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dispute
English
Etymology
From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disput?re (“to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate”), from dis- (“apart”) + put?re (“to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.
Pronunciation
- (noun)
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?s.pju?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /d?s?pju?t/
- (verb)
- IPA(key): /d?s?pju?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
Noun
dispute (plural disputes)
- An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
- (uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
- Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:dispute
Translations
Verb
dispute (third-person singular simple present disputes, present participle disputing, simple past and past participle disputed)
- (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
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- to strive or contend about; to contest
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- (obsolete) to struggle against; to resist
Derived terms
- industrial dispute
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- dispute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- dispute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin disput?re.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.pyt/
Noun
dispute f (plural disputes)
- dispute
Related terms
- disputer
Descendants
- ? Romanian: disput?
Further reading
- “dispute” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- stupide
Italian
Noun
dispute f
- plural of disputa
Anagrams
- stupide
Portuguese
Verb
dispute
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of disputar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of disputar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of disputar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of disputar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [di?spute]
Noun
dispute f
- indefinite plural of disput?
- indefinite genitive/dative singular of disput?
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis?pute/, [d?is?pu.t?e]
Verb
dispute
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of disputar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of disputar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of disputar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of disputar.
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oppose
English
Etymology
From Middle English opposen, from Old French opposer, from Latin ob (“before, against”) + Medieval Latin pausare (“to put”), taking the place of Latin opponere (“to oppose”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??p??z/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??po?z/, [??p?o??z?]
- Rhymes: -??z
- Hyphenation: op?pose
Verb
oppose (third-person singular simple present opposes, present participle opposing, simple past and past participle opposed)
- To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
- Synonyms: confront, withstand, resist, hinder, obstruct, buck
- To object to.
- Synonyms: take issue with, speak out, contest, repugn, argue
- To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
- , Book I
- I may […] oppose my single opinion to his.
- , Book I
- To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
Synonyms
- be against, fight (against), check, bar, block, prevent, take on, counter, contest, resist, confront, face, combat, defy, thwart, contradict, withstand, stand up to, hinder, struggle against, obstruct, fly in the face of, take issue with, be hostile to, counterattack, speak out against, be in opposition to, be in defiance of, strive against, set one's face against, take a stand, make a stand against
Antonyms
- support
Derived terms
- opposable
Related terms
- opponent
- opposer
- opposite
- opposition
Translations
Further reading
- oppose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- oppose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- oppose at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- oppoes
French
Verb
oppose
- first-person singular present indicative of opposer
- third-person singular present indicative of opposer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of opposer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of opposer
- second-person singular imperative of opposer
Italian
Verb
oppose
- third-person singular past historic of opporre
oppose From the web:
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- what opposed mean
- what opposes gravity
- what opposes the force of gravity
- what opposed
- what opposes glomerular filtration
- what opposes friction
- what opposes change in current
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