Dispose - English meaning

verb

Cease to support or look after (someone); desert.

Usage examples:

Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age

noun

Complete lack of inhibition or restraint.

Usage examples:

She sings and sways with total abandon

verb

Forsake; leave behind

verb

Cause (a machine or device) to operate.

Usage examples:

The pendulum actuates an electrical switch

verb

Put (things) in a neat, attractive, or required order.

Usage examples:

She had just finished arranging the flowers

verb

Put into a proper or systematic order

verb

To plan or make preparations for something or for something to happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] he arranged a meeting between the two leaders., [ + to infinitive ] my friends arranged to ea…

noun

An impressive display or range of a particular type of thing.

Usage examples:

There is a vast array of literature on the topic

verb

Display or arrange (things) in a particular way.

Usage examples:

The manifesto immediately divided the forces arrayed against him

noun

A large group of things or people, esp. when shown or positioned in an attractive way

Usage examples:

The airport shops offer a wide array of merchandise., a battery of cameras was arrayed before them.

verb

(of people) gather together in one place for a common purpose.

Usage examples:

A crowd had assembled outside the gates

noun

A leap in which the feet are brought together before landing.

Usage examples:

The assemblés porté traveled a great distance and ended in perfect fifth position.

verb

Create by putting components or members together

noun

Inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.

Usage examples:

There was evidence of bias against foreign applicants

verb

Cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something.

Usage examples:

All too often, our recruitment processes are biased towards younger candidates

noun

An unfair personal opinion that influences your judgment

Usage examples:

[ u ] they vowed to fight racial bias in the school., [ c usually sing ] does news coverage reflect…

phrasal verb

Throw or cast away

phrasal verb

To get rid of someone or something, especially forcefully

Usage examples:

Cast out by his family, he was forced to fend for himself.

verb

Throw (something) carelessly or casually.

Usage examples:

Someone chucked a brick through the window

noun

A throw.

Usage examples:

Needless to say, the effort of the big chuck caused me to throw coils of line all over the place, s…

noun

A playful touch under the chin.

Usage examples:

She gave him a good-natured chuck under the chin

phrasal verb

Throw something away.

Usage examples:

They make a living out of stuff people chuck away

phrasal verb

To throw something away

Usage examples:

I've chucked out all my old clothes.

phrasal verb

Throw or cast away

phrasal verb

To throw something away

Usage examples:

I've chucked out all my old clothes.

verb

End the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.

Usage examples:

The room had been destroyed by fire

verb

To damage something, esp. in a violent way, so that it can no longer be used or no longer exists

Usage examples:

You can use a shredder to destroy old bank statements., losing his job seemed to completely destroy…

verb

Cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature.

Usage examples:

It will be her mental attitude that determines her future

verb

Find out or learn with certainty, as by making an inquiry

verb

To control or influence directly; to decide

Usage examples:

[ t ] we should be allowed to determine our own future., [ t ] eye color is genetically determined.…

adjective

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Usage examples:

There was no direct flight that day

adverb

With no one or nothing in between.

Usage examples:

They seem reluctant to deal with me direct

verb

Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Usage examples:

An economic elite directed the nation's affairs

verb

Get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable.

Usage examples:

Hilary bundled up the clothes she had discarded

noun

A thing rejected as no longer useful or desirable.

Usage examples:

Caught by bottom-trawling, which causes damage to the seabed, and is part of a complex mixed fisher…

verb

Anything that is cast aside

noun

A narrow channel dug at the side of a road or field, to hold or carry away water.

Usage examples:

Their car went out of control and plunged into a ditch

verb

Provide with a ditch or ditches.

Usage examples:

He was praised for ditching the coastal areas

verb

A long narrow excavation in the earth

noun

A site for depositing rubbish.

Usage examples:

Putting a halting site beside a dump was unfair in the first place.

verb

Deposit or dispose of (rubbish, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or hurried way.

Usage examples:

Trucks dumped 1,900 tons of refuse here

verb

To put down or drop something heavy without caring where it goes, or to get rid of something or someone no longer wanted

Usage examples:

The ship was accused of dumping garbage overboard., she missed too many rehearsals and was dumped f…

verb

Force or throw (something) out in a violent or sudden way.

Usage examples:

Lumps of viscous lava were ejected from the volcano

verb

Put out or expel from a place

verb

To force someone to leave a particular place, or to send out something quickly and often with force

Usage examples:

It was difficult to eject squatters from the abandoned building., very seldom do you see any player…

verb

Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).

Usage examples:

We were encouraged by the success of this venture

verb

To make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen

Usage examples:

[ t + to infinitive ] we were encouraged to learn foreign languages at school., the council is enco…

verb

To talk or behave in a way that gives someone confidence to do something

Usage examples:

Encourage someone in something they've always encouraged me in everything i've wanted to do.

noun

The visible shape or configuration of something.

Usage examples:

The form, colour, and texture of the tree

verb

Variant spelling of forme.

combining form

Having the form of.

Usage examples:

Cruciform

verb

Come together; assemble or accumulate.

