dispose
1. give, sell, or transfer to another (Freq. 3)
- She disposed of her parents' possessions
• Derivationally related forms:
disposition
• Hypernyms:
sell
• Hyponyms:
redispose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. throw or cast away (Freq. 3)
- Put away your worries
• Syn:
discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away,
toss away, cast aside, throw out, cast out, throw away,
cast away, put away
• Derivationally related forms:
disposition, disposal, fling (for: fling), discard (for: discard)
• Hypernyms:
get rid of, remove
• Hyponyms:
unlearn, deep-six, give it the deep six, jettison, trash,
junk, scrap, waste, dump, retire, abandon,
sell out, sell up, liquidize, de-access, close out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief (Freq. 2)
- Their language inclines us to believe them
• Syn:
incline
• Ant:
indispose
• Derivationally related forms:
inclination (for: incline), disposition
• Hypernyms:
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
• Hyponyms:
predispose
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
4. place or put in a particular order
- the dots are unevenly disposed
• Hypernyms:
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. make fit or prepared
- Your education qualifies you for this job
• Syn:
qualify
• Ant:
disqualify (for: qualify)
• Derivationally related forms:
quality (for: qualify)
• Hypernyms:
prepare, groom, train
• Hyponyms:
habilitate, capacitate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
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