Argued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted. / (of territory) Claimed by more than one sovereign state.

simple past tense and past participle of dispute

The act of disputing; a dispute or argument. / A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.

An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree. / (uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.

(intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another. / (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss

A participant in a dispute.

Disputing; engaged in controversy.

plural of dispute

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispute

One who disputes.