dispute1 noundispute2 verb
disputedis‧pute1 /dɪˈspjuːt, ˈdɪspjuːt/ ●●○ W3 noun [countable, uncountable] 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- All efforts to settle the dispute have so far failed.
- Morris has been involved in a long legal dispute with his publisher.
- Representatives from both sides met late last night in an attempt to settle the budget dispute between Congress and the President.
- The dispute over weapons inspections is likely to be the main topic of tomorrow's meeting.
- But the dispute will probably never be settled since both Topeka and Azusa Street have now achieved a certain mythic quality.
- He asked the panel to chose its foreman quickly and in a way that does not create disputes.
- It sounds like a boundary dispute.
- My guess was that they would find their way into the press and would undermine our efforts to settle the health dispute.
- The main areas of dispute had been an executive president, a second house of parliament, and proportional representation.
- The settlement of disputes between participants in a company may also prove awkward.
- There is some dispute as to whether dinghy sailing and windsurfing are classified as immersion sports and whether or not they will be permitted.
THESAURUS
a situation in which people speak angrily to each other because they disagree about something: · an argument between two drivers over who had right of way· A 29-year-old man was shot and killed today after an argument over a gambling debt.
British English, fight especially American English a loud angry argument with someone, especially your boyfriend, girlfriend, or someone in your family. Row is also used about a serious disagreement between politicians about important public issues: · There were always fights between my parents.· the continuing row over tax increases· A few months ago they had a big row, and Steve drove off and spent the weekend in London.
a situation in which people disagree with each other, but without shouting or getting angry: · There were the occasional disagreements about money, but mostly we got on well.· Ginny had left the company after a disagreement with her boss.
especially British English an argument, especially one in which people get angry and that lasts a long time. Quarrel sounds more formal and more serious than argument or row: · a bitter family quarrel
a very bitter argument between two groups, especially families, which lasts for many years and causes people to hate each other: · The feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys raged for 20 years.
a public or legal argument about something, especially one which continues for a long time: · Morris has been involved in a long legal dispute with his publisher.· The settlement will resolve a long-running dispute over the country’s nuclear program.
an argument in which two people or groups criticize each other continuously in public: · The war of words over construction delays at the airport has erupted again.
British English informal a very bad argument, especially one in which people decide to separate from each other: · He had a bust-up with the team manager.
an angry argument in which people shout at each other: · He got into a shouting match with another driver.
British English informal an argument in which people insult each other: · He was sacked after a slanging match with a colleague.
Longman Language Activatoran argument when people speak angrily to each other because they disagree about something: have an argument: · My sister and I had a terrible argument last night.argument about/over: · A 29-year-old man was shot and killed today after an argument over a gambling debt.argument with: · I'm sorry I'm not in a good mood. I had an argument with my husband this morning.get into an argument (=to start arguing, without intending to): · Phil got into an argument with a guy at the bar.
British a loud angry argument that continues for a short time between people who know each other well. Row is also used about a serious disagreement between politicians concerning important public matters: · There were always rows when my dad got home.· The World Trade Organization will give the two countries 60 days to end their row.row over: · The newspapers are full of stories about the continuing row over private education.blazing row (=a very angry, noisy argument): · The couple in the house next door were having a blazing row.big row: · A few months ago they had a big row, and Steve drove off and spent the weekend in London.
an angry argument between people who know each other well: · a family quarrelquarrel with: · I was tired of these stupid quarrels with my parents.have a quarrel: · They had some sort of quarrel years ago, and they haven't spoken to each other since.
a situation in which people disagree with each other, but without shouting or getting angry: disagreement about/over: · There were the occasional disagreements about money, but mostly we got on well.disagreement with: · Ginny had left the company after a disagreement with her boss.disagreement between: · This bill will never be passed if disagreements between Democrats and Republicans aren't settled soon.
formal when two people, organizations, or countries publicly disagree and argue with each other about something important: dispute over/about: · The dispute over weapons inspections is likely to be the main topic of tomorrow's meeting.dispute with: · Morris has been involved in a long legal dispute with his publisher.dispute between: · Representatives from both sides met late last night in an attempt to settle the budget dispute between Congress and the President.settle a dispute (=end it by agreement): · All efforts to settle the dispute have so far failed.
