dispute

dis|pute¹ W2 [dıˈspju:t, ˈdıspju:t] n [U and C]

1.) a serious argument or disagreement

dispute with

▪ The firm is involved in a legal dispute with a rival company.

dispute over

▪ He got into a dispute over a taxi fare.

▪ Every effort was made to settle the dispute , but without success.

dispute between

▪ the bitter border dispute between the countries

▪ A long-running pay dispute is disrupting rail services.

▪ The coal industry was plagued by industrial disputes .

▪ The police don't usually like to intervene in domestic disputes .

▪ The miners were in dispute with their employers over pay.

▪ A dispute arose over who was to be the next king.

2.) be beyond dispute

if something is beyond dispute, everyone agrees that it is true or that it really happened

▪ It is beyond dispute that advances in medicine have enabled people to live longer.

3.) be open to dispute

if something is open to dispute, it is not completely certain and not everyone agrees about it

▪ His interpretation of the poem is open to dispute.

4.) be in dispute

if something is in dispute, people are arguing about it

▪ The facts of the case are still in dispute.

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COLLOCATES for sense 1

be involved in a dispute

get into a dispute (=become involved)

settle/resolve a dispute

bitter dispute

long-running dispute (=one that lasts a long time)

political/legal dispute

pay dispute

industrial dispute British English

labor dispute American English (=between workers and employers)

territorial dispute (=about land)

domestic dispute (=between a couple who live together)

be in dispute with somebody (=be involved in a dispute)

a dispute arises (=it starts)

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dispute ²

dis|pute² [dıˈspju:t] v

[Date: 1500-1600; : Old French; Origin: desputer, from Latin disputare 'to discuss', from putare 'to think']

1.) [T]

to say that something such as a fact or idea is not correct or true

▪ The main facts of the book have never been disputed.

dispute that

▪ Few would dispute that travel broadens the mind.

2.) [I and T] formal

to argue or disagree with someone

dispute (sth) with sb

▪ Hazlitt, though much younger, was soon disputing with Wordsworth on equal terms.

▪ What happened next is hotly disputed .

3.) [T]

to try to get control of something or win something

▪ Soviet forces disputed every inch of ground.