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dispute

noun

1 dispute

A disagreement or argument about something important:
— He had a dispute with his wife.

synonyms: conflict, difference, difference of opinion.

Roget 969: lawsuit, suit, action, cause; litigation; suit in law; dispute etc. 713.    citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment; accusation ... show more

Roget 713: disagreement etc. 24; discord, disaccord, dissidence, dissonance; jar, clash, shock; jarring, jostling etc. v.; ... show more

Dutch: meningsverschil, onenigheid, onderscheid, verschil, geschil, dispuut, twistgesprek
Polish: dyferencja, spór

2 dispute

Coming into conflict with.

synonym: contravention.

Dutch: overtreding

verb

1 dispute

Take exception to.

synonyms: challenge, gainsay.

Roget 536: deny; contradict, contravene; controvert, give denial to, gainsay, negative, shake the head.    disown, disaffirm, disclaim, disavow; recant etc. ... show more

Roget 485: disbelieve, discredit; not believe etc. 484; misbelieve; refuse to admit etc. (dissent) 489; refuse to believe etc. (incredulity) ... show more

Dutch: tegenspreken, contesteren

2 dispute

Have a disagreement over something.

synonyms: altercate, argufy, quarrel, scrap.

Roget 476: reason, argue, discuss, debate, dispute, wrangle, argufy, bandy words, bandy arguments; chop logic; hold an argument, carry on an argument; controvert ... show more

Roget 713: be discordant etc. adj.; disagree, come amiss etc. 24; clash, jar, jostle, pull different ways, conflict, have no measures with, ... show more

Dutch: redetwisten, bekvechten, kiften, overhoopliggen, ruziën, twisten


Moby thesaurus: Kilkenny cats, Socratic method, abjure, agitate, altercate, altercation, apologetics, apologia, apology, argue, argufy, argument, argumentation, asking, assert the contrary, awake a doubt, bandy words, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious ... show more.

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