Usage examples:

As soon as a crowd gathered, the police came

noun

A part of a garment that is gathered.

Usage examples:

This can be accomplished at side seams, the center back seam, gathers, pleats, darts or a combinati…

verb

Assemble or get together

noun

The loose white jacket worn in judo.

Usage examples:

The match begins with competitors standing up on padded mats wearing gis

noun

A private soldier in the us army.

Usage examples:

She went off with a gi during the war

noun

Short for glycaemic index.

Usage examples:

A food is considered to have a low gi if its score is below fifty five

noun

A number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together.

Usage examples:

A group of boys approached

verb

Put in a group or groups.

Usage examples:

Three chairs were grouped around a table

noun

A number of people or things that are together or considered as a unit

Usage examples:

A group of trees, i’m meeting a group of friends for dinner., a rock/soul group, she grouped the ch…

verb

Be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something.

Usage examples:

He was inclined to accept the offer

noun

An inclined surface or plane; a slope, especially on a road or railway.

Usage examples:

The road climbs a long incline through a forest

verb

Succeed in persuading or leading (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

The pickets induced many workers to stay away

verb

Cause to act in a specified manner

verb

To persuade someone to do something, or to cause something to happen

Usage examples:

They induced her to take the job by offering her a bonus., if you want me to stay, you’re going to …

noun

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself.

Usage examples:

The influence of television violence

verb

Have an influence on.

Usage examples:

Government regulations can influence behaviour, but often without changing underlying values and mo…

verb

A power to affect persons or events

verb

Fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.

Usage examples:

His philosophy inspired a later generation of environmentalists

verb

Serve as the inciting cause of

verb

Throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship.

Usage examples:

Six aircraft jettisoned their loads in the sea

noun

The action of jettisoning something.

Usage examples:

The jettison lever

verb

To throw away or get rid of something that is not wanted or needed

Usage examples:

Some of her material will probably be jettisoned for the tv show., the bombs were jettisoned over t…

noun

Old or discarded articles that are considered useless or of little value.

Usage examples:

The cellars are full of junk

verb

Discard or abandon unceremoniously.

Usage examples:

Sort out what could be sold off and junk the rest

noun

A flat-bottomed sailing vessel of a kind typical of china and the east indies, with a prominent stem and lugsails.

Usage examples:

There is some evidence for development of robust, high-seas sailing junks in china by thirteenth ce…

verb

Cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward.

Usage examples:

She emerged leading a bay horse

noun

The initiative in an action; an example for others to follow.

Usage examples:

Britain is now taking the lead in environmental policies

noun

A soft, heavy, ductile bluish-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. it has been used in roofing, plumbing, ammunition, storage batteries, radiation shields, etc., and its compounds have been used in crystal glass, as an anti-knock agent in petrol, and (formerly) in paints.

Usage examples:

There's evidence that heavy metals such as lead and cadmium can make osteoporosis worse.

verb

Form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create.

Usage examples:

My grandmother made a dress for me

noun

The manufacturer or trade name of a product.

Usage examples:

The make, model, and year of his car

verb

Perform or carry out

noun

An officer of the highest rank in the armed forces of some countries.

Usage examples:

Marshal tito

verb

Assemble and arrange (a group of people, especially troops) in order.

Usage examples:

The general marshalled his troops

verb

To gather or organize people or things, esp. in order to achieve a particular aim

Usage examples:

The president is trying to marshal support for his plan., the mayor was the honorary grand marshal …

verb

Provide (someone) with a reason for doing something.

Usage examples:

He was primarily motivated by the desire for profit

verb

Give an incentive for action

verb

To make someone eager to do something

Usage examples:

Motivate sb to do sth she managed to motivate staff to work together after the merger., be motivate…

verb

Go in a specified direction or manner; change position.

Usage examples:

She moved to the door

noun

A change of place, position, or state.

Usage examples:

She made a sudden move towards me

verb

Change location

verb

Assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle.

Usage examples:

17,000 men had been mustered on haldon hill

noun

A formal gathering of troops, especially for inspection, display, or exercise.

Usage examples:

He attended the musters, which were called to train all able-bodied men

verb

Summon up, call forth, or bring together

noun

The arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

Usage examples:

I filed the cards in alphabetical order

verb

Give an authoritative instruction to do something.

Usage examples:

She ordered me to leave

verb

Logical arrangement of different elements

verb

Arrange systematically; order.

Usage examples:

Organize lessons in a planned way

verb

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

verb

To make the necessary plans for something to happen; arrange

Usage examples:

The group organizes theater trips once a month., they organized a meeting between the students and …

noun

The countries of the east, especially east asia.

Usage examples:

The treasures of the orient

adjective

Situated in or belonging to the east; oriental.

Usage examples:

Orient kings

verb

Align or position (something) relative to the points of a compass or other specified positions.

Usage examples:

The fires are oriented in direct line with the midsummer sunset

noun

A large public garden or area of land used for recreation.

Usage examples:

A walk round the park

verb

Bring (a vehicle that one is driving) to a halt and leave it temporarily, typically in a car park or by the side of the road.

