dispose

🇺🇸 /dɪˈspəʊz/ 🇬🇧 /dɪˈspəʊz/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000
verb
C1

to arrange things or people in a certain way

Please dispose the chairs in rows for the meeting.

C1

to make someone feel or act in a certain way

The medicine will dispose you to feel sleepy.

translation

v. to arrange things or people in a certain way; to make someone feel or act in a certain way

Word Forms

3rd Present disposes
Past disposed
Perfect disposed
Progressive disposing