0 an argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a common border:
a bitter/long-running dispute
a border dispute
They have been unable to settle/resolve the dispute over working conditions.
The unions are in dispute with management over pay.
He is beyond all dispute the finest actor in Hollywood today.
I don't think her ability is in dispute - what I question is her attitude.
He says it's the best musical equipment you can buy, but I think that's open to dispute.
1 to disagree with something that someone says:
Few would dispute his status as the finest artist of the period.
The circumstances of her death have been hotly disputed.
[ + (that) ] I don't dispute (that) his movies are entertaining, but they don't have much depth.
2 an argument or disagreement:
3 an argument or disagreement, especially an official one:
The judge urged the feuding partners to settle their legal dispute .
Staff have been in a long-running pay dispute with the company.
An official involved in the dispute said that the attorney has indicated he is likely to agree to the revised terms.
He was in dispute with his last company, which had terminated his contract.
Workers at the car plant are to stage a fresh strike in a dispute over pay.
dispute between/with sb/sth (and sb/sth) The dispute between Brazil and the United States over immigration checks continued.
a bitter/long-running dispute
All attempts at conciliation failed and the dispute continued.
An outside adviser has been brought in to arbitrate the dispute between the management and the union.
Management have demonstrated almost unbelievable incompetence in their handling of the dispute.
I'd like to help but I don't have the power to intervene in this dispute.
The chances of settling this dispute through talks seem increasingly slender.
How can you be a Christian and dispute the divinity of Jesus?
Several experts now dispute the usual attribution of the work to Leonardo.
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(尤指勞資雙方或相鄰兩國之間的)爭執,爭端,糾紛, (對…)有異議, 不贊同…
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disputa, conflicto, poner en duda…
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disputa, conflito, contestação…
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uyuşmazlık, anlaşmazlık, çatışma…
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