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dispose
Meaning: to get rid of or throw something away
dispose in a sentence
How dispose is used in real sentences:
Please dispose of the wrapper in the recycling bin, not the trash.
After the picnic, the campers worked together to dispose of every scrap of trash before hiking back.
“Only trained staff could dispose of them because the cleaning chemicals might harm wildlife.”
— from the passage Secrets in Stone
Synonyms for dispose
Other words for dispose — discard, eliminate and ditch — carry the same meaning.
- discard
- eliminate
- ditch
Antonyms of dispose
Words that mean the opposite of dispose:
- keep
- retain
Where it comes from
From Latin disponere 'to arrange, distribute'
Word parts
- dis — apart, away
dispose: dis- (apart) + pose (place) - pon/pos — place, put
dispose: dis- (apart, away) + pos (place)
Memory hook
DIS-pose — DIS (away) + pose (place) = place it away for good.