All 6 Uses of
dispose
in
1984 by Orwell
- In the walls of the cubicle there were three orifices. To the right of the speakwrite, a small pneumatic tube for written messages, to the left, a larger one for newspapers; and in the side wall, within easy reach of Winston's arm, a large oblong slit protected by a wire grating. This last was for the disposal of waste paper.
p. 37..8 (definition 1) *disposal = throwing away
- Three messages had slid out of the pneumatic tube while Winston was working, but they were simple matters, and he had disposed of them before the Two Minutes Hate interrupted him.
p. 43..7 (definition 2) *disposed = settled so they no longer required attention
- We have about twenty minutes at our disposal.
p. 171..9 (definition 3)disposal = command
- Whichever power controls equatorial Africa, or the countries of the Middle East, or Southern India, or the Indonesian Archipelago, disposes also of the bodies of scores or hundreds of millions of ill-paid and hard-working coolies.
p. 187..8 (definition 3)disposes = arranges, positions, or uses
- Collectively, the Party owns everything in Oceania, because it controls everything, and disposes of the products as it thinks fit.
p. 206..6 (definition 3) *disposes = uses
- He had no difficulty in disposing of the fallacy, and he was in no danger of succumbing to it.
p. 278..6 (definition 2)disposing = settling or resolving (something so it no longer requires attention)
Definitions:
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(1) (dispose as in: dispose of the waste) to throw away
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(2) (dispose as in: dispose of the matter) to settle something so it no longer requires attention
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(3) (dispose as in: disposed the troops along...) the arrangement, positioning, or use of thingseditor's notes: This sense of dispose can be used in the form disposal to indicate that a person can use something as they wish -- as in:
- I am at your disposal.
- She has many assets at her disposal.