British informal a very bad quarrel or fight: · After the bust-up, I didn't see Rick for several weeks.have a big bust-up: · She and her boyfriend had a big bust-up over who was supposed to look after the kids.bust-up with: · Christie was involved in an angry bust-up with reporters and photographers outside the courtroom.
a very short argument between people or groups, especially in a formal or official situation such as a political meeting: · During angry exchanges in Parliament the Prime Minister said he would not change existing policies.heated exchange (=an angry exchange): · A series of heated exchanges between the two governments followed.
a serious argument that comes at the end of a period of time during which there has been a lot of disagreement and angry feelings: · Everyone in the office knew that there would be a showdown sooner or later, the way things were going.· The Senate moved toward another showdown with the President over the budget.
an unpleasant and often violent situation between two groups, especially families, in which people have been arguing for so long that they cannot remember the cause of it: · The feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys raged for 20 years.· He has been accused of letting personal feuds affect his judgement.
when something is definitely true use this to emphasize that something is definitely true. Definitely is more common in spoken English than certainly: · Incredible as they seem, these events certainly took place.· We don't know exactly when the house was built, but it's certainly over 200 years old. · I definitely posted the cheque last week, so it should have arrived by now.· "I think it would be a great opportunity." "Yeah, definitely."definitely/certainly not: · "She's not thinking of going back out with Simon again?" "No, definitely not."
use this to say that, in your opinion, something is definitely true about someone or something: · The years my parents spent in Kenya were undoubtedly the happiest of their lives.· Japan has unquestionably one of the most successful economies in the world.· Without a doubt, taxation is going to be the key issue in the President's campaign.
use this to say that, in your opinion, something definitely is true about someone or something: there's no doubt/there's no question that: · There's no doubt that he completely dominates her.· There is no question that Maridan had known all about the deal.· There was no doubt that, without the peacekeeping force, the civil war would have continued.there's no doubt/there's no question about it/about that: · You can see they're short of staff -- there's no doubt about it.· "We made some mistakes. No question about that," Glavine said.
use this to say that, in your opinion, there is definitely no doubt at all that something is true: · The evidence proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that this man was in the victim's apartment on the day of the murder.
spoken say this when you want to emphasize that something must be true and you want the person you are talking to to agree with you: · Surely he must have realized that the money was stolen.· "I'm not sure how the heating system works." "Surely it can't be that complicated." · Your car must be worth more than $500, surely!
if something is beyond dispute it certainly happened or exists and no one thinks differently: · Her professionalism is beyond dispute.· That the reports were stolen is beyond dispute. What we need to know is who took them.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
The rumor has been hotly denied. She was involved in a long-running legal battle. a long-standing feud between the two families The court was set up to mediate in civil disputes.
(=end it)· It is hoped that the dispute can be resolved peacefully.
· The US government became involved in a dispute with China.
(=become involved)· We don’t want to get into a dispute with them.
· He was in dispute with the company about his contract.
(=be involved in one that is difficult to resolve)· Workers and management are locked in a bitter dispute.
(=starts)· Sometimes a dispute arises between the seller and the buyer.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + dispute (=very angry)· It caused a bitter dispute between the neighbouring republics.
(=continuing for a long time)· India’s long-running dispute with Pakistan
British English, a labor dispute American English (=between workers and employers)· A lot of working days are lost through industrial disputes.
(=about how much money employees are paid)· The pay dispute involved 450 staff.
· There was a long legal dispute between the two companies.
formal (=between people who live together)· The court heard that he had been stabbed during a domestic dispute.
(=about where the border between two countries is)· a border dispute between Argentina and Chile
(=about which country land belongs to)· The war started as the result of a territorial dispute.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· There was a bitter battle over the building of the new airport.
(=a disagreement about where the border should be)· a long-running border dispute between Iraq and Iran
(=a disagreement about where a boundary should be, for example between neighbours)· We had to hire a lawyer to sort out the boundary dispute.
