HyperDic: dispose

English > 5 senses of the word *dispose*:
VERB	possession	dispose	give, sell, or transfer to another
	possession	dispose, discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away	throw or cast away
	cognition	dispose, incline	make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
	contact	dispose	place or put in a particular order
	change	dispose, qualify	make fit or prepared

dispose > pronunciation
Sounds	dihspow'z
Rhymes	Ambrose ... Windows: 49 rhymes with owz...

English > *dispose*: 5 senses > verb 1, possession
Meaning	Give, sell, or transfer to another.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Example	"She disposed of her parents' possessions"
Narrower	redispose	dispose anew
Broader	sell	Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
Nouns	disposition	the act or means of getting rid of something

English > *dispose*: 5 senses > verb 2, possession
Meaning	throw or cast away.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
Narrower	abandon	forsake, leave behind
	close out	terminate by selling off or disposing of
	de-access	dispose of by selling
	deep-six, give it the deep six	toss out
	dump	throw away as refuse
	jettison	throw away, of something encumbering
	retire	dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)
	sell out, sell up, liquidize	Get rid of all one's merchandise
	trash, junk, scrap	dispose of (something useless or old)
	unlearn	discard something previously learnt, like an old habit
	waste	Get rid of
Broader	get rid of, remove	dispose of
Spanish	arrojar, botar, descartar, desechar, deshacerse, echar, expulsar, naufragar, olvidar, tirar
Catalan	apartar, descartar, expel·lir, expulsar, gitar, llençar
Nouns	disposal, disposition	the act or means of getting rid of something

English > *dispose*: 5 senses > verb 3, cognition
Meaning	make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Synonym	incline
Narrower	predispose	make susceptible
Broader	determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate	shape or influence
Opposite	indispose, disincline	make unwilling
Spanish	inclinar
Catalan	inclinar
Nouns	disposition	an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

English > *dispose*: 5 senses > verb 4, contact
Meaning	Place or put in a particular order.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Example	"the dots are unevenly disposed"
Broader	put, set, place, pose, position, lay	Put into a certain place or abstract location
Spanish	colocar

English > *dispose*: 5 senses > verb 5, change
Meaning	make fit or prepared.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Synonym	qualify
Narrower	capacitate	make capable
Narrower	habilitate	Qualify for teaching / teaching at a university in Europe
Broader	prepare, groom, train	Educate for a future role or function
Opposite	disqualify, unfit, indispose	make unfit or unsuitable
Spanish	adecuar, capacitar, cualificar
Catalan	fer apropiat, qualificar

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