dispute

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an argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a common border:

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a bitter/long-running dispute

a border dispute

a pay/legal/trade dispute

dispute over They have been unable to settle/resolve the dispute over working conditions.

in dispute with The unions are in dispute with management over pay.

so certain or true that you cannot disagree:

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He is beyond all dispute the finest actor in Hollywood today.

being doubted:

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I don't think her ability is in dispute - what I question is her attitude.

not certain:

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He says it's the best musical equipment you can buy, but I think that's open to dispute.

to disagree with something that someone says:

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Few would dispute his status as the finest artist of the period.

be hotly disputed 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.

an argument or disagreement:

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[ C ] Management and the union are trying to resolve the dispute over working conditions.

Her skill is not in dispute (= there is no disagreement about her skill), but she doesn’t produce enough work.

an argument or disagreement, especially an official one:

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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

not yet agreed on or accepted by everyone:

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Sensitive documents related to personnel that ought to be protected for privacy reasons are the only documents that are in dispute.

The facts in this matter are in dispute.

to disagree with or express doubts about something:

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Health insurers dispute the doctors' statement that they don't pay enough to make up for the cost of the vaccine.

Many in the television industry dispute research findings suggesting negative long-term effects of television violence.

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