ข้อพิพาท
dispute
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- 1 dispute、controversy、contested matter
A fairly formal noun for a dispute or contested matter between parties, especially in legal, business, administrative, or news contexts.
dispute、controversy、contested matter
A dispute or contested issue between two or more parties, usually involving rights, interests, responsibility, claims, or interpretation. It sounds more formal than an everyday quarrel.
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ข้อพิพาททางกฎหมาย khɔ̂ɔ phíphâat thaaŋ kòt mǎay a legal dispute ข้อพิพาททางกฎหมาย details
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ข้อพิพาทเรื่องที่ดิน khɔ̂ɔ phíphâat rʉ̂aŋ thîi din a land dispute ข้อพิพาทเรื่องที่ดิน details
Learning notes
Explanation
ข้อพิพาท can be understood as ข้อ “matter/point” plus พิพาท “to dispute,” so its core image is “a matter under dispute.” It is somewhat formal and appears often in legal documents, contracts, administration, news, and international relations. Common collocations include แก้ไขข้อพิพาท “resolve a dispute,” ระงับข้อพิพาท “settle a dispute,” and ไกล่เกลี่ยข้อพิพาท “mediate a dispute.”
Usage
Use this word for disputes that have become formal issues between individuals, companies, organizations, or countries, such as contract breaches, land rights, labor conditions, customer-company conflicts, or border issues. It is especially common in news, legal writing, and business documents.
Caution
It can sound too formal for a casual quarrel or small everyday disagreement. In those cases, ทะเลาะกัน “to quarrel,” มีปัญหา “to have a problem,” or ขัดแย้งกัน “to be in conflict” is usually more natural.
Differences from similar words
1 dispute synonyms
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ข้อโต้แย้ง can mean an objection, counterargument, or point of disagreement in discussion. ข้อพิพาท refers to a broader, often more formal dispute.
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ความขัดแย้ง focuses on conflict or disagreement as a state. ข้อพิพาท focuses on the disputed issue or case itself.
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ปัญหา is a broad word for a problem. ข้อพิพาท is used when there is a clear dispute between parties.