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in dispute
also under dispute doubted or causing argument Her ability to do the job is not in dispute.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the form open to dispute (still in doubt): Her story of what happened is still open to dispute.
in dispute
Disagreed about, in controversy. For example, This parcel of land is in dispute, claimed by several persons, or The origin of this phrase is in dispute. [Mid-1600s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Elihu | | i-LIE-hyoo (English), ee-LIE-hyoo (English) | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English (Archaic) |
| Ovid | | AH-vid (English) | History |
| Ainslie | | AYNZ-lee | English (Rare) |
| Osiris | | o-SIE-ris (English) | Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized) |
| Anstruther | | ['ænstrʌðə] | |
| Hyman | | ['haimən] | |