(=say it is not true)· The prime minister rejected claims of a disagreement within his party.
(=a legal argument about who will have custody)· He is fighting a bitter custody battle for his children.
(=an argument between people who live together, especially when it involves violence)· Police are often called to domestic disputes.
The rumor has been hotly denied. (=disagreement between workers and their employers) Last year 1.3 million workers took part in industrial disputes.
Last year 1.3 million workers took part in industrial disputes. She was involved in a long-running legal battle. a long-standing feud between the two families The court was set up to mediate in civil disputes.· Copernicus challenged the notion that the Sun goes around the Earth.
(=disagreement between an employer and employees about pay)· Many flights were cancelled because of a pilots’ pay dispute.
· Negotiation is the only way to resolve the dispute.
· Every effort was made to settle the dispute, without success.
· They have agreed to solve their disputes solely by peaceful means.
(=land that two countries are fighting or arguing to get control of)· The latest round of talks over the disputed territory begins next week.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Ballylumford had had a long, bitter industrial dispute a few months earlier and the scars were raw and unhealed.· Exactly when the Gingrich case will come to a close has become a matter of bitter dispute.· The city council, famous in the 1980s for its bitter internal disputes, could not be more pliant.· The biggest gains and the most bitter disputes arise over trades between north and south.· It is now the subject of a bitter dispute between the neighbouring republics.· The bill has bogged down in bitter disputes over the balance between law enforcement and civil liberties.· The parts makers must therefore take some pleasure in Mr Lopez's increasingly bitter dispute with his former employer.· Der Spiegel magazine made Waldsterben a front-page issue in November 1981. Bitter scientific disputes soon developed.
· Mr Say is said to be distraught after a domestic dispute at his home.· Police said the homicide appears to be related to a domestic dispute.· The court heard that the cousin was stabbed during a domestic dispute.· In order to exclude domestic disputes, there is a proviso that the offence can not be committed inside a private dwelling.· So a domestic Alexandrian dispute became a wide conflagration.· In towns, the police policy of not becoming involved in domestic disputes had left women without protection.· In parliament, the bitterest domestic dispute concerned one of the oldest issues of all, drink.
· It was the first major industrial dispute to test the Conservative Government's industrial legislation, or at least potentially to do so.· Ballylumford had had a long, bitter industrial dispute a few months earlier and the scars were raw and unhealed.· The unions also attacked the Labor government's precedent in compensating employers in an industrial dispute.· Eden was instantly plunged into industrial disputes in the docks and on the railways.· Today will be the first time troops have been brought in during an industrial dispute since 1978.· I would point out that the procedure for the avoidance of industrial disputes is inappropriate in these circumstances.
· This was one of the trump cards of News International in its dispute with the print workers in 1986-87.· The case histories and practical guidance demonstrates why international businesses dispute mediation does work.· It might become necessary to define the parameters of an international dispute soas to identify the parties to it.· Secret diplomacy must be abolished. 3. International disputes should be resolved through the methods of conference and arbitration.
· A succession of other legal disputes went unresolved, and appeals were made to the parlement of Paris.· First on the witness stand was Neill Freeman, a forensic accountant who traces assets in legal disputes.· In recent years there has been a steady growth in the use of tribunals to deal with legal disputes rather than courts.· The charges against Studer are part of the legal dispute over the share plan, which shareholders narrowly backed in November 1994.· He was a passionate, combative, choleric, and difficult man, frequently embroiled in legal disputes.· If the information is preserved, it will be in an effort to guarantee its availability in case of legal dispute.· A dispute over what they do mean is, in principle, like a legal dispute over the meaning of a statute.· He's alleged to have stabbed him to death following a lengthy legal dispute over access to children.
· The latter has now been swallowed up by extreme political shifts and disputes.· Moscow wished to cultivate this strand of the policy of the non-aligned states to strengthen their political dispute with the Western powers.· In the world that he created, there were no wars, no political disputes, no dangers.· The enactment of a code of Basic Rights and Constitution does not resolve political disputes.· It is a debate which reflects the overall political dispute about the role of high art in the classroom.
