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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | desputer, from Latin disputare 'to discuss', from putare 'to think' |
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dis‧pute2
1 [transitive] 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.
The main facts of the book have never been disputed.2 [intransitive and transitive] formal to argue or disagree with someone
dispute (something) with somebody Hazlitt, though much younger, was soon disputing with Wordsworth on equal terms.
Hazlitt, though much younger, was soon disputing with Wordsworth on equal terms.3 [transitive]PM to try to get control of something or win something : Soviet forces disputed every inch of ground.
Soviet forces disputed every inch of ground.