Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Dispute"

A: dispute is disagreement about a matter, opinion, inheritance etc. between two or more people.

A: it cannot be argued

I can't dispute I am the mother of that boy.
I can't dispute the fact that it will snow in the winter.

A: 「争議される可能性がある」という意味だと思います。

A: To disputes something is to disagree with it. For example,

If you and your older brother find £100 and he says he should keep the money because he is older, you can dispute this by arguing why you should get some money. So you 'ARGUE' or 'DISCUSS' why things should be different.

Another example is when a married couple dispute who gets the house or car.

A: I kept telling him the truth, but no matter how much I said it he'd always dispute it. He just refused to believe me.

The customer got into a heated dispute with the cashier causing the manager to arrive to the scene.

I got into a dispute with my mom and my dad broke it off.

The teacher was disputing with a rude student when suddenly everyone in the classroom began filming.

A: •In short I got in trouble at work today
•I’m not talking to my friends right now because I got in a dispute with them earlier

A: The evidence is beyond dispute: CO2 emissions are warming the planet.

That the political system has failed the people is beyond dispute.

Wow, my examples are so serious...

A: "They were in a dispute."
"That can be disputed later."
"Don't get in a dispute with your wife."
"That's to be disputed."
"He had a dispute with his father."

A: Confrontation is when you approach someone to talk about a problem eg. “I confronted her due to her lack of work”. A dispute is when two people cannot agree on a certain issue eg. “He disputed my claims”. Normally the word “dispute” is a little more technical/not used too much in casual English, and sometimes can be used in formal legal matters

A: Dispute is when you disagree with something. Can be used as a noun or verb.
Discuss is to have a conversation with someone about something (a topic). Used as a verb. The noun is discussion.

We are having a dispute over custody of our children.

We should discuss how we can resolve this dispute.

A:
A dispute implies an argument, and makes me think the two parties are not happy with each other. A debate is about two competing ideas, but the two parties are not necessarily upset with each other. A formal debate, like in school or politics, would never be referred to as a dispute.

A:
They could mean the same thing. If someone arbitrates, they have already intervened. However, someone could intervene but not arbitrate (for example, if they separated two people who were fighting but did not help them solve their argument).

A: Both are very similar, however "dispute" is only used in its verb form for an inanimate object (and not when the object is a person). So, you cannot dispute with someone, but you can get into a dispute with someone, or argue with them.

For example:
Michael disputed with Tom over the bill - incorrect
Michael got into a dispute with Tom over the bill - correct
Michael argued with Tom over the bill - correct

You can use dispute as a verb for inanimate objects:

Bob disputed the false charges on his phone bill - correct

But not when the object is a person/people:

Bob disputed the company about the false charges on his phone bill - incorrect

Dispute is also mostly used for legal/official/political situations, argue is for more general complaints/situations

A: It’s correct but unnatural

My friend and I have many disagreements.

A: Second is better. A dispute of is wrong. It must be a dispute over.

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A: × I was quite hurt by having a dispute with my husbands sisters when my parents-in-law died.
✓ When my in-laws died, I was deeply hurt by a disagreement with my husband's sisters.

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A: How about: The dispute between the two countries resulted from one of his comments.

A: It sounds a little unnatural but few words can fix that.

You can add an 'a' after "there's" making the sentence correct.

Example 1~ ‎There's a dispute about which horse won.

Also if you dont want to add the a, then you can change "about" to the word "over" which will make your sentence more natural.

Example 2~ ‎There's dispute over which horse won.

I hope this helped you 😁

A: Person A "You ate my sandwich"
Person B "I refute what you are saying...here is your sandwich, I put it in the fridge"

Person C "Person A and Person B just had a dispute about a sandwich"