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dispose of

dispose of verb: to get rid of; to dispense with.

Verb

dispose of (third-person singular simple present disposes of, present participle disposing of, simple past and past participle disposed of)

  1. (transitive) To get rid of; to dispense with.
    • They disposed of the stolen property.
    • The national power committee has trouble disposing of nuclear waste.
    Synonyms:
    consign, lose
  2. (transitive) To transfer to another's control.
  3. (transitive) To deal with conclusively, e.g. a threat, a difficult situation.
  4. (transitive) To arrange in an orderly way.
  5. (transitive) To settle or conclusively deal with, e.g. a dispute; to dispose.
  6. (European-Union, transitive) To have available, or at one's disposal.
    • The Commission may not be able to assess the reliability of the data provided by Member States and may not dispose of independent information sources.

dispose of meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Sanskrit

dispose of in Tamil

தீர்வு செய், ஏவி விடு, விற்றுவிடு, முடிவு செய்

dispose of in Urdu

بیچنا, نبٹانا, نکالنا, طے کرنا

dispose of in Malayalam

get rid of, throw away, throw out
കളയുക, ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുക, തള്ളിക്കളയുക, എടുത്തെറിയുക, പോടുക, എടുത്തുകളയുക
part with, give away, hand over
കെെവെടിയുക, വിട്ടുകൊടുക്കുക, വിട്ടുകളയുക, ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുക, വേണ്ടെന്നുവയ്ക്കുക, കൊടുത്തുകളയുക
consume, devour, eat
ഉപയോഗിച്ചുതീർക്കുക, ഉപഭോഗിക്കുക, ഉപയോഗിച്ചു തീർക്കുക, നുകരുക, തിന്നുതീർക്കുക, ഉപഭുജിക്കുക
kill, prey, quarry
കൊല്ലുക, ഇര, ഇരയായ ജീവി, ഇരജന്തു, പീഡിതമൃഗം, ചൂണ്ടയിൽ കൊത്തിയ ഇര

dispose of in Sanskrit

to dispose of, be valid or powerful
ईष्टे ī́ṣṭe

Examples of dispose of in a sentence

  • I had rather be alone than have the kind of men you can dispose of with me.”1899 March, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MI, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard...
  • But it's not against any religion / To want to dispose of a pigeon1959, Tom Lehrer, “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park”:

Synonyms of dispose of

Forms of dispose of

third-person singular presentdisposes of
present participledisposing of
past participledisposed of
pastdisposed of

Questions about dispose of

What does dispose of mean?
Dispose of means to get rid of; to dispense with.
What is dispose of in Tamil?
Dispose of in Tamil is தீர்வு செய், ஏவி விடு, விற்றுவிடு. See Dispose of meaning in Tamil.
How do you use dispose of in a sentence?
I had rather be alone than have the kind of men you can dispose of with me.”
What part of speech is dispose of?
Dispose of is a verb.
What is the past tense of dispose of?
The past tense of dispose of is disposed of.

Words near dispose of in the dictionary

  1. disposal
  2. disposall
  3. disposalls
  4. disposals
  5. dispose
  6. dispose of
  7. disposed
  8. disposed of
  9. disposedly
  10. disposedness
  11. disposement

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dispose of (page history and authors); dispose of (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dispose of (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dispose of (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ईष्टे (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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