dis‧pute [uncountable and countable] 3 | be open to dispute if something is open to dispute, it is not completely certain and not everyone agrees about it His interpretation of the poem is open to dispute. |
4 | be in dispute if something is in dispute, people are arguing about it The facts of the case are still in dispute. |
dis‧pute 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. dispute that Few would dispute that travel broadens the mind. |
2 | [intransitive and transitive] formal to argue or disagree with someone What happened next is hotly disputed . |
3 | [transitive] to try to get control of something or win something Soviet forces disputed every inch of ground. |
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