| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | dis·pute |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -spy t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: dis·put·ed, dis·put·ing, dis·putes
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To argue about; debate. 2. To question the truth or validity of; doubt: Her friends disputed her intentions. 3. To strive to win (a prize, for example); contest for: Our team disputed the visitors' claim to the championship. 4. To strive against; resist: disputed the actions of his competitors. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To engage in discussion or argument; debate. See synonyms at discuss. 2. To quarrel angrily. | | NOUN: | 1. A verbal controversy; a debate. 2. An angry altercation; a quarrel. See synonyms at argument. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer, from Latin disput re, to examine : dis-, apart; see dis– + putre, to reckon; see pau-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | dis·puter —NOUN
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