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Dispose has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

The disposal or management of something.

"The new regulations aim to improve the safe disposal and management of electronic waste."

In plain English: A dispose is not actually a noun; it is a verb that means to get rid of something or decide how to use it.

"The ship's disposal was carried out according to international regulations after it hit the iceberg."

Verb
1

give, sell, or transfer to another

"She disposed of her parents' possessions"

3

make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief

"Their language inclines us to believe them"

4

place or put in a particular order

"the dots are unevenly disposed"

5

make fit or prepared

"Your education qualifies you for this job"

6

To eliminate or to get rid of something.

"They carefully disposed of the old furniture in a designated recycling center."

In plain English: To dispose of something means to get rid of it by throwing it away, recycling it, or using it up completely.

"Please dispose of these empty cans before you leave the kitchen."

Usage: Use dispose with the preposition of when indicating what is being discarded, as in "dispose of the trash." Avoid using it transitively without a preposition; instead, say "I disposed the trash" only if you mean you arranged or settled it, which changes the meaning.

Example Sentences
"The ship's disposal was carried out according to international regulations after it hit the iceberg." noun
"Please dispose of these empty cans before you leave the kitchen." verb
"I will dispose of the old furniture after we move out." verb
"Please do not dispose of your trash on the street." verb
"She decided to dispose of her collection of comic books." verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
disincline unfit
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sell get rid of determine put prepare
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
redispose unlearn deep-six jettison trash waste dump retire abandon sell out de-access close out predispose habilitate capacitate

Origin

The word dispose entered English from Old French as disposer, originally meaning to arrange or set up something with care. Over time, its sense shifted slightly toward putting things away or getting rid of them before taking on the modern meanings related to willingness and disapproval.

Rhyming Words
ose cose hose jose oose lose bose dose gose nose tose rose mose yose pose roose noose brose loose whose
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