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Definition: Dispute |
DisputeNoun1. A disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats". 2. Coming into conflict with. Verb1. Take exception to; "She challenged his claims". 2. Have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These tewo fellows are always scrapping over something". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dispute" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of holding disputes over trifles, indicates bad health and unfairness in judging others. To dream of disputing with learned people, shows that you have some latent ability, but are a little sluggish in developing it. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Language | The act of disputing or arguing against; active verbal contention, controversery, debate. . . . It is a common matter of dispute whether landed estates should be large or small. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Dispute (2 syl.) means, literally, to "lop down" (Latin, dis-puto); debate means to "knock down" (French, débattre); discuss means to "shake down" (Latin, dis-quatio); object' is to "cast against" (Latin, ob-jacio); contend is to "pull against" (Latin, contendo); quarrel is to throw darts at each other (Welsh, cwarel, a dart); and wrangle is to strain by twisting (Swedish, vrnga; Anglo-Saxon, wringan). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: DisputeSynonyms: conflict (n), contravention (n), difference (n), difference of opinion (n), altercate (v), argufy (v), challenge (v), gainsay (v), quarrel (v), scrap (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Certainty | Indubious; without doubt, beyond a doubt, without a shade or shadow of doubt, without question, beyond question; past dispute; clear as day; beyond all question, beyond all dispute; undoubted, uncontested, unquestioned, undisputed; questionless, doubtless. |
Discord | Subject of dispute, ground of quarrel, battle ground, disputed point; bone of contention, bone to pick; apple of discord, casus belli; question at issue; (subject of inquiry); vexed question, vexata quaestio, brand of discord. |
Quarrel, dispute, tiff, tracasserie, squabble, altercation, barney, demel_, snarl, spat, towrow, words, high words; wrangling; Verb: jangle, brabble, cross questions and crooked answers, snip-snap; family jars. | |
Fall out, quarrel, dispute; litigate; controvert; (deny); squabble, wrangle, jangle, brangle, bicker, nag; spar; (contend); have words; n. with; fall foul of. | |
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. | |
Lawsuit | Noun: lawsuit, suit, action, cause; litigation; suit in law; dispute. |
Negation | Dispute; impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon; bring in question, call in question; (doubt); give (one) the lie in his throat. |
Reasoning, | Verb: reason, argue, discuss, debate, dispute, wrangle- argufy, bandy words, bandy arguments; chop logic; hold an argument, carry on an argument; controvert; (deny); canvass; comment upon, moralize upon; spiritualize; consider; (examine). |
Unbelief Doubt | Throw doubt upon, raise a question; bring in, call in question; question, challenge, dispute; deny; cavil; cause a doubt, raise a doubt, start a doubt, suggest a doubt, awake a doubt, make suspicion; ergotize. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | That ruthless bastard offered me a 5-year contract, paid vacation, a huge signing bonus, all to make a dispute over slipcovers go away. (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) | |
Lyrics | Any dispute, don't hesitate to produce handguns (Sing For The Moment; performing artist: EMINEM) So why dispute me and waste my time (Free Your Mind; performing artist: En Vogue) | |
Clever | A long dispute means that both parties are wrong. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Chess Dispute (1903) | |
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![]() | A minor dispute among sea lions. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). | ![]() | The Imposter, or Obstetric Dispute. / [George Cruikshank]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Sign in front of mountaineer's home announcing the end of the dispute or feud with one of his neighbors. Up Squabble Creek, near Buckhorn, Kentucky. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Pope | When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same as last. |
Aristotle | How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms. |
Benjamin Franklin | When knaves fall out, honest men get their goods; when priests dispute, we come to the truth. |
