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REDISPOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does redispose mean? 

REDISPOSE (verb)
  The verb REDISPOSE has 1 sense:

1. dispose anewplay

  Familiarity information: REDISPOSE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REDISPOSE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they redispose  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it redisposes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: redisposed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: redisposed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: redisposing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dispose anew

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

The goods were redisposed at a great loss

Hypernyms (to "redispose" is one way to...):

dispose (give, sell, or transfer to another)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

redisposition (the withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively)


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