Dispose
verb
To get rid of something that is not needed or wanted.
Please dispose of your trash properly.
Often appears as...
- dispose of waste
- dispose of garbage
verb
To deal with or settle.
The matter was quickly disposed of.
Often appears as...
- dispose of a matter
- dispose of a problem
verb
To arrange or set in a certain position or orientation.
Dispose the chairs around the table.
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- dispose the furniture
- dispose the items
verb
To make someone inclined or willing to do something.
Their kindness disposed me to trust them.
Often appears as...
- dispose someone to trust
- dispose someone to agree
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To get rid of something that is not needed or wanted.
Please dispose of your trash properly.
Often appears as...
- dispose of waste
- dispose of garbage
verb
To deal with or settle.
The matter was quickly disposed of.
Often appears as...
- dispose of a matter
- dispose of a problem
verb
To arrange or set in a certain position or orientation.
Dispose the chairs around the table.
Often appears as...
- dispose the furniture
- dispose the items
verb
To make someone inclined or willing to do something.
Their kindness disposed me to trust them.
Often appears as...
- dispose someone to trust
- dispose someone to agree
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Environmental Context
Often used regarding ecological practices and in contexts emphasizing environmental responsibility.
Public campaigns encourage us to dispose of batteries at recycling centers.
Pro Tip 2/2Not for Sale
'Dispose of' suggests eliminating without profit, in contrast to selling or trading.
After the yard sale, we decided to dispose of the remaining unsold items.
Pro Tip 1/2Environmental Context
Often used regarding ecological practices and in contexts emphasizing environmental responsibility.
Public campaigns encourage us to dispose of batteries at recycling centers.
Pro Tip 2/2Not for Sale
'Dispose of' suggests eliminating without profit, in contrast to selling or trading.
After the yard sale, we decided to dispose of the remaining unsold items.
Pro Tip 1/2Environmental Context
Often used regarding ecological practices and in contexts emphasizing environmental responsibility.
Public campaigns encourage us to dispose of batteries at recycling centers.
Pro Tip 2/2Not for Sale
'Dispose of' suggests eliminating without profit, in contrast to selling or trading.
After the yard sale, we decided to dispose of the remaining unsold items.
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How We Can Keep Plastics...
anyone can make plastic anywhere in the world and sell it anywhere else in the world there's no design paradigm there's no barriers in order to solve the plastic packaging problem we need to effectively rethink the entire system from one which is linear ie take make dispose to one where it can be recovered
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Michael Pawlyn: Using...
There's a world of beauty and efficiency to explore here using nature as a design tool. So now I want to go onto talking about the linear-to-closed-loop idea. The way we tend to use resources is we extract them, we turn them into short-life products and then dispose of them. Nature works very differently.
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How will we survive when...
And those giant desalination plants? You know they generate equally giant piles of toxic salt that are basically impossible to dispose of. And those megacities you like? Can you name me an actually existing megacity that really exists in the world today, except for possibly Tokyo,
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How much of human...
and what life was like millennia ago. So what exactly can we find? At shallow depths mingled in with modern-day items, we've discovered all sorts of ancient artifacts. This zone contains evidence of how our ancestors fished, how they repaired their ships, disposed of their trash,
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Vultures: The...
while other researchers are working to repopulate vulture communities through breeding programs. Some regions have even opened vulture restaurants where farmers safely dispose of drug-free livestock. With help, vultures will be able to continue their role
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Let's clean up the space...
and that deposit would only be returned if the satellite was disposed of properly or if they cleaned up some quota of debris. Or maybe a satellite needs to have technology on board to help accelerate deorbit. There are some encouraging signs.
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
you have to pretend that you're not, especially in public, otherwise you will emasculate him. But what if we question the premise itself? Why should a woman's success be a threat to a man? What if we decide to simply dispose of that word,
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Building smart cities PIPE...
a molecule of a kind of plastic which is resistant durable but biodegradable it recalls what is now a negative force it is a burden they don't know how to dispose it into actually a basic input
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How does fracking work?...
