dispense
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
administer or bestow, as in small portions
administer critical remarks to everyone present
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- distribution derivation
- dispensation derivation
- apportionment derivation
- deal derivation
- dispenser derivation
- electrical distributor derivation
- allocator derivation
- dispenser derivation
- dispensation derivation
Sense 2 verb
grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
I was dispensed from this terrible task
Types & categories
- exempt hypernym
Related & opposite
- foreswear also see
- dispensation derivation
Sense 3 verb
give or apply (medications)
Types & categories
- treat hypernym
- transfuse hyponym
- digitalize hyponym
- inject hyponym
- give hyponym
Related & opposite
- giving medication derivation
- dispensation derivation
- dispensary derivation
- dispensation derivation
- practice of medicine domain topic
- apply entails
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distribution |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispensation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | apportionment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispenser |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | electrical distributor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | allocator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispenser |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispensation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | give |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | portion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reallot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | apply |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | foreswear |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispensation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | exempt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | giving medication |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispensation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispensary |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispensation |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | practice of medicine |
| 3 | entails | Related & opposite | apply |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | treat |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | transfuse |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | digitalize |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | inject |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | give |