Dictionary

dispose of en · VERB

Meanings

1. (transitive) To get rid of; to dispense with.
   • But it's not against any religion / To want to dispose of a pigeon 1959, Tom Lehrer, “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park”:
   • They disposed of the stolen property.
   • The national power committee has trouble disposing of nuclear waste.
   • The lines adjacent to and crossing the Border already have been closed, and Dundalk Works have been disposed of to a firm of engineers. 1958 August 14, “Division of the G.N.R.(I.)”, in Railway Magazine, page 516:
   • ‘Yes,’ answered the manager; ‘he sent his assistant down the river with a note to me in these terms: “Clear this poor devil out of the country, and don’t bother sending more of that sort. 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 Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part II:
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.

Forms

Synonyms

consign · lose

Translations (8)

de zur Verfügung haben (to have available, or at one's disposal) · de entledigen (to get rid of) · pt eliminar (to get rid of) · de verfügen über (to have available, or at one's disposal) · pt descartar (to get rid of) · pt jogar fora (to get rid of) · pt livrar-se de (to get rid of) · mi ākiri (to get rid of)