how to pronounce dispose

/dɪˈspəʊz/

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dispose is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of dispose in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… before they use them and dispose of that …”

meaning of dispose

Dispose means to get rid of something, to get rid of something by giving it away, to get rid of something by throwing it away, to get rid of something by putting it in a place where it will not be found.

dispose frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word dispose occurs in english on average 6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dispose can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dispose can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;