Friedrich Nietzsche | All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting. |
Horace | Scholars dispute and the case is still before the courts. |
Shenstone | Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute. |
William Penn | It were endless to dispute upon everything that is disputable. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | If anyone has been dispossessed or removed by us, without the legal judgment of his peers, from his lands, castles, franchises, or from his right, we will immediately restore them to him; and if a dispute arise over this, then let it be decided by the five and twenty barons of whom mention is made below in the clause for securing the peace. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | The conqueror indeed will be apt to think himself master: and it is the very condition of the subdued not to be able to dispute their right. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Council may in any case under this Article refer the dispute to the Assembly. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Embassy, and Jiangxi officials to resolve the dispute. (references) | |
However, dispute resolution can be difficult and uncertain. (references) | ||
Under NAFTA, the first step in dispute settlement is consultations. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Uzbekistan | The station was attempting to resolve the dispute at year's end. (references) |
Cuba | It is highly unusual for police to impose house arrest in a domestic dispute. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Ali apparently had a running dispute with one of his cousins over the ownership of land. (references) | |
Economic History | Tanzania | The number of dead remains under dispute. (references) |
Moldova | Resolution of this dispute is still unclear. (references) | |
Pakistan | The status of Kashmir has remained in dispute. (references) | |
Human Rights | Honduras | The land farmed by the cooperative is under dispute. (references) |
Mexico | The eviction reportedly was the result of a 1997 land dispute. (references) | |
Togo | Kpizia reportedly complained publicly of Gnassingbe's intervention in a civil dispute. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Bangladesh | On April 4, 1 person died and 10 were injured in a clash between Khasis and Bengalis in a land dispute in Moulavibazar. (references) |
Malaysia | Without assistance from independent surveyors, the NGO contends that indigenous people are powerless legally to dispute encroachment on their land. (references) | |
Colombia | There was little exploration activity during the year due to security problems unrelated to the dispute with the U'wa, and no large demonstrations against the project were reported. (references) | |
Minorities | Ghana | The dispute arose days earlier after shrine members accused a Christian woman of witchcraft. (references) |
Cambodia | Also in March, a provincial judge ruled against ethnic hill tribe villagers in a land dispute. (references) | |
Ghana | In 2000 four persons were killed after a conflict over a chieftancy dispute in Weija (Greater Accra Region). (references) | |
Political Economy | Uae | The UAE seeks to resolve this dispute through peaceful means. (references) |
GHANA | It also provides guarantees against expropriation or forced sale and delineates dispute arbitration processes. (references) | |
BRAZIL | The principal point of contention seems to be objection by the legislative branch over dispute settlement language. (references) | |
Political Rights | Egypt | In late October, the Committee withdrew recognition from the small Arab Egyptian Socialist Party, also reportedly due to a leadership dispute, and closed the party newspaper, Gariidat Misr. (references) |
Togo | Chief among them was a settlement of the dispute over the seriously flawed June 1998 presidential election in which the vote count was stopped and President Eyadema declared the winner by the Interior Minister. (references) | |
Yemen | In two separate incidents in Taiz governorate on February 21, four persons were killed in the GPC-Islaah exchange of gunfire, and four security officials were wounded when a dispute over vote counting reportedly turned violent. (references) | |
Trade | Guyana | In August 2000, OPIC also resumed coverage to Guyana after settling a long-running dispute with the government. (references) |
Mexico | Although the importer may fail to honor his agreement, it method provides a documented trail in case of a dispute. (references) | |
