dispute
/dɪˈspjut/ verb C2- To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
- To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss. · Some residents disputed the proposal, saying it was based more on emotion than fact.
- To oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call into question; to deny the truth or validity of. · to dispute assertions or arguments
- To strive or contend about; to contest.
He/she/it disputes · Past disputed · Past participle disputed · -ing form disputing
Verb forms
- Base form
- dispute
- He/she/it
- disputes
- Past
- disputed
- Past participle
- disputed
- -ing form
- disputing
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No, for I think he never liked me since the day when I was silly enough, after a little quarrel we had, to propose to him to stop for ten minutes at the island of Monte Cristo to settle the dispute—a proposition which I was wrong to suggest, and he quite right to refuse.
The Crow put an end to the dispute by saying, “Your feathers are all very well in the spring, but mine protect me against the winter.”
They rushed clamorously into the presence of the Lioness and demanded of her the settlement of the dispute.
As they were disputing, they passed a statue carved in stone, which represented “a Lion strangled by a Man.” The traveler pointed to it and said: “See there!
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