0 present participle of dispute --
1 to disagree with something that someone says: --
[ + (that) ] I don't dispute (that) his movies are entertaining, but they don't have much depth.
The circumstances of her death have been hotly disputed.
Few would dispute his status as the finest artist of the period.
So, in each case, bringing together the disputing parties in a village boundary issue was no easy task.
Of course, we are not disputing that "subjective" color effects are importantly different from "objective" or normal color perception.
People's courts are also expected to reason with the disputing parties, besides making judgement and passing sentence.
First, the electoral compromise adopted would seem to have addressed the oppositions' legitimate concerns and to have undercut the grounds for disputing the outcome.
By pleading guilty men hoped to placate complainants, disputing neither the facts presented nor the importance of gaining a father's consent.
The text, of course, justifies this change: the excited murmur of the disputing singers finds its perfect illustration in their simultaneous semiquavers.
Analysts especially have considered certain of these terms to require further theoretical refinement, while disputing the precise nature and limits of others.
Second, at each stage of dispute resolution, multiple courses of action are available to each disputing party to seek a favourable redress.