Egypt | Importers have the right to take legal action against Customs Authorities in the event of a dispute regarding appropriate valuation. (references) | |
Travel | Ecuador | Under Ecuadorian law, a business dispute that normally would be handled by civil litigation in the United States may be converted into a criminal proceeding. (references) |
Women | Oman | Many women are reluctant to take an inheritance dispute to court for fear of alienating the family. (references) |
Seychelles | Police seldom intervene in domestic disputes, unless the dispute involves a weapon or major assault. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Ghana | Parties in a dispute may request compulsory arbitration. (references) |
Belize | At year's end, the dispute was submitted to an arbitration panel. (references) | |
Jordan | Strikes are prohibited if a labor dispute is under mediation or arbitration. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EUCHARIST, n. A sacred feast of the religious sect of Theophagi. A dispute once unhappily arose among the members of this sect as to what it was that they ate. In this controversy some five hundred thousand have already been slain, and the question is still unsettled. |
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| 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. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Antipathy in one nation against another disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Appropriations for similar objects have been continued from that time to the present without interruption or dispute. |
Rutherford Hayes | 1877-1881 | This is to be anticipated in every instance where matters of dispute are made the subject of arbitration under the forms of law. |
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| "Dispute" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.27% of the time. "Dispute" is used about 2,931 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.27% | 2,675 | 3,430 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 6.51% | 191 | 22,216 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.08% | 61 | 43,149 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.07% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (common) | 0.07% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,931 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "dispute". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Meribah | N/A | Biblical | Dispute |
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Expressions using "dispute": beyond dispute ♦ demarcation dispute ♦ hold a dispute on ♦ hot dispute ♦ in a dispute with ♦ in dispute ♦ industrial dispute ♦ it is beyond dispute ♦ labor dispute ♦ labour dispute ♦ matter in dispute ♦ out of dispute ♦ settle a dispute ♦ settlement of dispute ♦ the matter in dispute ♦ wage dispute ♦ without dispute. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "dispute": dispute-resolution, dispute-resolving, dispute-settlement, dispute-settlements, dispute-settling, dispute-solving. | |
Ending with "dispute": post-dispute, priority-dispute. | |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "dispute"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | kwessie (quarrel, question). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | debatoj, diskutim (argument, argumentation, assessment, canvass, contest, contestation, debate, deliberation, discussion, disputation, eristic, logomachy, talk, treatment), diskutoj (assess, canvass, confer, consult, counsel, debate, deliberate, discuss, expostulate, moot, negotiate, quarrel, reason, talk over, think over, thrash out), debat (controversy, debate, disputation, eristic, hassle, proceedings), konflikt (clash, collision, conflict, contravention, strife), grindem (altercate, Bicker, brawl, cample, carp, differ, disagree, fall out, fight, find fault with, fray, fret, grizzle, grouse, have words with, Pule, quarrel, spat, swear, wrangle), grindje (altercation, bickering, blowup, bobbery, brawl, breach, breeze, broil, contention, contest, disagreement, discord, disputation, dissension, feud, fight, fray, friction, jar, quarrel, squabble, strife, variance, wrangle), hedh poshtë (censure, confute, contradict, controvert, decline, demolish, detrude, disclaim, disprove, knock out, push aside, rebut, refute, reject, repudiate, sweep away, turn down, wave aside), vë në dyshim (challenge, impeach, impugn, question), konkurroj (compete, contend, vie), kundërshtoj (censure, challenge, combat, condemn, contest, contradict, controvert, counter, cross, demur, deprecate, discountenance, discourage, flout, fly