English > dispute: 4 senses > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A disagreement or argument about something important. |
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| Example | "he had a dispute with his wife" |
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| Synonyms | difference, difference of opinion, conflict |
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| Narrower | collision | A conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals |
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| controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing | A contentious speech act |
| gap | A difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations |
| quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup | An angry dispute |
| Broader | disagreement | The speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing |
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| Spanish | diferencia, discusión, disputa, querella, repunta |
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| Catalan | diferència, discussió, disputa, querella |
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| Adjectives | disputatious | inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits |
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| Verbs | dispute | take exception to |
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| dispute | have a disagreement over something |
English > dispute: 4 senses > verb 2, communication| Meaning | Have a disagreement over something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Synonyms | quarrel, scrap, argufy, altercate |
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| Narrower | brawl, wrangle | To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively |
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| fall out | Have a breach in relations / relations |
| polemize, polemise, polemicize, polemicise | Engage in a controversy |
| spat | Engage in a brief and petty quarrel |
| Broader | argue, contend, debate, fence | Have an argument about something |
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| Spanish | altercar, discutirse, disputar, pelearse |
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| Catalan | barallar-se, discutir-se, discutir, disputar |
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| Adjectives | disputative | inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits |
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| Nouns | disputant | a person who disputes |
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| disputation | the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) |
| disputation | a contentious speech act |
| dispute | coming into conflict / conflict with |
| dispute | a disagreement or argument about something important |
