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disposes of

disposes of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dispose of.

Meaning of dispose of

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.
    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.

Questions about disposes of

What is disposes of the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Disposes of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dispose of.

Words near disposes of in the dictionary

  1. disposement
  2. disposements
  3. disposer
  4. disposers
  5. disposes
  6. disposes of
  7. disposest
  8. disposeth
  9. disposible
  10. disposing
  11. disposing of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disposes of (page history and authors); dispose of (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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