{
    "term": "dispute",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an argument between two people, groups or countries; discussion about a subject on which people disagree",
            "sensetop": "dispute between A and Bdispute over/about somethingin dispute with somebody/somethingin/under disputebeyond disputeopen to dispute",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**industrial/pay disputes**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a dispute between the two countries about the border",
                    "contextForm": "dispute between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the latest dispute over fishing rights",
                    "contextForm": "dispute over/about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The union is in dispute with management over working hours.",
                    "contextForm": "in dispute with somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cause of the accident was still in dispute *(= being argued about)*.",
                    "contextForm": "in/under dispute"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These are not the issues under dispute."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The matter was settled beyond dispute by the court judgment *(= it could no longer be argued about)*.",
                    "contextForm": "beyond dispute"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His theories are open to dispute *(= can be disagreed with)*.",
                    "contextForm": "open to dispute"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He proposed a negotiated settlement of the outstanding disputes between the two countries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The incident sparked off a major dispute between the two countries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The purpose of industrial tribunals is to adjudicate disputes between employers and employees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were lengthy internal disputes between the two wings of the party."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a jurisdictional dispute between the Army and the CIA"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a long-standing dispute between the families over ownership of the land."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to minimize the scope for dispute over the meaning of the terms employed"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is considerable dispute over the precise definition of ‘social class’ as a term."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The actual sum of compensation due is still in dispute."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The employees have been in dispute with management for three weeks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They became embroiled in a dispute with their competitors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No one could remember exactly how the dispute had arisen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police have difficulties in dealing with domestic disputes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The exact relationship between the two languages is a matter of dispute among scholars."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The simmering dispute erupted in public when the two men came to blows at the party conference."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is no dispute as to the facts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "disputes concerning environmental protection"
                },
                {
                    "text": "one of the many factors that led to the dispute"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His job is to settle pay disputes."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "major", "serious"],
                "verb + dispute": ["cause", "lead to", "provoke"],
                "dispute + verb": ["arise", "begin", "erupt"],
                "preposition": ["beyond dispute", "in dispute (with)", "under dispute"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a matter, point, subject, etc. of dispute",
                    "the resolution of a dispute",
                    "the settlement of a dispute"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈspjuːt//ˈdɪspjuːt/",
                "audio": "di/dispute/dispute__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈspjuːt//ˈdɪspjuːt/",
                "audio": "di/dispute/dispute__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin disputare ‘to estimate’ (in late Latin ‘to dispute’), from dis- ‘apart’ + putare ‘reckon’."
}