sentence: Disputes can last a long time, and they can have serious results.
sentences_before: A 'dispute' is a continuing disagreement carried on between two or more 'parties'. The parties may be people, or they may be organisations or countries.
sentences_after: Disputes may become conflicts. Disputes between individual people may lead to violence. Disputes between organisations may lead to legal action. Disputes between countries may lead to war.
concept_name: dispute
headings: Dispute
categories: War Communication Conflicts Sociology Human issues