| NOUN | communication | dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict | a disagreement or argument about something important |
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| act | dispute, contravention | coming into conflict / conflict with | |
| VERB | communication | dispute, challenge, gainsay | take exception to |
| communication | dispute, quarrel, scrap, argufy, altercate | have a disagreement over something |
| Sounds | dihspyuw't | |
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| Rhymes | absolute ... uproot: 83 rhymes with uwt... | |
| Meaning | A disagreement or argument about something important. | |
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| Example | "he had a dispute with his wife" | |
| Synonyms | difference, difference of opinion, conflict | |
| Narrower | collision | A conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals |
| 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 |
| Spanish | diferencia, discusión, disputa, querella, repunta | |
| Catalan | diferència, discussió, disputa, querella | |
| Adjectives | disputatious | inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits |
| Verbs | dispute | take exception to |
| dispute | have a disagreement over something | |
| Meaning | Coming into conflict / conflict with. | |
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| Synonym | contravention | |
| Broader | resistance | group action in opposition to those in power |
| Spanish | contravención, disputa, vulneración | |
| Catalan | contravenció, disputa, vulneració | |
| Adjectives | disputatious | inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits |
| Verbs | dispute | have a disagreement over something |
| Meaning | take exception to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | challenge, gainsay | |
| Entails | question, oppugn, call into question | challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of |
| Narrower | call | challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of |
| call | challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement | |
| Broader | contest, contend, repugn | To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation |
| Spanish | cuestionar, desafiar, disputar, impugnar | |
| Nouns | disputation | a contentious speech act |
| dispute | a disagreement or argument about something important | |
| Meaning | Have a disagreement over something. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | quarrel, scrap, argufy, altercate | |
| Narrower | brawl, wrangle | To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively |
| 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 |
| Spanish | altercar, discutirse, disputar, pelearse | |
| Catalan | barallar-se, discutir-se, discutir, disputar | |
| Adjectives | disputative | inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits |
| Nouns | disputant | a person who disputes |
| 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 | |
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