dispense with
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
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
give up what is not strictly needed
he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey
Types & categories
- give hypernym
Sense 2 verb
do without or cease to hold or adhere to
We are dispensing with formalities
Types & categories
- kick hyponym
Related & opposite
- waiver derivation
Sense 3 verb
forgo or do or go without
Types & categories
- abandon hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | give |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waiver |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | kick |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | abandon |