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Meaning of 'dispose' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dispose [ n.]
- Disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control.
- Cast of mind; disposition; inclination; behavior; demeanor.
2 . Dispose [ v. i.]
- To bargain; to make terms.
3 . Dispose [ v. t.]
- To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.
- To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
- To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of.
- To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the indirect object.
- To exercise finally one's power of control over; to pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of one's time.

Meaning of 'dispose' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dispose [ v]
Meaning (1):
- throw or cast away
Example in sentence:
  • Put away your worries
Meaning (2):
- give, sell, or transfer to another
Example in sentence:
  • She disposed of her parents' possessions
Meaning (3):
- place or put in a particular order
Example in sentence:
  • the dots are unevenly disposed
Meaning (4):
- make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
Example in sentence:
  • Their language inclines us to believe them
Meaning (5):
- make fit or prepared
Example in sentence:
  • Your education qualifies you for this job

Nearby Words:

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