# disputes

Pronunciation: US say "DIS-pyoots" /ˈdɪs.pjuts/; UK say "dis-PYOOTS" /dɪsˈpjuːts/

## Noun

1. Plural of dispute. — plural of dispute
   - Simple: Plural of dispute. Use this form when talking about more than one argument or disagreement.
   - _Workers and management settled their long-standing disputes after weeks of talks._
   - _Border disputes between the two nations flared up again last spring._

## Verb

Pronunciation: say "dis-PYOOTS" /dɪsˈpjuːts/

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of dispute. — third-person singular simple present indicative of dispute
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of dispute. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The company disputes the regulator's findings and plans to appeal._
   - _No serious scholar disputes the basic timeline of these events._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/disputes (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).