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Definition: In Dispute |
In DisputeAdjective1. Now in consideration or under discussion; "regarding the matter in hand". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: In DisputeSynonyms: at issue(a) (adj), in dispute(p) (adj), in hand(p) (adj), in question(p) (adj), under consideration(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inquiry | Undetermined, untried, undecided; in question, in dispute, in issue, in course of inquiry; under discussion, under consideration, under investigation; Noun: sub judice, moot, proposed; doubtful; (uncertain). |
Question, query, problem, desideratum, point to be solved, porism; subject of inquiry, field of inquiry, subject of controversy; point in dispute, matter in dispute; moot point; issue, question at issue; bone of contention; (discord); plain question, fair question, open question; enigma; (secret); knotty point; (difficulty); quodlibet; threshold of an inquiry. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: In Dispute |
| English words defined with "in dispute": At odds ♦ Chevisance, circumstantial evidence ♦ direct evidence ♦ Ex parte council ♦ Hard pan ♦ indirect evidence, issue ♦ Mononychus olecranus ♦ Prejudication ♦ To the question, Trial by certificate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "in dispute": Contemptible, Contemptuous, contradictory procedure ♦ FMCS ♦ granitization ♦ Triplets. (references) |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | A fee of 5 per cent. of the amount in dispute shall be charged in respect of all cases brought before the Tribunal. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Under NAFTA, the first step in dispute settlement is consultations. (references) | |
Economic History | Pakistan | The status of Kashmir has remained in dispute. (references) |
Haiti | Corruption in the legal system may be a crucial factor in dispute settlement. (references) | |
Gabon | The population is generally accepted to be just over 1 million but remains in dispute. (references) | |
Human Rights | Japan | The Government countered that cases sent to police detention facilities tend to be those where the facts were not in dispute. (references) |
Indigenous People | Malaysia | Although state law recognizes the right of indigenous people to land under "native customary rights (NCR)," in the Borneo states the definition and extent of these lands have been in dispute. (references) |
Worker Rights | Papua New Guinea | The Department of Industrial Relations and the courts are involved in dispute settlement. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Richard Shelby | Well, that's in dispute. You know, we've heard that he did, and we've been told in intelligence circles that it didn't happen, and it didn't happen that way. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expressions using "in dispute": matter in dispute ♦ the matter in dispute. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "in dispute"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | riitakysymys (controversy, matter in dispute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | questions en litige (issues in dispute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Streitgegenstand (matter in dispute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vita tárgya (bone of contention, manner in dispute, question), szóban forgó ügy (manner in dispute, matter in hand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 問題の点 (point in dispute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | も" いのて" (point in dispute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inay isputeday em disputa. (various references) problemã discutatã (the matter in dispute). (various references) en la disputa, en habla, en disputa (at issue). (various references) tvistefråga (matter in dispute, question at issue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-i-n-p-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: disunite, nudities, unpitied, untidies. | |
-2 letters: dipnets, dispute, dunites, indites, piniest, pinites, pundits, puniest, punties, stipend, tiepins, tineids, unities. | |
-3 letters: dipnet, dunite, duties, indies, indite, indues, inputs, inside, instep, nudest, nudies, nudist, pinite, pitied, pities, puisne, pundit, punted, sendup, seniti, sniped, spined, spinet, spited, stiped, stupid, suited, supine, teiids, teinds, tenuis, tidies, tiepin, tineid. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-i-n-p-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: punditries. | |
+2 letters: inaptitudes, ineptitudes. | |
+3 letters: indisputable, profundities, repudiations. | |
+4 letters: deputizations, nondisruptive, plenitudinous, pneumonitides, preinductions, preindustrial, serendipitous, superaddition, unparasitized. | |
+5 letters: disruptiveness, platitudinizes, polyneuritides, pseudonymities, reduplications, repudiationist, superadditions, superinduction, superintending, underpaintings. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Historic | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Quotations: Spoken 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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