This liquid containing contaminants like radioactive material, salts, heavy metals, and hydrocarbons, needs to be stored and disposed of. That's usually done in pits on-site in deep wells
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Giant Carnivorous...
these lizards are exclusively carnivorous they even dispose of the remainder of
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How We Can Keep Plastics...
anyone can make plastic anywhere in the world and sell it anywhere else in the world there's no design paradigm there's no barriers in order to solve the plastic packaging problem we need to effectively rethink the entire system from one which is linear ie take make dispose to one where it can be recovered
Video examples
Michael Pawlyn: Using...
There's a world of beauty and efficiency to explore here using nature as a design tool. So now I want to go onto talking about the linear-to-closed-loop idea. The way we tend to use resources is we extract them, we turn them into short-life products and then dispose of them. Nature works very differently.
Video examples
How will we survive when...
And those giant desalination plants? You know they generate equally giant piles of toxic salt that are basically impossible to dispose of. And those megacities you like? Can you name me an actually existing megacity that really exists in the world today, except for possibly Tokyo,
Video examples
How much of human...
and what life was like millennia ago. So what exactly can we find? At shallow depths mingled in with modern-day items, we've discovered all sorts of ancient artifacts. This zone contains evidence of how our ancestors fished, how they repaired their ships, disposed of their trash,
Video examples
Vultures: The...
while other researchers are working to repopulate vulture communities through breeding programs. Some regions have even opened vulture restaurants where farmers safely dispose of drug-free livestock. With help, vultures will be able to continue their role
Video examples
Let's clean up the space...
and that deposit would only be returned if the satellite was disposed of properly or if they cleaned up some quota of debris. Or maybe a satellite needs to have technology on board to help accelerate deorbit. There are some encouraging signs.
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
you have to pretend that you're not, especially in public, otherwise you will emasculate him. But what if we question the premise itself? Why should a woman's success be a threat to a man? What if we decide to simply dispose of that word,
Video examples
Building smart cities PIPE...
a molecule of a kind of plastic which is resistant durable but biodegradable it recalls what is now a negative force it is a burden they don't know how to dispose it into actually a basic input
Video examples
How does fracking work?...
This liquid containing contaminants like radioactive material, salts, heavy metals, and hydrocarbons, needs to be stored and disposed of. That's usually done in pits on-site in deep wells
Video examples
Giant Carnivorous...
these lizards are exclusively carnivorous they even dispose of the remainder of
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Dorothea Dix
American Activist
The lovely daisy, so justly celebrated by European poets, is not a native of our soil; we know it well, however, by cultivation in our gardens and green houses; besides, we are disposed to remember it for the sake of those who have sung its praises in immortal verse.
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Amanda de Cadenet
English Photographer
I'm really interested in older women, to be honest, because they have lived a life that I've not yet lived. So I really want to learn from them, and I think culturally we tend to dispose of women once they get to a certain age and they don't look a certain way.
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Jonathan Edwards
American Clergyman
Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
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Sitting Bull
Statesman
If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean.
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Craig Venter
American Scientist
One important part of scientific training is that scientists learn the boundaries, the safety issues, how to properly deal with and dispose of chemicals and reagents.
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Richard Wagner
German Composer
The measures and acts which show us violently disposed towards the outer world can never stay without a violent reaction on ourselves.
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Blaise Pascal
French Philosopher
Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
American President
It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.
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Alcuin
English Clergyman
At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
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Dorothea Dix
American Activist
The lovely daisy, so justly celebrated by European poets, is not a native of our soil; we know it well, however, by cultivation in our gardens and green houses; besides, we are disposed to remember it for the sake of those who have sung its praises in immortal verse.
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Amanda de Cadenet
English Photographer
I'm really interested in older women, to be honest, because they have lived a life that I've not yet lived. So I really want to learn from them, and I think culturally we tend to dispose of women once they get to a certain age and they don't look a certain way.
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Jonathan Edwards
American Clergyman
Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
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Sitting Bull
Statesman
If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean.
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Craig Venter
American Scientist
One important part of scientific training is that scientists learn the boundaries, the safety issues, how to properly deal with and dispose of chemicals and reagents.
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Richard Wagner
German Composer
The measures and acts which show us violently disposed towards the outer world can never stay without a violent reaction on ourselves.
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Blaise Pascal
French Philosopher
Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
American President
It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.
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Alcuin
English Clergyman
At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
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