in the face of, gainsay, impugn, kick, mind, object, oppose, oppugn, protest, react, rebel, rebuke, rebut, recalcitrate, refuse, resist, retort, set one's face against, stick to, stickle, Stonewall, take exception to), luftoj (combat, contend, correct, debate, fight, militate, oppugn, ramp, stand up for, strive, struggle, thrash about, war, wrestle), përpiqem të fitoj (contest, woo), polemizoj, rezistoj (endure, fend, hold out, rebel, rebuff, resist, tolerate, withstand), hahem (compete, contend, emulate, quarrel, rival, scuffle, vie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حاول إنتزاع, جدال (altercation, argument, argute, controversy, debate), خصام (argument, contention, contest, contestation, quarrel, row, ruction, squabble, war), خصومة (antagonism, enmity, hostility, quarrel), خلاف (clash, conflict, contention, contest, controversy, difference, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discordance, dissension, dissidence, disunion, disunity, division, friction, odds, quarrel, question, strife, variance), تجادل (argue, debate, quarrel, squabble, wrangle), شك (discount, discredit, doubt, fall under suspicion, incertitude, inkling, misgiving, odor, odour, qualms, query, question, scepticism, scrupulosity, smell a rat, suspicion, unbelief, uncertainty, wonder), تنازع (argue, spar, squabble), مناقشة (argumentation, debate, discussion, talk), ناقش (agitate, argue, bat, canvass, converse, debate, discuss, join issue with, moot, oppugn, powwow, question, set about, speak, talk, talk over, ventilate), نزاع (contention, contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, discord, discordance, disputation, division, duel, embroilment, fray, odds, quarrel, question, row, spar, squall, strife, struggle, tangle, variance, wont), هاجم (assault, attack, batter, belabour, beset, challenge, charge, contravene, hit, jump, lace, layabout, light into, mount an offensive, peck, press, prey on, prong, rush, set about, storm, strafe, strike), مشاكسة (grumpiness, petulance, quarrel, wrangle), مناظرة (controversy, debate, discussion, disputation), مناقشات (debate, discussions, parley, talks), تناظر (symmetry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | споря (altercate, argue, cample, contend, contest, debate, expostulate, higgle, jar, palter, polemize), спор (altercation, argument, argumentation, contention, contest, contestation, controversy, difference, ding-dong, disputation, dissension, fight, jar, polemic, rift, run in, strife, variance, velitation, word, words), разисквам (agitate, discuss, moot, parley, reason, talk about, treat of), конфликт (conflict, difference, interference), оспорване (contestation, contravention, impugnment, litigation), оспорвам (call down, contest, contravene, controvert, debate, gainsay, impugn, litigate, oppugn, query, question), обсъждане (agitation, argumentation, canvass, conference, consideration, consultation, deliberation, discussion, parley, powwow), боря се за (champion, contest, stand for), препирам се (altercate, spar, wrangle), полемика (argument, controversy, polemic, polemics), полемизирам (polemize), дебати (deliberations), диспут (contest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 辯駁 (refute), 辯 (argue, debate, discuss), 駁 (argue, contradict, parti-colored, refute, tranship), 糾葛 (entanglement), 糾紛 (issue, to dispute), 爭議 (controversy), 爭端 (conflict, controversy), 爭執 (disagree), 爭吵 (strife), 争执 (Disputed, Disputing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | debatovat (canvass, debate, talk), spor (argument, clash, conflict, contention, controversy, disagreement, discord, fight, fray, litigation, quarrel, strife, wrangle), rozepře, polemika (argument, polemic), přít se (contest, palter, quarrel, spar, wrangle), kontroverze (controversy, disagreement), hádka (altercation, argument, brawl, brush, bust up, ding-dong, fight, hassle, quarrel, row, scrap, set to, skirmish, squabble, strife, wrangle), hádat se (argue, be at odds with, brawl, quarrel, scrap, wrangle), brát v pochybnost (impugn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skænderi (quarrel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | twisten (argue, twist), krakelen (argue, quarrel, wrangle), disputeren (argue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | disputo (quarrel), disputi (argue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | orðadráttur (quarrel), kjakast (argue), kjak (quarrel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مشاجره (Contention, Contest, Pique, Plea, Scuffle, Wrangle), مباحثه کردن (Debate, Dissert), چون وچرا, نزاع (Affray, Battle, Contention, Discord, Fray, Quarrel, Scrap, Scuffle, Spar, Squeal, Strife, Tousle, War, Warfare, Wrangle), ستیزه (Conflict, Contention, Controversy, Disputation, Melee, Quarrel, Squabble, Strife), جدال کردن , انکارکردن (Deny, Disclaim, Gainsay, Renege, Renounce, Repudiate, Unsay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | väittely (argument, debate), väitellä (argue, debate), sanasota (controversy, war of words), sanakiista (controversy), riita (controversy, disagreement, feud, quarrel, row, squabble, wrangle), rettelö (difficulties, tangle, trouble), kiistellä (argue), kiistää (deny), kiista (controversy, quarrel, strife), eittää (contest, deny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dispute (disputation, disputes), se disputer, différend (difference of opinion, differentially, differing, disagreement, discord, discriminative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | arbeidsskeel (labor dispute, labour dispute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | streiten (altercate, argue, battle, compete, conflict, contend, fight, quarrel, quarreling, squabble, take legal action, to altercate, to argue, to combat, to contend, to dispute, to quarrel, tussle, wrangle), streit (argument, battle, Bicker, breeze, conflict, confliction, contention, contestation, controversy, disagreement, discord, feud, fight, moot, quarrel, squabble, strife, wrangle), disputieren (argue, contend, to contend), disput (quarrel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διένεξη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מחלוקת (altercation, contention, controversy, disagreement, discord, disputation, dissension, division, polemics, quarrel, variance), מ"ון (altercation, contention, quarrel, strife), לערער (appeal, appeal against, subvert, undercut), לחלוק על (be at odds with, differ, disagree, dissent, impugn, join issue with, oppose, part company, take issue with), ל"תוכח (argue, debate, discuss, join issue with, plead), ל"תפלמס (argue, spar), ל"ת צח (argue, debate, polemize, spar, struggle, wrangle, wrestle), פלפול (argumentation, casuistry, debate), "סתכסכות (conflict, quarrel), ריב (conflict, contention, dissension, fight, odds, quarrel, squabble, strife), סכסוך (altercation, argument, conflict, feud, quarrel, strife). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vita (argument, battle of words, contention, contest, controversy, debate, discussion, disputation, hassle, moot, parley, polemics, quarrel, reasoning, snap), vitatkozás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | rifrildi (quarrel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | silang sengketa, memperbantahkan, membantahkan (debate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | disputare (argue, challenge, contest, debate, discuss, haggle, question, wrangle), disputa (argument, contention, debate, discussion, disputation, quarrel, wrangle), discutere (argue, debate, discuss, moot, parley, reason, talk over, treat), dibattimento, vertenza (case, lawsuit), controversia (contention, controversy), contestazione (controversy, notification, protest), contestare (challenge, contest, deny, question), bega. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 紛争 (strife, trouble), 抗争 (resistance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いさかい (quarrel), もめ (quarrel, trouble), も"ちゃく (quarrel, trouble), もめ"と (friction, quarrel, trouble), ろ" (argument, comment, controversy, debate, discourse, discussion, doctrine, essay, theory, treatise), ろ"そう (controversy, treatise or essay collection), あらそい (conflict, contest, dissension, quarrel, rivalry, strife), あらそい"と, "うろ" (intelligent opinion, public opinion, quarrel, unbiased criticism, your esteemed opinion), けいそう (a conflict, a dispute, aspect, contention, controversy, diatom, features, flighty, form, instrumentation, lightweight equipment or dress, look, phase, relay race, thoughtless), いいあい (quarrel), ぎろ" (argument, discussion), ふ"じょう (disturbance, powder, pulverized, trouble), ふ"そう (disguise, get-up, make-up, strife, trouble), ふうは (quarrel, rough seas, storm, trouble, wind and waves), くちけ"か (quarrel), くち'"か (quarrel), そうろ" (argument, controversy, general remarks), そうぎ (funeral service, quarrel, strike), おしも"どう (heated questioning and answering), "うそう (conception, confused fighting, frost, good running, grand, high and dry ground, high priest, hurrying, idea, imperial ancestors, imposing, magnificent, muzzle loading gun, ore bed, plan, plot, public funeral, red algae, resistance, rhodophyceae, sailing, school funeral, sending back or sending later, spice used for cooking, upper, virtuous priest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 논박 (Disputing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | argane (argument). