All 5 Uses
dispute
in
Things Fall Apart
(Edited)
- They came when misfortune dogged their steps or when they had a dispute with their neighbours.
p. 16.4dispute = disagreement
- But if the Oracle said that my son should be killed I would neither dispute it nor be the one to do it.
p. 67.5 *dispute = challenge
- Her two children belong to Uzowulu. We do not dispute it, but they are too young to leave their mother.
p. 92.2dispute = challenge (argue or disagree with)
- Our duty is not to blame this man or to praise that, but to settle the dispute.
p. 93.2 *dispute = disagreement
- "What has happened to that piece of land in dispute?" asked Okonkwo.
p. 176.5dispute = disagreement or argument
Definitions:
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(1)
(dispute as in: their border dispute) disagreement, argument, or conflict
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(2)
(dispute as in: She disputes his claim.) challenge, argue about, or fight over
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)