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English verb: dispose | |||
| 1. | dispose (possession) give, sell, or transfer to another | ||
| Samples | She disposed of her parents' possessions. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sell | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | redispose | ||
| 2. | dispose (possession) throw or cast away | ||
| Samples | Put away your worries. | ||
| Synonyms | cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | get rid of, remove | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abandon, close out, de-access, deep-six, dump, give it the deep six, jettison, junk, liquidize, retire, scrap, sell out, sell up, trash, unlearn, waste | ||
| 3. | dispose (cognition) make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief | ||
| Samples | Their language inclines us to believe them. | ||
| Synonyms | incline | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | predispose | ||
| Antonyms | disincline, indispose | ||
| 4. | dispose (contact) place or put in a particular order | ||
| Samples | The dots are unevenly disposed. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lay, place, pose, position, put, set | ||
| 5. | dispose (change) make fit or prepared | ||
| Samples | Your education qualifies you for this job. | ||
| Synonyms | qualify | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | groom, prepare, train | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | capacitate, habilitate | ||
| Antonyms | disqualify, unfit, indispose | ||
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