Added 7 October 2026
dispute
/dɪˈspjuːt/ noun
In Latin: disputātiō Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about dispute at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
verb
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Take exception to.
She challenged his claims
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Have a disagreement over something.
We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America
Origin
From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disputāre (“to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate”), from dis- (“apart”) + putāre (“to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.
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