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | krangel (quarrel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isputeday spierać się. (various references) disputa (argument, contention, contest, controversy, difference, difficulty, disputation, fight, odds, quarrel, question, rivalry, scene, squabble, tilt, wrangle), disputar (argue, Bicker, contest, disagree, fight, passage, put up with, quarrel, rencontre, rencounter, run, spar). (various references) diferend (strife), dezbatere (agitation, canvass, debate, deliberation, discussion, fencing, quarrel), discuţie (altercation, argument, argumentation, canvass, confabulation, conversation, counsel, debate, dialogue, discourse, discussion, quarrel, reasoning, row, splutter, talk), discuta (agitate, argue, confabulate, converse, debate upon, deliberate, discuss, go through, haggle, impugn, moot, negotiate, powwow, question, reason, speak, talk, talk over), disputa (claim, contest, debate, oppugn, strive), disputã (close contest, contention, contest, contestation, controversy, disputation, duet, issue, splutter, strife), dezbate (agitate, argue, beat out, break, canvass, contest, controvert, criticize, debate, fall, review), polemicã (paper war, polemic), se certa (altercate, be at odds, brawl, fall foul of, fall out, go foul of, haggle, jangle, quarrel, row, run foul of, spar, squabble, wrangle), zarvã (ado, affray, altercation, bobbery, brawling, bustle, clutter, din, dust, fuss, hubbub, kerfuffle, noise, pother, racket, riot, row, rumpus, scandal, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar), sfadã (feud, quarrel, squabble), cârcotã (discord, strife, wrangle), controversã (argument, contention, contest, controversy, debate, disputation), contesta (challenge, contest, impugn, litigate, oppugn, question), conflict (clash, collision, conflict, encounter, fray, friction, jar, quarrel, strife, struggle, war), combate (combat, confute, control, fight, repel), clenci (artifice, belt hook, crook, hook, quarrel, thorn), ceartã (altercation, Bicker, bobbery, brawl, breeze, broil, conflict, contention, controversy, discord, discussion, dissension, friction, jangle, loggerhead, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, scrap, set to, squabble, squall, Stour, strife, tussle, wrangle). (various references) спорить (argue, be at cross-purposes, bicker, chop logic, contest, debate, haggle, wrangle), спор (argument, argumentation, breeze, chaffer, contention, contest, controversy, disputation, dustup, row, splutter, strife, wrangle), оспаривать (call in question, contend, contend for, contest, contravene, controvert, impugn, litigate, oppugn), оказывать сопротивление (fight back, offer resistance, rebel, resist, stick up for, stick up to), обсуждение (consideration, discussion, discussion of, parley), обсуждать (canvass, confer, confer together, debate, discuss, discussing, moot, take up, talk over, think over, traverse, ventilate), пререкаться (brabble, cample, ruffle, squabble), пререкания (brabble, jangle, wrangle), препирательство (altercation), дискутировать (debate, discuss, moot, talk over), диспут (disputation). (various references) deasbud (a dispute, conference, debate), connsaich, comhaich, cònspaid (strife), cònsaich. (various references) zavada (discord, feud, odds, quarrel), svađati se (altercate, brawl, fall out, natter, quarrel, spat), rasprava (argument, disagreement, discussion, disputation, polemic, question, thesis, tract, treatise, wrangle), osporiti (controvert, deny, question). (various references) disputar (contest, haggle, quarrel, vie, wrangle), disputa (argument, bicker, bickering, contention, debate, disputation, fight, haggling, strife, wrangle), discutir (agitate, argue, carry on, debate, discuss, lecture, talk out, talk over, talk through, treat), discusión (agitation, argument, argumentation, cample, conference, controversy, debate, discussion, disputation, haggling), protestar de (protest), pleito (action, brawl, case, cause, complaint, controversy, lawsuit, quarrel, suit, trial), expresar dudas, cuestionar (discuss, question), contencioso (contentious), conflicto (clash, conflict, struggle, trouble), altercado (altercation, disagreement, haggle). (various references) tvist (contention, contestation, controversy, feud, quarrel, strife). (various references) tartışmak (altercate, argue, bat