The researchers dispute the hypothesis that volcanic activity alone caused the mass extinction.
研究人员对火山活动单独导致大规模灭绝的假说提出争议。
The historian's account of the canal restoration proceeds strictly by decade from the 1970s to the 2010s, pausing at each decade only to describe major funding disputes and how they were resolved.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “dispute”?
B — Debate, argue. “dispute” means debate, argue.
Which word means “debate, argue”?
A — dispute. “dispute” means debate, argue.
dispute — debate, argue. In Chinese: 争议，争论.
dispute is pronounced /dɪˈspjuːt/.
The researchers dispute the hypothesis that volcanic activity alone caused the mass extinction. (研究人员对火山活动单独导致大规模灭绝的假说提出争议。)
debate, contest, argue — all close in meaning to dispute (debate, argue).
agree, concur — each the opposite of dispute (debate, argue).
Yes. dispute is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
dis(separate)+pute(think)