noun
Meaning 1
The disposal or management of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dispose
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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General-American: /dɪsˈpoʊz/
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Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈspəʊz/
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rhymes with -əʊz
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noun
Meaning 2
Behaviour; disposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To eliminate or to get rid of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, with-of
Examples
- I dispose of my trash in the garbage can.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To distribute or arrange; to put in place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To deal out; to assign to a use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 6
To incline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- In these uncertain times, I am disposed towards caution.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To bargain; to make terms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
make fit or prepared
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Your education qualifies you for this job
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: qualify
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prepare, groom, train
Narrower terms: habilitate, capacitate
verb
Meaning 10
make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Their language inclines us to believe them
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: incline
Antonyms: indispose
Broader terms: determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
Narrower terms: predispose
verb
Meaning 11
place or put in a particular order
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the dots are unevenly disposed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: put, set, place, pose, position, lay
verb
Meaning 12
throw or cast away
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Put away your worries
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: get rid of, remove
Narrower terms: unlearn, deep-six, give it the deep six, jettison, trash, junk, scrap, waste, dump, retire, abandon, sell out, sell up, liquidize, de-access, close out
verb
Meaning 13
give, sell, or transfer to another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She disposed of her parents' possessions
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sell
Narrower terms: redispose
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French disposer.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: отстранявам (otstranjavam) — to get rid of something
- Bulgarian: избавям се от (izbavjam se ot) — to get rid of something
- Danish: bortskaffe — to get rid of something
- Finnish: hävittää — to get rid of something
- Finnish: päästä eroon — to get rid of something
- French: se débarrasser de — to get rid of something
- French: éliminer — to get rid of something
- German: beseitigen — to get rid of something
- German: entsorgen — to get rid of something
- Hebrew: נפטר (niftár) — to get rid of something
- Hungarian: leselejtez — to get rid of something
- Hungarian: kiselejtez — to get rid of something
- Hungarian: megszabadul — to get rid of something
- Hungarian: eltávolít — to get rid of something
- Hungarian: eltüntet — to get rid of something
- Hungarian: felszámol — to get rid of something
- Hungarian: eltakarít — to get rid of something
- Icelandic: farga — to get rid of something
- Italian: eliminare — to get rid of something
- Italian: disporre — to get rid of something
- Italian: mettere — to get rid of something
- Italian: depositare — to get rid of something
- Latin: abiciō — to get rid of something
- Māori: whakarei — to get rid of something
- Māori: ākiri — to get rid of something
- Khiamniungan Naga: vâ — to get rid of something
- Polish: pozbyć się czegoś — to get rid of something
- Portuguese: descartar — to get rid of something
- Portuguese: eliminar — to get rid of something
- Portuguese: jogar fora — to get rid of something
- Portuguese: deitar fora — to get rid of something
- Portuguese: livrar-se de — to get rid of something
- Russian: избавля́ться (izbavljátʹsja) — to get rid of something
- Russian: изба́виться (izbávitʹsja) — to get rid of something
- Spanish: deshacerse — to get rid of something
- Spanish: desechar — to get rid of something
- Swedish: kasta — to get rid of something
- Telugu: తీసివేయు (tīsivēyu) — to get rid of something
- Turkish: kurtulmak — to get rid of something
- Bulgarian: разполагам (razpolagam) — to distribute and put in place
- Esperanto: aranĝi — to distribute and put in place
- Finnish: jakaa — to distribute and put in place
- Galician: apostar — to distribute and put in place
- German: ordnen — to distribute and put in place
- Ancient Greek: διατίθημι (diatíthēmi) — to distribute and put in place
- Hungarian: elrendez — to distribute and put in place
- Hungarian: elintéz — to distribute and put in place
- Hungarian: kezel — to distribute and put in place
- Italian: distribuire — to distribute and put in place
- Italian: propendere — to distribute and put in place
- Italian: essere incline — to distribute and put in place
- Kazakh: орналастыру (ornalastyru) — to distribute and put in place
- Māori: whakatakoto — to distribute and put in place
- Māori: whakatākotokoto — to distribute and put in place
- Portuguese: dispor — to distribute and put in place
- Spanish: disponer — to distribute and put in place