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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Alice began to feel very uneasy: to be sure, she had not as yet had any dispute with the Queen, but she knew that it might happen any minute, “and then,” thought she, “what would become of me?
When she got back to the Cheshire Cat, she was surprised to find quite a large crowd collected round it: there was a dispute going on between the executioner, the King, and the Queen, who were all talking at once, while all the rest were quite silent, and looked very uncomfortable.
There was a chorus of deep growls, and a young wolf in his fourth year flung back Shere Khan’s question to Akela: “What have the Free People to do with a man’s cub?” Now, the Law of the Jungle lays down that if there is any dispute as to the right of a cub to be accepted by the Pack, he must be spoken for by at least two members of the Pack who are not his father and mother.
Elizabeth, however, did not choose to take the hint, being well aware that a serious dispute must be the consequence of any reply.
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