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DISPOSAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act or means of getting rid of something
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("disposal" is a kind of...):
act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disposal"):
appointment ((law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment)
comb-out (the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people)
giving (disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return)
abandonment (the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away)
mine disposal (the disposal of explosive mines)
sewage disposal (the disposal of sewage)
lending; loaning (disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned)
Derivation:
dispose (throw or cast away)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
Synonyms:
administration; disposal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("disposal" is a kind of...):
direction; management (the act of managing something)
Domain category:
business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disposal"):
conducting (the way of administering a business)
line management (administration of the activities contributing directly to an organization's output)
organisation; organization (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business)
running (the act of administering or being in charge of something)
polity (shrewd or crafty management of public affairs)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage
Synonyms:
disposal; electric pig; garbage disposal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("disposal" is a kind of...):
kitchen appliance (a home appliance used in preparing food)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The power to use something or someone
Example:
used all the resources at his disposal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("disposal" is a kind of...):
power; powerfulness (possession of controlling influence)
Context examples:
Mrs. St. Clair has most kindly put two rooms at my disposal, and you may rest assured that she will have nothing but a welcome for my friend and colleague.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“You are ready enough to use all the information that the police can lay at your disposal, and then you try to finish the case yourself and bring discredit on them.”
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
No difficulty arose on either side in the agreement; and she waited only for the disposal of her effects at Norland, and to determine her future household, before she set off for the west; and this, as she was exceedingly rapid in the performance of everything that interested her, was soon done.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Among the most plausible target genes were B3GLCT and BLOC1S1, which could affect AMD-related cell functions such as signaling; the breakdown and disposal of unwanted proteins; and the stability of the extracellular matrix, the cell’s infrastructure for distribution.
(New study about genes linked to age-related macular degeneration, National Institutes of Health)
Further experiments in flies suggested the neuron loss happened because altering Cdk5 slowed autophagy, or a cell’s waste disposal system that rids the body of damaged cells in a contained, controlled fashion, which in turn triggered the immune system to attack the animal’s own neurons.
(New study implicates hyperactive immune system in aging brain disorders, National Institutes of Health)
The English archers and men-at-arms had mustered at that end of the lists, but the vast majority of the spectators were in favor of the attacking party, for the English had declined in popularity ever since the bitter dispute as to the disposal of the royal captive after the battle of Poictiers.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This was so material an amendment of his late expectations that it greatly contributed to smooth the descent of his pride; and by no means without its effect was the private intelligence, which he was at some pains to procure, that the Fullerton estate, being entirely at the disposal of its present proprietor, was consequently open to every greedy speculation.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
I think if we had had the disposal of events—if Mansfield Park had had the government of the winds just for a week or two, about the equinox, there would have been a difference.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The Biosafety Service Shared Resource provides technical guidance and training in biological safety issues for members of Cancer Center including biological agents handling, registration of recombinant DNA and infectious agents, handling of human materials and potentially infectious materials, decontamination and disposal of biological waste, use of biosafety equipment, clean-up of biological spills.
(Biosafety Service Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
Any information which Mr. Wilder or I can give you is, of course, at your disposal.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
