disposes
- 1Third-person singular present of dispose.
The committee disposes of routine business before the main agenda begins.
Each department disposes of its surplus equipment through a central auction.
Note
The -s form carries every sense of dispose, but the construction shifts with the meaning. When it means getting rid of something, the object arrives through of: she disposes of the waste. When it means arranging or inclining, the object follows directly: the general disposes his troops; hardship disposes her to caution. Drop the of and removal turns into arrangement.
The general disposes his troops along the ridge before dawn.
A long illness disposes him to patience.
disposes is a form of dispose
dispose, verb: To get rid of or eliminate something, usually by throwing it away or destroying it. Full entry
- Spelling
- dispose → disposes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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