dispute

différend, litige

Désaccord ou conflit qui dure souvent longtemps.

En anglais simple : An argument or disagreement, often lasting a long time.

• They settled the dispute.
• A pay dispute closed the factory.
• Who owns the land is still in dispute.

Comment l'utiliser : dispute over/about something (The neighbours had a dispute over the fence.); dispute between A and B (The dispute between the two companies lasted years.)

Synonymes : disagreement, argument, conflict

Contraires : agreement

Expressions courantes : dispute over something, settle a dispute, in dispute

contester

Dire qu’une affirmation ou une déclaration est fausse ou incorrecte.

En anglais simple : To say that a statement or claim is wrong or untrue.

• I dispute that claim.
• The witness disputed his account of the accident.
• Nobody disputes that the system needs changing.

Comment l'utiliser : dispute that… (She disputed that the figures were accurate.)

Synonymes : challenge, question, contest

Contraires : accept

Expressions courantes : dispute a claim, dispute something, dispute the facts

débattre, discuter

Discuter d’une question en présentant des arguments pour et contre.

En anglais simple : To discuss a question by giving reasons for and against it.

• The scholars disputed the question for hours.
• They disputed the merits of the proposed law.
• Philosophers have long disputed whether such knowledge is possible.

Synonymes : debate, discuss

Expressions courantes : dispute a question, dispute the merits

résister, s’opposer

Lutter contre quelqu’un ou s’opposer à son avancée ou à son contrôle.

En anglais simple : To fight against someone or resist their advance or control.

• The defenders disputed every inch of ground.
• The soldiers disputed the enemy’s passage through the valley.
• A small force disputed the crossing.

Synonymes : resist, oppose

Expressions courantes : dispute the passage, dispute every inch