dispute

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A serious disagreement or argument, especially an official one.

   The two countries are involved in a long-running border dispute.

2. 2
   verb

   To say that something is not true or correct; to argue against it.

   The scientists disputed the accuracy of the report.

3. 3
   verb

   To fight or compete for control of something.

   The two teams disputed the lead until the final minute.

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Simplified etymology

Dispute came through French disputer from Latin disputare, originally “to estimate, investigate, or discuss.” Late Latin developed the familiar sense of contention; disputare itself combines dis-, “apart,” with putare, “to reckon” or “consider.”

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Italic *putos Latin putus? Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin disputo Old French desputerbor. Middle English disputen English dispute 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”),…

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