Dictionary entry details
• DISPOSE (verb)
Meaning:
Give, sell, or transfer to another
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
She disposed of her parents' possessions
Hypernyms (to "dispose" is one way to...):
sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dispose"):
redispose (dispose anew)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Throw or cast away
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
toss away; discard; chuck out; toss out; cast away; cast aside; throw away; throw out; put away; dispose; cast out; fling; toss
Context example:
Put away your worries
Hypernyms (to "dispose" is one way to...):
get rid of; remove (dispose of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dispose"):
close out (terminate by selling off or disposing of)
de-access (dispose of by selling)
liquidize; sell out; sell up (get rid of all one's merchandise)
abandon (forsake, leave behind)
pension off; retire (dispose of; as of old clothes)
dump (throw away as refuse)
waste (get rid of)
junk; scrap; trash (dispose of (something useless or old))
jettison (throw away, of something encumbering)
deep-six; give it the deep six (toss out; get rid of)
unlearn (discard something previously learnt, like an old habit)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
dispose; incline
Context example:
Their language inclines us to believe them
Hypernyms (to "dispose" is one way to...):
determine; influence; mold; regulate; shape (shape or influence; give direction to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dispose"):
predispose (make susceptible)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Antonym:
indispose (make unwilling)
Meaning:
Make fit or prepared
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
dispose; qualify
Context example:
Your education qualifies you for this job
Hypernyms (to "dispose" is one way to...):
groom; prepare; train (prepare (someone) for a future role or function)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dispose"):
habilitate (qualify for teaching at a university in Europe)
capacitate (make capable)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
