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to dispose
01
to throw away something, often in a responsible manner
Transitive: to dispose of waste
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
action verb
regular
inseparable
particle
of
base verb
dispose
present tense
dispose of
3rd person singular
disposes of
present participle
disposing of
past simple
disposed of
past participle
disposed of
Examples
The city provides special bins to safely dispose of hazardous materials.
02
to make someone open and willing to embrace an attitude, belief, or action
Ditransitive: to dispose sb to do sth | to dispose sb toward sth
Examples
The motivational speaker aimed to dispose the audience towards embracing positive thinking.
03
to allocate or assign something to a particular purpose or use
Transitive: to dispose of sth
Examples
The manager disposed of the tasks among the team members.
04
to put someone or something in a specific order or position
Transitive: to dispose a set of items
Examples
She carefully disposed the books on the shelf according to their genres.
Lexical Tree
disposable
disposed
indispose
dispose
