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- Dictionarydispose/dɪˈspəʊz/
verb
- 1. get rid of by throwing away or giving or selling to someone else: "the waste is disposed of in the North Sea"
- 2. incline (someone) towards a particular activity or mood: "prolactin, a calming hormone, is released, disposing you towards sleep" Similar
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to get rid of something, especially by throwing it away: The agency has put an end to new efforts to dispose of hazardous waste in sensitive environmental areas. FINANCE. to sell an asset, property, or part of a business:
The meaning of DISPOSE is to give a tendency to : incline. How to use dispose in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dispose.
dispose. / dɪˈspəʊz / verb. intrfoll byof. to deal with or settle. to give, sell, or transfer to another. to throw out or away. to consume, esp hurriedly. to kill. to arrange or settle (matters) by placing into correct or final condition. man proposes, God disposes. tr to make willing or receptive.
to get rid of something, especially by throwing it away: The agency has put an end to new efforts to dispose of hazardous waste in sensitive environmental areas. FINANCE. to sell an asset, property, or part of a business:
1. a. to deal with or settle. b. to give, sell, or transfer to another. c. to throw out or away. d. to consume, esp hurriedly. e. to kill. 2. to arrange or settle (matters) by placing into correct or final condition: man proposes, God disposes.
If you dispose of something, you get rid of it. Don't want that sweatshirt with the clown's face on it? Give it away, throw it out, even sell it — these are all ways to dispose of that awful shirt.
Definition of dispose verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
