Wordform: DISPUTE

  • dispute (n,v): disagreement; to argue

disputation (n): a formal debate/discussion

disputable (adj): able to be questioned/debated >< indisputable (adj)

disputatious (adj): liking to argue or disagree, or arguing and disagreeing a lot

ex: The disputatious style of his magazines leads him to controversy.

disputed (adj): used to describe sth that is the subject of disagreement

(ex: Fighting broke out along the disputed border.)


beyond (all) dispute: so certain/true that you cannot disagree

(ex: He is beyond all dispute the finest actor.)