All 6 Uses
dispose
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On the Beach
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- Apart from that, she is the only long-range vessel left at our disposal for communication with South America and with South Africa.
Chpt 5 *disposal = command
- The First Naval Member had sent for him one morning and, with poker face, had declared that it was only fitting that the Supreme Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces should have transport at his disposal, and Dwight had found himself presented with a grey painted Chevrolet with Leading Seaman Edgar as the driver.
Chpt 7
- But if that car's been put at your disposal, you can use it, surely.
Chpt 8
- By five o'clock the trials were over; they left the barge to be disposed of by the shore party of scientists who had put it there, and set course for the open sea.†
Chpt 2
- Unless he were to kill anybody, the police were not disposed to persecute him for a trifle such as that.†
Chpt 5 *
- In view of the distance from the city there was only a small crowd of people disposed around the three-mile course.†
Chpt 7
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: dispose of the assets) sell or transfer to another
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(4)
(dispose as in: disposed the troops along...) the arrangement, positioning, or use of thingsThis 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.
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(5)
(dispose as in: Is she disposed to help?) inclined (with a tendency to; or in the mood to)This is usually seen in the form "disposed to..." or "disposed toward..."
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(6)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, disposing of can imply killing someone.