dispose of something - Longman Dictionary

dispose of something meaning, definition, what is dispose of something: to get ... rid of an incinerator built to dispose of toxic waste2 to sell something, ... disposeofsomethingFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishdisposeofsomethingphrasalverb1GETRIDOFtogetridofsomething,especiallysomethingthatisdifficulttogetridof  anincineratorbuilttodisposeoftoxicwaste2tosellsomething,especiallypartofabusiness  Iamstillnotsurehowbesttodisposeoftheshares.3DEALWITHformaltodealwithsomethingsuchasaproblemorquestionsuccessfully  Yourideaatleastdisposesoftheimmediateproblem.4BEAT/DEFEATtodefeatanopponent  TwogoalsbyRaúldisposedofBarcelona.→dispose→SeeVerbtableExamplesfromtheCorpusdisposeof•Nuclearwastecancauseseriousdamagetotheenvironmentifnotdisposedofproperly.•Pleasedisposeofthiswrappercarefully.FromLongmanBusinessDictionarydisposeofsomethingphrasalverb[transitive]1togetridofsomethingthatisnolongerneededorwantedWechargecustomersaslittleasDM50todisposeofanoldcomputerterminal.2COMMERCEFINANCEtosellanassetMostofthosepropertieswillbedisposedofoverthenextfiveyears.→dispose→SeeVerbtable Exercises Exercises Vocabularyexerciseshelpyoutolearnsynonyms,collocationsandidioms. IntermediateandAdvancedlevelgrammarpracticewithprogresstests. Listeningandpronunciation,exampreparationandmore! Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Colours&sounds Theatre Jewellery Animals Seealltopics Wordoftheday prospectus asmallbookthatadvertisesaschool,college,newbusinessetc VerbtabledisposePresentI,you,we,theydisposehe,she,itdisposes >ViewMore PastI,you,he,she,it,we,theydisposedPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavedisposedhe,she,ithasdisposedPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhaddisposedFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywilldisposeFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavedisposed >ViewLess PresentIamdisposinghe,she,itisdisposing >ViewMore you,we,theyaredisposingPastI,he,she,itwasdisposingyou,we,theyweredisposingPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavebeendisposinghe,she,ithasbeendisposingPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadbeendisposingFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillbedisposingFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavebeendisposing >ViewLess