around, Bicker, brawl, bust, canvass, challenge, contend, controvert, debate, discuss, have a row with, have a set-to, have words with smb., jangle, join issue with smb., moot, negotiate, set to, spar, take issue with smb., wrangle), tartışma (altercation, argument, argumentation, bickering, brawl, breeze, broil, bust up, contention, contest, contestation, controversy, cross talk, debate, disagreement, discussion, disputation, hassle, jangle, moot, parley, quarrel, rap, row, set to, shooting match, spar, sparring, teach-in, wordy warfare, wrangle), reddetmek (abnegate, cast off, challenge, controvert, damn, declare off, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, disdain, dismiss, disown, draw the line, fall down, gainsay, negate, negative, Nix, overrule, protest, quash, rebut, refuse, refute, reject, renege, renounce, repel, repudiate, rule out, scout, set aside, spurn, take objection to, throw out, turn back, turn down, turn thumbs down on, veto, wave aside), münakaşa etmek (argue, join issue with smb., spar, take issue with smb.), münakaşa (altercation, argument, argumentation, bickering, disputation, hassle, spat), kavga (affray, brawl, brawling, broil, bust up, conflict, contention, feud, fight, fighting, fray, jangle, jar, kick up, miff, odds, punch-up, quarrel, row, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, set to, shooting match, strife, tilt, unpleasantness, wrangle), karşı koymak (bear against, confront, contest, counter, counteract, counterwork, demur, face, face up to, fend, fight back, offer resistance, oppugn, refuse, resist, set against, stand, stand out, stand out against, stand up to, stick up to, withstand), itiraz etmek (argue, argue against smth., blow the whistle on, buck, challenge, contest, contravene, demur, deprecate, except, expostulate, gainsay, interpose, make an objection to, object, object to, oppose, protest, protest against, raise an objection to, remonstrate, take exception to, take objection to), ihtilaf (controversy, difference, disagreement, discord, dissension, disunion, disunity, scission, strife), şüphe etmek (be sceptical about, be sceptical of, be skeptical about, be skeptical of, doubt, have a suspicion that, impugn, misdoubt, mistrust, question, suspect), çekişmek (chaffer, compete, conflict, contend, contest, debate, higgle, quarrel, rival, strive with). (various references) зekeleюmek (argue, quarrel), зekeleюik (controversy, discussion). (various references) сумніватися (demur, distrust, doubt, empeach, hesitate, impeach, question, scruple), спір (argumentation, contest, disputation), сперечатися (altercate, argue, bandy, contend, contest, jangle, squabble, thwart, wrangle), розбіжність у поглядах (disputation), обговорювати (air, bandy about, canvass, confer, consider, debate, moot, natter, parley, reason, ventilate), диспут (disputation). (various references) sự bất ho (discord, discordance, dissonance, disunion, division), sự bất đ"ng ý kiến, cuộc b n cãi (canvass, controversy, discussion). (various references) ymddadlau (contend), amau (doubt, suspect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | altercatio, alterceris, ambigebant, certamen, certamina, certamine, certamini, certaminibus, certaminis, certaminum, certo, concertatio, concertatur, controversia, decertarent, disceptabo, disceptaremini, disceptarent, disceptaret, disputare, disputatio, disputationi, iurgia, iurgio, iurgiorum, iurgium, litigatio, litigo, litis, pugna, pugnabant, pugnabat, pugnabimus, pugnabis, pugnabit, pugnabitis, pugnabo, pugnabunt, pugnando, pugnandum, pugnans, pugnant, pugnante, pugnantes, pugnantibus, pugnantium, pugnare, pugnarent, pugnaret, pugnas, pugnassent, pugnasset, pugnat, pugnate, pugnatis, pugnator, pugnatorum, pugnatque, pugnaturus, pugnaverimus, pugnaverit, pugnaverunt, pugnaveruntque, pugnavi, pugnavit, pugnavitque, pugnem, pugnemus, pugnes, pugnet, pugnetis, pugno, rixa, rixae, rixam, rixari, rixas, rixati, rixis, rixosa, velitatio. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | pairithnem. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | geflit. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | chalenge, estriver. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | contester. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 9, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ephrwthsen touV grammateiV ti suzhteite proV autouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et respondens unus de turba dixit magister adtuli filium meum ad te habentem spiritum mutum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ða axode he hyo. hwæt smeage gebe-tweox eow. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And oon of the cumpany answerde, and seide, Mayster, Y haue brouyt to thee my sone, that hath a doumbe spirit; and where euer he takith hym, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he sayde vnto the Scribes: what dispute ye with them? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he said, What are you questioning them about? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Mark Chapter 9, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Ug siya nangutana kanila, "Unsa bay inyong gipakiglantugian kanila?" |
