dispute

noun

1. An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.

   “But is not this dispute over the question whether we have free will or not very like a dispute that we might engage in over the color of a tree — whether it be green or blue?”

2. An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.

   “Canadian experience throws light on the relative merits of a separate board for each dispute as compared with a permanent board to hear all disputes.”

   “A "who-does-what" labour dispute at Swindon works during April led to a stoppage of work on the construction of the new 0-6-0 Type 1 diesel-hydraulic locomotives of the D9500 series and work had not been resumed as we closed for press.”

3. (uncountable)Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.

   “Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.”

verb

1. (intransitive)to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.

   “"Now, though thy thoughts are green and tender, as becometh one so young, yet are they those of a thinking brain, and in truth thou dost bring back to my mind certain of those old philosophers with whom in days bygone I have disputed at Athens, and at Becca in Arabia, for thou hast the same crabbed air and dusty look, as though thou hadst passed thy days in reading ill-writ Greek, and been stained dark with the grime of manuscripts."”

2. (transitive)to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss

   “Some residents disputed the proposal, saying it was based more on emotion than fact.”

3. to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of

   “to dispute assertions or arguments”

   “to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance”

4. to strive or contend about; to contest

   “to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards”

5. (obsolete)to struggle against; to resist

   “Dispute it [grief] like a man.”