Dispose

Quick meaning: Dispose is a verb meaning (intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something.

Meaning

(intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something.

More Meanings

1. To distribute or arrange; to put in place.
2. To deal out; to assign to a use.
3. To incline.
4. (obsolete) To bargain; to make terms.
5. (obsolete) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
6. (obsolete) The disposal or management of something.
7. (obsolete) Behaviour; disposition.

Example Sentences

I dispose of my trash in the garbage can.

In these uncertain times, I am disposed towards caution.

Now, dear soldiers, march away: / And how thou pleasest, God, dispose the day!

what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor

Word Forms

• disposes
• disposing
• disposed

Synonyms for dispose

Depending on context, synonyms include incline, discard, fling, toss, qualify, throw away.

Antonyms for dispose

Common opposites include indispose, disincline, unfit, disqualify.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include throw away, discard, throw out, toss, incline, fling.

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