· This was a formal combat to settle a territorial dispute.· Most income came from the hiring out of paladins as mercenaries in territorial disputes.· Keep just one male in a small tank as territorial disputes will otherwise occur.
NOUN· Presumably a similar border dispute lay behind Aethelbald's attack on Northumbrian territory in 740.· Officials were at pains to point out that it was focused on resolving border disputes and promoting trade.· Outstanding differences on the border dispute between the two countries failed, however, to be resolved decisively.
· It sounds like a boundary dispute.
· Shi said a trend to watch is growth in collective labor disputes, which occurred6,567 times in 1998 and involved 251,268 workers.· It is said that other Presidents without congressional authority have taken possession of private business enterprises in order to settle labor disputes.· For the moment, union officials are devoting their energies to the labor dispute at Quincy Farms.
· This is illustrated by reference to teachers' responses to various externally sponsored innovations and the teachers' pay dispute of 1985-86.· Industrial action and pay disputes dominated the headlines in the 1970s.· The best result of the 1982 pay dispute was the nurses' pay review body.· Mr Cook also repeated demands for arbitration to settle the ambulance staff pay dispute.· Ayrshire buses dispute deal A PAY dispute which has crippled bus services in Ayrshire could be over.· They were able to respond swiftly because they already have a secret ballot strike mandate over an ongoing pay dispute.
· This distinction becomes clearer when one sees that it is mainly the industrial applications which have developed into dispute resolution.· An emphasis on mediation and alternative dispute resolution.· The system of dispute resolution attempts to tread a careful line between consumer and vendor interests.· It has increasingly been used for technical as well as valuation issues, and for dispute resolution.· The haulier should be aware of the basic advantages of this form of commercial dispute resolution.· Is the dispute resolution procedure invoked? 3 Who can invoke the dispute resolution procedure and how?· Or would its growth simply cut lawyers out of dispute resolution?
· Many trade disputes are pending, awaiting the outcome of the talks; failure would activate them immediately.· Both countries have a stake in using the World Trade Organization and in not allowing trade disputes to poison bilateral relations.· Since the crew of the ship were not directly involved, the owners argued that there was no trade dispute.· The Court of Appeal had held that there was no trade dispute and so no protection for the trade union officials.· For example, trade disputes are settled by three bureaucrats who meet in secret.· The first would demonstrably be a political strike and the second would hardly be a trade dispute.
VERB· An important general moral arises from the long dispute over the date of the Thera eruption.· He said that he thought the attack arose out of a personal dispute.· Instead, the vendor should be encouraged to identify, describe and quantify the actual and contingent liabilities arising from these disputes.
· A statement must be obtained from the Insured to establish the facts and to avoid subsequent dispute as to the circumstances.· Perhaps you should make some dividend distributions to avoid a dispute over reasonable salary.· He said that the Banks must develop trust and respect to avoid further damaging disputes.· In fact, most folks avoided disputes with him.· In order to avoid disputes, the sale agreement should specify the priority to be given to each of these rules.
· The whole point of the legal process is to get a decisive determination which will end the dispute in question.· Rarely do they resort to actual blows to end disputes.· The two sides were brought together with the help of high-powered intermediaries who are keen to end the dispute.· Ministers and unions last night said they despaired of ending the dispute.
· He was involved in the major dispute between Edward I and Gaston de Béarn.· It puts behind us the issues that were involved in this dispute...· The courts have long been involved in demarcation disputes.· Experienced specialist arbitrators are ideally suited to hear many more cases involving disputes over haulage contracts.· People, after all, are often involved in disputes and difficulties with their relatives, but only a minority commit suicide.· In towns, the police policy of not becoming involved in domestic disputes had left women without protection.· It also meant that the police were immediately involved when serious disputes arose between labour and employers.· The community has been involved in a land dispute with a powerful local landowner.
· It has wide-ranging powers to investigate financial services companies and will mediate in disputes.· He spent much of his time mediating disputes and absorbing the free-floating rage that the Standing had unleashed.· To mediate in such a dispute was the dreariest occupation of a bishop.· In its first year, the centre was asked to mediate in over 60 disputes.· We won't mediate in disputes about who occupies the enormous after cabin.· Litigants still do not seem eager to save costs by mediating their disputes.