Usage examples:

He parked his car outside her house

verb

A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

verb

Induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.

Usage examples:

It wasn't easy, but i persuaded him to do the right thing

verb

Cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief

noun

A particular position, point, or area in space; a location.

Usage examples:

I can't be in two places at once

verb

Put in a particular position.

Usage examples:

A newspaper had been placed beside my plate

noun

An area, town, building, etc.

Usage examples:

Her garden was a cool pleasant place to sit., what was the name of that place we drove through on t…

noun

A living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.

Usage examples:

Eventually, it melts to supply water and nutrients to plants and aquatic organisms.

verb

Put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow.

Usage examples:

We planted a lot of fruit trees

verb

Make a light explosive sound.

Usage examples:

Corks popped and glasses tinkled

noun

A light explosive sound.

Usage examples:

There were a few pops, perhaps from pistols

adverb

With a light explosive sound.

Usage examples:

The champagne went pop

verb

Put forward as fact or as a basis for argument.

Usage examples:

The confucian view posits a perfectible human nature

noun

A statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove to be true.

Usage examples:

Aristotle divides posits into two types, definitions and hypotheses.

verb

To suggest something as a basic fact or principle from which a further idea is formed or developed

Usage examples:

[ + that ] if we posit that wage rises cause inflation, it follows that we should try to minimize t…

noun

A place where someone or something is located or has been put.

Usage examples:

The distress call had given the ship's position

verb

Put or arrange (someone or something) in a particular place or way.

Usage examples:

He pulled out a chair and positioned it between them

verb

Make someone liable or inclined to a specified attitude, action, or condition.

Usage examples:

Lack of exercise may predispose an individual to high blood pressure

verb

To influence someone to behave or think in a particular way or to have a particular condition

Usage examples:

Individualism predisposes many people to look for individual solutions to social problems., your fa…

verb

(of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling).

Usage examples:

The violence prompted a wave of refugees to flee the country

noun

An act of encouraging a hesitating speaker.

Usage examples:

With barely a prompt, barbara talked on

adjective

Done without delay; immediate.

Usage examples:

She would have died but for the prompt action of two ambulancemen

noun

The area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale.

Usage examples:

The cost will be in the range of $1–5 million a day

verb

Vary or extend between specified limits.

Usage examples:

Prices range from £30 to £100

adjective

(of a person or their lifestyle) orderly; settled.

Usage examples:

It's possible to be too rangé

noun

A small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used.

Usage examples:

I scribbled her address on a scrap of paper

verb

Discard or remove from service (a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal.

Usage examples:

A bold decision was taken to scrap existing plant

verb

Engage in a minor fight or quarrel.

Usage examples:

The older boys started scrapping with me

noun

A thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool.

Usage examples:

I sat down in the white chair while dr. clark took a seat on a stool that sat to my left.

verb

Arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere.

Usage examples:

Owen seated his guests in the draughty baronial hall

noun

A piece of furniture or other place for someone to sit

Usage examples:

She left her jacket on the back of her seat., i got a seat on the flight to new york., please take …

verb

Have or maintain an upright position, supported by one's feet.

Usage examples:

Lionel stood in the doorway

noun

An attitude towards a particular issue; a position taken in an argument.

Usage examples:

The party's tough stand on immigration

verb

Be standing; be upright

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

verb

A long thin implement resembling a length of wood

verb

Move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side.

Usage examples:

He swayed slightly on his feet

noun

A rhythmical movement from side to side.

Usage examples:

The easy sway of her hips

verb

Move back and forth

verb

Entice or try to entice (someone) to do something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or unwise.

Usage examples:

There'll always be someone tempted by the rich pickings of poaching

verb

To encourage someone to want to have or do something, esp. something wrong

Usage examples:

I’m trying to diet – don’t tempt me with that cake!, any free offer is always tempting.

verb

To make someone want to have or do something, especially something that is unnecessary or wrong

Usage examples:

Tempt someone into doing something the offer of free credit tempted her into buying a new car., [ +…

collocation

Throw or cast away

phrasal verb

Discard something as unwanted.

Usage examples:

I threw out all the old torn clothes

phrasal verb

(of a court, legislature, or other body) dismiss or reject something brought before it.

Usage examples:

The charges were thrown out by the magistrate

noun

Waste material; refuse.

Usage examples:

The subway entrance was blocked with trash

verb

Damage or destroy.

Usage examples:

My apartment's been totally trashed

noun

Anything that is worthless and of low quality; waste

Usage examples:

We filled three cans with trash from the garage., i simply trash that kind of mail., some people se…

verb

Remove goods from (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.).

Usage examples:

She hadn't finished unloading the car

verb

To remove the contents of something such as goods from a vehicle, the bullets from a gun, or the film from a camera

Usage examples:

[ t ] she unloaded her grocery bags from the back of the minivan., [ t ] monaghan has said he is re…

verb

To remove goods from a vehicle or ship

Usage examples:

Trucking companies are trying to cut the time drivers spend waiting in line to load or unload., the…