEn hij ging in de synagoge, en sprak vrijmoediglijk, drie maanden lang met hen handelende, en hun aanradende de zaken van het Koninkrijk Gods.
FinnishJa hän meni synagoogaan, ja kolmen kuukauden ajan hän puhui heidän kanssansa rohkeasti ja vakuuttavasti Jumalan valtakunnasta.
GermanEr ging aber in die Schule und predigte frei drei Monate lang, lehrte und beredete sie vom Reich Gottes.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSelama tiga bulan Paulus terus berbicara dengan berani kepada orang-orang di rumah ibadat dan berdebat dengan mereka untuk meyakinkan mereka tentang bagaimana Allah memerintah sebagai Raja.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka Paulus pun masuklah ke dalam rumah sembahyang serta berkata-kata dengan beraninya tiga bulan lamanya, sambil berbicara dan meyakinkan orang tentang kerajaan Allah.
ItalianEntrato poi nella sinagoga, vi potè parlare liberamente per tre mesi, discutendo e cercando di persuadere gli ascoltatori circa il regno di Dio.
Maori¶ Na ka tomo ia ki te whare karakia, ka korero maia atu, e toru nga marama i korerorero ai, i kukume ai ki nga mea o te rangatiratanga o te Atua.
NorwegianHan gikk da inn i synagogen og talte frimodig i tre måneder, idet han holdt samtaler med dem og overtydet dem om det som hører Guds rike til.
PortuguesePaulo, entrando na sinagoga, falou ousadamente por espaço de três meses, discutindo e persuadindo acerca do reino de Deus.   
RumanianKn urmq, Pavel a intrat kn sinagogq, unde vorbea cu kndrqznealq. Timp de trei luni a vorbit cu ei despre lucrurile privitoare la Kmpqrqyia lui Dumnezeu, wi cquta sq knduplece pe cei ce -l ascultau.
Shuar¶ Tura nuisha menaintiu nantutin Papru Israer-shuar iruntai jeanam Werí Yusa akupeamurin pachis arantutsuk etsermiayi. Túrak Nú aentsun ujaak Yúsnan nekasaiti tu Enentáimtikrarmiayi.
SpanishDurante unos tres meses, entrando en la sinagoga, Pablo predicaba con valentía discutiendo y persuadiendo acerca de las cosas del reino de Dios.
SwahiliKwa muda wa miezi mitatu Paulo alikuwa akienda katika sunagogi, akawa na majadiliano ya kuvutia sana juu ya Ufalme wa Mungu.
SwedishDärefter gick han in i synagogan; och under tre månader samtalade han där, frimodigt och övertygande, med dem om Guds rike.
Uma¶ Bula-na Paulus hi ngata Efesus toe, hilou oa' -i hi tomi posampayaa to Yahudi. Rala-na tolu mula, mololita-i hante uma ria ka'ekaa' -na, momewai' ngkalolita hante tauna to morumpu hi ree. Natudui' -ra beiwa ohea-na jadi' ntodea-na Alata'ala hi rala Kamagaua' -na, nanotohi nono-ra pai' nabawai-ra bona mepangala' -ra hi Yesus.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: DISPUTING

Misspellings

"DISPUTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: disputen. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "DISPUTING"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "DISPUTING" (pronounced di'spyuw"ting)
6-p y uw" t i ngcomputing.
5-y uw" t i ngcommuting, muting, refuting, telecommuting.
4-uw" t i ngbooting, diluting, fruiting, looting, polluting, recruiting, rerouting, rooting, saluting, shooting, uprooting.
3-t i ngabating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: DISPUTING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-g-i-i-n-p-s-t-u"

-2 letters: dusting, pidgins, pignuts, pinguid, pundits, spiting, suiting, tidings.

-3 letters: digits, dingus, duping, inputs, nudist, pidgin, pignus, pignut, pundit, siding, siping, siting, spuing, stupid, tiding.

-4 letters: digit, dings, dints, duits, dungs, dunts, guids, input, intis, nidus, nitid, piing, pings, pints, pungs, punts, situp, sting, stung, suing, suint, tings, tipis, tungs, units, using.

-5 letters: digs, ding.

 Words containing the letters "d-g-i-i-n-p-s-t-u"
 

+1 letter: disrupting.

 

+5 letters: superintending, underpaintings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: DISPUTING


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 49 53 50 55 54 49 4E 47

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    ..    ...    .--.    ..-    -    ..    -.    --.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01001001 01010011 01010000 01010101 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#73 &#83 &#80 &#85 &#84 &#73 &#78 &#71

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0049 0053 0050 0055 0054 0049 004E 0047

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

384353505554434841

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Familiar
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Bible Trace
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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