| Chinese | 耶 穌 問 他 們 說 、 們 ' 他 們 辯 論 的 是 " 麼 。 |
| Croatian | A on ih upita: " to to raspravljaste s njima?" |
| Danish | Og han spurgte dem: "Hvorom tvistes I med dem?" |
| Dutch | En Hij vraagde den Schriftgeleerden: Wat twist gij met dezen? |
| Finnish | Ja hän kysyi heiltä: "Mitä te väittelette heidän kanssaan?" |
| French | Il leur demanda: Sur quoi discutez-vous avec eux? |
| Gaelic | Agus dh` fhaighnich e dhiu: Ciod mu bheil sibh a consachadh ri cheile? |
| German | Und er fragte die Schriftgelehrten: Was befragt ihr euch mit ihnen? |
| Haitian Creole | Li mande disip li yo: -Sa n'ap diskite konsa? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Apa yang kalian persoalkan dengan guru-guru agama itu?" tanya Yesus kepada pengikut-pengikut-Nya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu Ia bertanya kepada mereka itu, "Apakah perkara yang kamu perbantahkan dengan orang ini?" |
| Latvian | Un viens no ïauþu pulka atbildçja un sacîja: Mâcîtâj, es atvedu pie Tevis savu mçmâ gara apsçsto dçlu. |
| Maori | Na ka ui ia ki a ratou, He aha ta koutou e totohe na ki a ratou? |
| Norwegian | Og han spurte dem: Hvad er det I tretter med dem om? |
| Portuguese | Perguntou ele aos escribas: Que é que discutis com eles? |
| Rumanian | El i -a kntrebat: ,,Despre ce vq kntrebayi cu ei?`` |
| Russian | пО У ТПУЙМ ЛОЙЦОЙЛПЧ: П ЮЕН У ПТЙФЕ У ОЙНЙ? |
| Shuar | Túrunawarmatai, Jesus chicharainiak, "Warí tunaiyarum?" Tímiayi. |
| Swahili | Yesu akawauliza, "Mnajadiliana nini nao?" |
| Swedish | Då frågade han dem: "Varom disputeren I med dem?" |
| Uma | Yesus mpekune' -ra: "Napa to nipomepekunei' hante guru agama toera?" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dispute": disputed, disputer, disputers, disputes. (additional references) | |
Words containing "dispute": undisputed. (additional references) | |
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"Dispute" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adispute, desoutter, despote, desputer, Dipteb, dipute, disapate, discuter, disepate, dispite, dispo, disponee, disputen, Disque, disupte, dysponea. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dispute" (pronounced di'spyuw"t) |
| 4 | -p y uw" t | compute, disrepute, impute, repute. |
| 3 | -y uw" t | acute, Bute, Butte, commute, cute, mute, permute, refute, subacute. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-p-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: duties, spited, stiped, stupid, suited, upside. | |
-2 letters: deist, diets, dites, duets, duits, dupes, edits, etuis, piste, pseud, setup, siped, sited, situp, spied, spite, spued, stied, stipe, stupe, suite, tepid, tides, upset. | |
-3 letters: dies, diet, dips, dipt, dite, dits, dues, duet, duit, dupe, dups, dust, edit, etui, ides, peds, pest, pets, pied, pies, pits. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-p-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: deputies, disputed, disputer, disputes, dumpiest, pudgiest, stipuled, stupider. | |
+2 letters: aptitudes, autopsied, cuspidate, deputizes, dipterous, disputers, disrepute, disrupted, disrupter, eupatrids, guidepost, multipeds, preaudits, puddliest, stupefied, stupidest, supinated, upshifted, upstirred. | |
+3 letters: amplitudes, audiotapes, cupidities, despiteful, despiteous, dispiteous, disputable, disreputes, disrupters, disruptive, duplicates, guideposts, multispeed, pantsuited, pedicurist, platitudes, plenitudes, punditries, repudiates, stipulated, stupidness, surprinted, turpitudes, undisputed, unscripted. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 70 75 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... .--. ..- - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01110000 01110101 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s p u t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0070 0075 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38758582878671 |
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