How to pronounce “dispute”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
• (uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
• [Verb]
• (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
• (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
• to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
• to strive or contend about; to contest
• (obsolete) to struggle against; to resist

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