DISPUTE
Dictionary entry overview: What does dispute mean?
• DISPUTE (noun)
The noun DISPUTE has 2 senses:
1. a disagreement or argument about something important
2. coming into conflict with
Familiarity information: DISPUTE used as a noun is rare.
• DISPUTE (verb)
The verb DISPUTE has 2 senses:
1. take exception to
2. have a disagreement over something
Familiarity information: DISPUTE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DISPUTE (noun)
Meaning:
A disagreement or argument about something important
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
difference of opinion; dispute; difference; conflict
Context examples:
he had a dispute with his wife / there were irreconcilable differences / the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
Hypernyms ("dispute" is a kind of...):
disagreement (the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dispute"):
collision (a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals)
arguing; argument; contention; contestation; controversy; disceptation; disputation; tilt (a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement)
gap (a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations)
dustup; quarrel; row; run-in; words; wrangle (an angry dispute)
Meaning:
Coming into conflict with
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
contravention; dispute
Hypernyms ("dispute" is a kind of...):
resistance (group action in opposition to those in power)
• DISPUTE (verb)
Meaning:
Take exception to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
challenge; dispute; gainsay
Context example:
She challenged his claims
Hypernyms (to "dispute" is one way to...):
contend; contest; repugn (to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation)
"Dispute" entails doing...:
call into question; oppugn; question (challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dispute"):
call (challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of)
call (challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Have a disagreement over something
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
quarrel; argufy; altercate; dispute; scrap
Context examples:
We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America / These two fellows are always scrapping over something
Hypernyms (to "dispute" is one way to...):
argue; contend; debate; fence (have an argument about something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dispute"):
fall out (have a breach in relations)
polemicise; polemicize; polemise; polemize (engage in a controversy)
spat (engage in a brief and petty quarrel)
brawl; wrangle (to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
