Dispute

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To argue about; debate.
  • intransitive verb. To argue or debate with (someone).
  • intransitive verb. To question the truth or validity of; doubt.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To strive to gain or win; struggle over.
  • intransitive verb. To strive against; resist.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in discussion or argument; debate. synonym: discuss.
  • intransitive verb. To quarrel angrily.
  • noun. A verbal controversy; a debate.
  • noun. An angry altercation; a quarrel.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Argumentative contention: earnest discussion of opposing views or opinions; controversial strife.
  • noun. Wrangling; contention; strife; quarrel.
  • noun. A contest of any kind.
  • noun. Synonyms Controversy, Dispute (see controversy), debate, discussion, altercation.
  • To engage in argument or discussion; argue in opposition; oppose another in argument: absolutely or with with or against.
  • Hence To engage in altercation; wrangle; quarrel.
  • To strive or contend in opposition to a competitor; compete: as, to dispute for the prize.
  • To argue about; discuss.
  • To argue against; attempt to disprove or overthrow by reasoning; controvert; deny: as, to dispute an assertion, opinion, claim, or the like.
  • To call in question; express doubt of or opposition to; object to.
  • To strive to gain or to maintain; contest: as, to dispute a prize.
  • To encounter; strive against.
  • Synonyms Debate, Discuss, etc. See argue.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle.
  • transitive verb. To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
  • transitive verb. To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of.
  • transitive verb. To strive or contend about; to contest.
  • transitive verb. To struggle against; to resist.
  • noun. Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
  • noun. Contest; struggle; quarrel.
  • noun. indisputably; incontrovertibly.
  • noun. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
  • noun. Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
  • noun. Contest; struggle; quarrel.
  • verb. To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
  • verb. To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
  • verb. To oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of.
  • verb. To strive or contend about; to contest.
  • verb. To struggle against; to resist.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. take exception to
  • noun. a disagreement or argument about something important
  • verb. have a disagreement over something
  • noun. coming into conflict with
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