1. [noun] An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
2. [noun] Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
3. [noun] Contest; struggle; quarrel.
4. [verb] (intransitive) To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
5. [verb] (transitive) To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
6. [verb] To oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of.
7. [verb] To strive or contend about; to contest.
8. [verb] (obsolete) To struggle against; to resist.
9. [noun] A disagreement or argument about something important; 'he had a dispute with his wife'; 'there were irreconcilable differences'; 'the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats'.
10. [noun] Coming into conflict with.
11. [verb] Take exception to; 'She challenged his claims'.
12. [verb] Have a disagreement over something; 'We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America'; 'These two fellows are always scrapping over something'.
