All 8 Uses
dispute
in
I Am Malala
(Edited)
- So they decided to try and find an impartial man to rule the whole area and resolve their disputes.
p. 24.9disputes = disagreements
- So when Naeem lost his job after a dispute with the college administration, they decided to start their own school.
p. 47.1dispute = disagreement
- They threatened the widower's family until a jirga of village elders was called to resolve the dispute.
p. 67.3
- Why should a girl's life be ruined to settle a dispute she had nothing to do with?
p. 67.5
- His family became embroiled in a dispute with their cousins over a small plot of forest.
p. 73.7
- Cases such as land disputes, common in our area, which used to be resolved quickly now took ten years to come to court.
p. 113.6 *disputes = disagreements
- If you want to resolve a dispute or come out from conflict, the very first thing is to speak the truth.
p. 139.4dispute = disagreement
- He claimed that Zahid Khan had been shot because of a dispute over property.
p. 234.5dispute = 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)