(v. i.) To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle.
(v. t.) To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
(v. t.) To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments.
(v. t.) To strive or contend about; to contest.
(v. t.) To struggle against; to resist.
(v. i.) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
(v. i.) Contest; struggle; quarrel.
Example Sentences:
(1) Various metabolites of etoposide and teniposide have been identified but their detection and quantitation are disputed.
(2) A full-scale war is unlikely but there is clear concern in Seoul about the more realistic threat of a small-scale attack on the South Korean military or a group of islands near the countries' disputed maritime border in the Yellow Sea.
(3) Brewdog backs down over Lone Wolf pub trademark dispute Read more The fast-growing Scottish brewer, which has burnished its underdog credentials with vocal criticism of how major brewers operate , recently launched a vodka brand called Lone Wolf.
(4) The dispute is rooted in the recent erosion of many of the freedoms Egyptians won when they rose up against Mubarak in a stunning, 18-day uprising.
(5) The cost-cutting shakeup is being overseen by NHS England, but is already sparking a series of local political battles over the future of services, and exposes the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to fresh criticism after his controversial role in the junior doctors dispute.
(6) Buckingham Palace was drawn into the dispute when it was revealed that Pownall had sought advice from the Lord Chamberlain, a key officer in the royal household, on the potential misuse of the portcullis emblem due to it being the property of the Queen.
(7) All have territorial disputes with Beijing over the South China Sea , a route for about $4.5tn (£3.4tn) in trade that the US is concerned China wants to fully control.
(8) Xu, the ABP chairman, disputed any claims of impropriety, and said his company went through a “robust and thorough” tender process.
(9) The calls were organised after the administration unsuccessfully asked FBI officials to dispute the accuracy of stories, the Post said.
(10) Australian Border Force staff involved in a dispute over pay and conditions have been stood down without pay in an attempt to head off industrial action.
(11) Nguyen Van Hai criticised the government for its handling of tensions with China over disputed islands in the South China Sea.
(12) This weekend a new dispute has erupted over government proposals to hive off child protection services to companies such as Serco and G4S ; perhaps the ministers and officials behind those plans should look at the case of Sana when they come to make their final decision on the future of another vulnerable section of the population.
(13) A custody or visitation dispute occurred in 12 (39%) of 31 sexual abuse complaints lodged against a parent.
(14) It is unclear if the steps against Australian advisers have any connection to the Manus dispute.
(15) During a time of ongoing industrial action in response to a continuing position of contractual imposition, there is obvious and significant discontent amongst the junior doctor workforce.” Junior doctors are only willing to support the review after the current industrial dispute is resolved, the statement ends.
(16) The role of the macrophage in destruction of virulent treponemes is disputed.
(17) The Cabinet Office review was presented at the weekend as an exercise largely focused on the Unite union's strategy of leverage , a form of protest outside the homes of senior executives involved in industrial disputes.
(18) Construction of the academy was delayed over a dispute between the Raising Malawi charity and villagers who claimed they were not adequately compensated for land.
(19) However, certain principles should not be disputed, since nowadays there is hardly any doubt as to their validity.
(20) Palmer sought to clarify his statements on Tuesday, and said they were aimed at the company he is currently locked in a dispute with, and not the broader Chinese population.
Intercede
Definition:
(v. i.) To pass between; to intervene.
(v. i.) To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and for; as, I will intercede with him for you.
(v. t.) To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Overall, the six neurotoxins were shown to be composed of highly conserved amino acid domains interceded with amino acid tracts exhibiting little overall similarity.
(2) It is unusual for an official of Dai's rank to intercede.
(3) With few exceptions, pulmonary complications in the immunocompromised host will proceed to death unless the clinician intercedes.
(4) This may be the opportunity for the profession to proceed with controlled quality assessment before outside agencies intercede.
(5) This technique also eliminates circumferential compression of the interceding tissues as well as providing easy access to the wound for daily care.
(6) Asked by Jon Snow whether he had interceded with the Saudis over the planned execution of the Shia activist Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, Cameron admitted he himself had not raised the issue directly but the foreign secretary and the embassy had.
(7) These data were interpreted to indicate that: (a) the effect(s) of trypsin in reversing (or preventing) tolerance at the cellular level does not depend necessarily on the susceptibility of the tolerogenic moiety to the action of the enzyme, and (b) the generation of the tolerance-inducing signal involves metabolic cellular processes that can be delayed somewhat by low temperature leaving such cells relatively more susceptible to intercedent manipulations such as trypsinization.
(8) Andreotti, who had interceded on behalf of endless supplicants like a true padrino (godfather), did not use his power to pursue personal wealth or to enhance the prospects of his closest relatives.
(9) The data provided offer further evidence that these homologues can intercede in blood coagulation.
(10) These results suggest that some patients with arteriovenous malformations and without clinical deficits who are near a critical level of "near ischemia" may be thrown out of balance by an acute interceding event.
(11) Because children with CLP have additional difficulties (i.e., facial disfigurement, speech and language deficits, multiple surgeries), professionals should intercede to prevent or interrupt negative psychosocial outcomes, particularly for adolescent girls.
(12) New adjuncts include two promising surgical barriers, one absorbable (oxygenated regenerated cellulose, or Intercede) and one nonabsorbable (polytetrafluoroethylene, or Gore-Tex).
(13) Thus it is possible to suppress both clinical signs and pathology by interceding at several steps of the cell-mediated immune reaction.
(14) She calls for other closet prolifers to become involved by praying and interceding, becoming informed by contracting prolife groups, spreading the word, voting for prolife candidates, and educating local media and elected officials.
(15) Treatment efforts in the past have focused on attempts to prevent such injury by interceding during labor in term infants and improving neonatal care in preterm infants.
(16) Both local and long-distance dependencies were explored, as well as the effects of additional interceding words.
(17) A decade later, during a long siege involving the Montana Freemen in 1996, outside intermediaries were so common the FBI allowed a clutch of them, including a couple who went off script and were never invited to intercede again.
(18) The ability of traditional sex therapy to intercede successfully in these problems is discussed.
(19) Ordinary Russians do the same to Putin during a yearly phone-in (in this year’s show, he gave a schoolgirl a puppy, and offered to intercede for a young man whose girlfriend wouldn’t marry him).
(20) The proper use of new diagnostic tests may permit the physician to intercede effectively if these life-threatening diseases are suspected.