See Also: dispute(1)(dictionary)
dispute(2)(dictionary)
Dispute(law)
dispute 2, verb(dictionary)
dispute 1, noun(dictionary)
Vilnius dispute(encyclopedia)
Memel dispute(encyclopedia)
Dispute (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Bering Sea Dispute(encyclopedia)
Labor Dispute(law)

dispute(1) (iou)



dispute noun. L16.
[from the verb.]
a. A logical argument. rare. Only in L16.
b. An oral or written discussion of a subject in which arguments for and against are put forward and examined. E17-M19.
T. Stanley He was the first that committed the disputes of Socrates his Master to writing.
An instance of disputing or arguing against something or someone, an argument, a controversy; esp. a heated contention, a disagreement in which opposing views are strongly held. E17.
Financial Times El Al, Israel's national airline,..has been grounded for more than a month because of a labour dispute.
The act of disputing or arguing against something or someone; controversy, debate. M17.
beyond dispute, past dispute, without dispute certainly, indisputably, without question; be beyond dispute etc., be indisputable (that). in dispute being argued about.
J. Wesley That once was in the Heat of Dispute. H. Cecil There was no dispute that this was the law, but Martin raised various defences.
Strife, contest; a fight, a struggle. M17-M18.