Meaning

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

    I dispose of my trash in the garbage can.

    beseitigen, entsorgen

    избавля́тьсяizbavljátʹsja, изба́витьсяizbávitʹsja

  2. To distribute or arrange; to put in place.

    ordnen

    place or put in a particular order

  3. To deal out; to assign to a use.

  4. To incline.

    In these uncertain times, I am disposed towards caution.

  5. (obsolete)To bargain; to make terms.

    make fit or prepared

  6. (obsolete)To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.

Examples

108 sentences
  1. I disposed of my old coat.

    deIch hab meinen alten Mantel entsorgt.

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  2. I disposed of all the books.

    ruЯ избавился от всех книг.

    deIch entsorgte alle Bücher.

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  3. We need to dispose of these chemicals properly.

    deWir müssen diese Chemikalien ordnungsgemäß entsorgen.

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  4. The judge disposed of the case in short order.

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  5. I think it is about time we changed our ways of disposing of waste.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to get rid of something:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to get rid of something:
to distribute and put in place:

Origin

Borrowed from French disposer.

Borrowed from French disposer.

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Forms

disposes, disposing, disposed, disposed
Base formdispose · to dispose
3rd person singulardisposes
Present participledisposing
Past simpledisposed
Past participledisposed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydispose
he, she, itdisposes

Past simpleLesson

all personsdisposed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave disposed
he, she, ithas disposed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dispose

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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