· Although both sides acknowledged the difficulty of resolving the dispute, the tone of the visit was positive.· The parties would get another 30 days to resolve the dispute.· Officials were at pains to point out that it was focused on resolving border disputes and promoting trade.· Most lawyers spend most of their time helping clients prevent or resolve disputes, trying their best to avoid costly litigation.· How might she still resolve the dispute by creative thinking?· Her suggestion did nothing to resolve the dispute over the Chargers deal.· Although the visitor's position is anomalous, it provides a valuable machinery for resolving internal disputes which should not be lost.
· It would be sensible for dioceses to establish procedures for arbitration in case these are needed to settle disputes.· The army supervised the elections of 1867 and 1868 and was called in from time to time thereafter to settle scattered disputes.· The National War Labor Board was set up in 1942 to settle the disputes that inevitably rose in a more directed economy.· Because that was the only way to settle a long-running genetic dispute between sets of genes.· This was a formal combat to settle a territorial dispute.· Mercy and others who track violence see two disturbing trends, also reflected locally: Guns increasingly are used to settle disputes.· The tribunals were intended to provide a way for rural residents to settle disputes without legal formalities.· The figures alone, however, are unlikely to settle the ongoing disputes and passions around immigration.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1a serious argument or disagreementdispute with- Ellen's honesty is beyond dispute.
- Her professionalism is beyond dispute.
- That the reports were stolen is beyond dispute. What we need to know is who took them.
- That the Emperor did not want war is beyond dispute, for the evidence from all sides makes this clear.
- How far Blake and Mouton were pioneers in this field is open to dispute.
- Whether this revolution has improved medical care or worsened it is open to dispute.
- In addition, the name of the girl, originally identified by authorities as Cindy Garcia, is in dispute.
- It is not the shape of the Laffer curve that is in dispute.
- Meacock is in dispute with Eagle Star over £1.7 million of reinsurance claims.
- Moreover, the role of the police is in dispute.
- Once again the citizens, now politically organized as a commune, were in dispute with the archbishop and the canons.
- The reasons, though, are in dispute.
- The service charge may be in dispute or there may be an inadvertent omission to pay on the part of the tenant.
The firm is involved in a legal dispute with a rival company.dispute over He got into a dispute over a taxi fare.dispute between the bitter border dispute between the countries► see thesaurus at argument2be beyond dispute if something is beyond dispute, everyone agrees that it is true or that it really happened: It is beyond dispute that advances in medicine have enabled people to live longer.3be open to dispute if something is open to dispute, it is not completely certain and not everyone agrees about it: His interpretation of the poem is open to dispute.4be in dispute if something is in dispute, people are arguing about it: The facts of the case are still in dispute.COLLOCATIONSverbsresolve/settle a dispute (=end it)· It is hoped that the dispute can be resolved peacefully.be involved in a dispute· The US government became involved in a dispute with China.get into a dispute (=become involved)· We don’t want to get into a dispute with them.be in dispute with somebody· He was in dispute with the company about his contract.be locked in a dispute (=be involved in one that is difficult to resolve)· Workers and management are locked in a bitter dispute.a dispute arises (=starts)· Sometimes a dispute arises between the seller and the buyer.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + disputea bitter/fierce dispute (=very angry)· It caused a bitter dispute between the neighbouring republics.a long-running dispute (=continuing for a long time)· India’s long-running dispute with Pakistanan industrial dispute British English,a labor dispute American English (=between workers and employers)· A lot of working days are lost through industrial disputes.a pay dispute (=about how much money employees are paid)· The pay dispute involved 450 staff.a political/legal dispute· There was a long legal dispute between the two companies.a domestic dispute formal (=between people who live together)· The court heard that he had been stabbed during a domestic dispute.a border dispute (=about where the border between two countries is)· a border dispute between Argentina and Chilea territorial dispute (=about which country land belongs to)· The war started as the result of a territorial dispute.dispute1 noundispute2 verb
disputedis‧pute2 /dɪˈspjuːt/ ●●○ verb WORD ORIGINdispute2
Origin:
1500-1600 Old French desputer, from Latin disputare ‘to discuss’, from putare ‘to think’VERB TABLE
dispute
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | dispute |
| he, she, it | disputes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | disputed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have disputed |
| he, she, it | has disputed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had disputed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dispute |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have disputed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am disputing |
| he, she, it | is disputing | |
| you, we, they | are disputing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was disputing |
| you, we, they | were disputing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been disputing |
| he, she, it | has been disputing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been disputing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be disputing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been disputing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Local residents disputed the police's version of the incident.
