dispose
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
give, sell, or transfer to another
She disposed of her parents' possessions
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- disposition derivation
Sense 2 verb
throw or cast away
Put away your worries
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- disposition derivation
- throwing away derivation
- fling derivation
- discard derivation
Sense 3 verb
make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
Their language inclines us to believe them
Types & categories
- shape hypernym
- predispose hyponym
Related & opposite
- indispose antonym
- inclination derivation
- inclination derivation
Sense 4 verb
place or put in a particular order
the dots are unevenly disposed
Types & categories
- put hypernym
Sense 5 verb
make fit or prepared
Your education qualifies you for this job
Types & categories
- groom hypernym
- habilitate hyponym
- capacitate hyponym
Related & opposite
- disqualify antonym
- caliber derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disposition |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | redispose |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | disposition |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | throwing away |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | discard |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | get rid of |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | unlearn |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deep-six |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | jettison |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | scrap |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | waste |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dump |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | retire |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | abandon |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | liquidize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | de-access |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | close out |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | indispose |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inclination |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inclination |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | shape |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | predispose |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | put |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | disqualify |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | caliber |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | groom |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | habilitate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | capacitate |