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disposal

disposal

99 4.0
The power to use something or someone as you wish
  • noun
  • /dɪsˈpoʊzəl/
translation icon : disposición
  • We are at your disposal.
  • resources at their disposal
  • tools at your disposal
  • means at their disposal

I wish you would use all means at your disposal.

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Examples

  • The space vessel I used to come here will be at your disposal.

  • At our disposal, we have the vital element of surprise.

  • Green had told me I could have seven men at my disposal, and seven men I had.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • I just want you to know that I am absolutely at your disposal.

  • "It's a question of how best to use the industrial resources at our disposal," Wayne said.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Any time you need me, I'm entirely at your disposal, gentlemen.

  • I'm putting the full resources of my department here at your disposal.

  • We had to use every weapon at our disposal, including our pens, in order to achieve victory.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • They are placing resources at our disposal for us to win this fight.

  • We will use all the resources at our disposal to improve the project.

Synonyms

use
vsdisposal
  • Formal
310 8.7

The right to have and enjoy something that belongs to someone else

is about having authority to decide and direct people or things
at the disposal of
vsdisposal
1 3.5

Available for someone to use when they need it

is about possessing authority to order or assign that item
1 3.7

Available for someone to use when they need it

is about having authority to decide and direct that item

Antonyms

340 3.0

A rule or action that limits what you can do

prohibition
  • Formal
48 4.4

An official rule that stops people from doing something

Idioms

Available for someone to use when they need it

Available for someone to use when they need it

Compounds

18 2.7

A device under a kitchen sink that grinds food waste so it goes down the drain

mine disposal
  • Specialized
1 6.1

Making landmines safe or removing them

disposal plant
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A place where dirty water and other waste are cleaned and made safe

1 3.7

A process that removes and treats dirty water and toilet waste from buildings

A place where dirty water from homes and businesses is cleaned and made safe

How Powerful

dominion
  • Formal
24 7.7
authority
731 3.5
disposal
99 4.0
to control
2.4

Surface Forms

disposal singular
disposals plural

Morphology

disposal = dispose (semi-transparent) = dis + pose + al

The morphological formation is regular, but the sense 'power or authority to use something' is an idiomatic/extended meaning rather than the literal 'act of getting rid of'.

Etymology

Disposal meaning 'power to use something' comes from the same roots dis- ('away') and pos(e) ('to put'), like in position. If something is at your disposal, it is 'placed' for you to use, which is why the word means you can use it as you wish.