- Firstly, the researchers dispute amongst themselves over the value of experiments where animals need to be used.
- He specifically disputed two witnesses who said they saw him slap her.
- Jay was not to be disputed on subjects central to his interests.
- McAvennie disputed the fine and called on the Professional Footballer's grievance procedures to voice his dissent.
- Since ancient times people have disputed the actions taken by their neighbours.
- They show how these definitions may be disputed by individuals or groups, and how actors negotiate shared rules and ideas.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY What happened next is hotly disputed.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The rumor has been hotly denied. She was involved in a long-running legal battle. a long-standing feud between the two families The court was set up to mediate in civil disputes.
1[transitive] to say that something such as a fact or idea is not correct or true: What happened next is hotly disputed.· There was a bitter battle over the building of the new airport.
(=a disagreement about where the border should be)· a long-running border dispute between Iraq and Iran
(=a disagreement about where a boundary should be, for example between neighbours)· We had to hire a lawyer to sort out the boundary dispute.
(=say it is not true)· The prime minister rejected claims of a disagreement within his party.
(=a legal argument about who will have custody)· He is fighting a bitter custody battle for his children.
(=an argument between people who live together, especially when it involves violence)· Police are often called to domestic disputes.
The rumor has been hotly denied. (=disagreement between workers and their employers) Last year 1.3 million workers took part in industrial disputes.
Last year 1.3 million workers took part in industrial disputes. She was involved in a long-running legal battle. a long-standing feud between the two families The court was set up to mediate in civil disputes.· Copernicus challenged the notion that the Sun goes around the Earth.
(=disagreement between an employer and employees about pay)· Many flights were cancelled because of a pilots’ pay dispute.
· Negotiation is the only way to resolve the dispute.
· Every effort was made to settle the dispute, without success.
· They have agreed to solve their disputes solely by peaceful means.
(=land that two countries are fighting or arguing to get control of)· The latest round of talks over the disputed territory begins next week.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· The precise part played by peasant unrest in the genesis and character of the reform has long been hotly disputed.· Even that much is hotly disputed.· The overall trend in peasant living standards during the period is hotly disputed.· The most hotly disputed point was the size of the market.· But, in the past, the species unity of mankind has been hotly disputed.· It has become the most famous and hotly disputed California ballot measure since Proposition 13 cut property taxes in 1978.· At other times, however, he is more circumspect and admits that this is a hotly disputed issue in biology.
NOUN· Lothian and Borders Police admitted liability but disputed her claim for £75,000 damages.· But department administrators dispute those claims, saying the system is on its way to becoming the finest in the nation.· The California Department of Insurance has 372 disputed claims on its books.· The husband disputes the claim, on the ground that there was no consideration for his promise.
· Also, it is usually possible to dispute the facts themselves by challenging the theory involved in their identification.· It is difficult to dispute the fact that race does make a significant difference in the criminal justice system.
· But the management disputes those figures and insists the new service isn't a threat.
· By examining the coverage of the war over 20 years, Mr Wyatt convincingly disputes this view.
The main facts of the book have never been disputed.dispute that Few would dispute that travel broadens the mind.2[intransitive, transitive] formal to argue or disagree with someonedispute (something) with somebody Hazlitt, though much younger, was soon disputing with Wordsworth on equal terms. What happened next is hotly disputed.3[transitive] to try to get control of something or win something: Soviet forces disputed every inch of ground.