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dispute 2, verb (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Old French; Origin: desputer, from Latin disputare 'to discuss', from putare 'to think']
[T] to say that something such as a fact or idea is not correct or true
::The main facts of the book have never been disputed.
dispute that
::Few would dispute that travel broadens the mind.
[I and T] formal to argue or disagree with someone
dispute (sth) with sb
::Hazlitt, though much younger, was soon disputing with Wordsworth on equal terms.
::What happened next is hotly disputed .
[T] to try to get control of something or win something
::Soviet forces disputed every inch of ground.