- dispute
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ considerable, major, serious▪
There is considerable dispute over the precise definition of ‘social class’ as a term.
▪The incident sparked off a major dispute between the two countries.
▪ minor, petty▪ acrimonious, bitter, heated▪ damaging (BrE)▪ continuing, lengthy, long-running, long-standing, ongoing, protracted▪ outstanding▪He proposed a negotiated settlement of the outstanding disputes between the two countries.
▪ public▪ international, local▪ internal▪There were lengthy internal disputes between the two wings of the party.
▪ custody (esp. AmE), domestic, family, marital▪ industrial (esp. BrE), labour/labor (esp. AmE), pay (esp. BrE)▪ border, boundary, land, territorial▪ jurisdictional▪a jurisdictional dispute between the Army and the CIA
▪ legal▪ contract, contractual, patent▪ ideological, political▪ commercial, financial, trade▪ doctrinal, religious, theologicalVERB + DISPUTE▪ cause, lead to, provoke, spark▪one of the many factors that led to the dispute
▪ engage in, enter, enter into▪ be drawn into▪Governments are often drawn into disputes about matters of public taste and decency.
▪ be embroiled in, be engaged in, be involved in▪They became embroiled in a dispute with their competitors.
▪ deal with, handle▪Police have difficulties in dealing with domestic disputes.
▪ adjudicate, arbitrate, arbitrate in (BrE), decide, mediate, mediate in (BrE)▪The purpose of industrial tribunals is to adjudicate disputes between employers and employees.
▪ end, resolve, settle, solve▪ lose, win▪ avoid, prevent▪ be open to▪His theories are open to dispute (= can be disagreed with).
DISPUTE + VERB▪ arise, begin, erupt, occur▪No one could remember exactly how the dispute had arisen.
▪ escalate▪ concern sth▪disputes concerning environmental protection
▪ involve sb/sthPREPOSITION▪ beyond dispute▪The matter was settled beyond dispute by the court judgment (= it could no longer be argued about).
▪ in dispute (with)▪The actual sum of compensation due is still in dispute (= being argued about).
▪The employees have been in dispute with management for three weeks.
▪ under dispute▪the matters under dispute
▪ dispute about, dispute over▪ dispute among▪The exact relationship between the two languages is a matter of dispute among scholars.
▪ dispute as to▪There is no dispute as to the facts.
▪ dispute between▪a long-standing dispute between the families over ownership of the land.
▪ dispute withPHRASES▪ a matter, point, subject, etc. of dispute▪ the resolution of a dispute, the settlement of a dispute{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbADVERB▪ hotly, strongly, vigorously▪The effectiveness of this treatment is still hotly disputed.
VERB + DISPUTE▪ can▪No one can dispute the fact that men still hold the majority of public offices.
Dispute is used with these nouns as the object: ↑allegation, ↑assertion, ↑authenticity, ↑charge, ↑claim, ↑contention, ↑election, ↑fact
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
