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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
dispose + -al.
Pronunciation
Noun
disposal (countable and uncountable, plural disposals)
- (countable) An arrangement, categorization or classification of things.
- (countable) A disposing of or getting rid of something.
- (countable, Australian rules football) A kick or a handball of the ball during a game.
- (uncountable) The power to use something or someone.
- (countable) A garbage disposal
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arrangement, categorization, classification
- Danish: ordning c, anbringelse (da) c, opstilling (da) c
- Finnish: järjestäminen (fi), luokittelu (fi)
- French: disposition (fr) f
- Hungarian: elrendezés (hu), kezelés (hu), rendelkezés (hu)
- Korean: 처분 (ko) (cheobun), 배치 (ko) (baechi), 처치 (ko) (cheochi), 정리 (ko) (jeongni), 양도 (ko) (yangdo), 매각 (ko) (maegak)
- Portuguese: disposição (pt) f
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disposing of
- Bulgarian: отстраняване (bg) n (otstranjavane), избавяне от (izbavjane ot)
- Czech: likvidace (cs) f
- Danish: bortskaffelse c
- Finnish: hävittäminen (fi)
- French: élimination (fr)
- German: Beseitigung (de) f, Entsorgung (de) f (waste, especially toxic or nuclear)
- Greek: απαλλαγή (el) f (apallagí), ξεφόρτωμα (el) n (xefórtoma) (colloquial)
- Ancient Greek: ἀποβολή f (apobolḗ)
- Hebrew: היפטרות f (hipat'rút)
- Hungarian: (different ways of disposing of something: on the spot or at a remote location, by reusing or simply depositing) selejtezés (hu), leselejtezés, megszabadulás (hu), eltávolítás (hu), lerakás (hu), elszállítás (hu), hasznosítás (hu), ártalmatlanítás (hu)
- Korean: 제거 (ko) (jegeo), 처리 (ko) (cheori)
- Maori: whakareinga
- Portuguese: dispensa (pt) f
- Spanish: desecho (es) m
- Swedish: avyttring (sv) c, utrangering c
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