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dispense
Overview of verb dispense
The verb dispense has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out -- (administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone")
2. dispense -- (grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task")
3. administer, dispense -- (give or apply (medications))
Grep of noun dispense
dispenser
Antonyms of verb dispense
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dispense
3 senses of dispense
Sense 1
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 2
dispense
=> exempt, relieve, free
Also See> dispense with#2
Sense 3
administer, dispense
=> treat, care for
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb dispense
2 of 3 senses of dispense
Sense 1
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
=> assign, allot, portion
=> reallot
=> deal
=> give, apply
Sense 3
administer, dispense
=> transfuse
=> digitalize
=> inject, shoot
=> give
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dispense
3 senses of dispense
Sense 1
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
=> give
Sense 2
dispense
=> exempt, relieve, free
Also See> dispense with#2
Sense 3
administer, dispense
=> treat, care for
'Cause To' of verb dispense
Derived Forms of verb dispense
3 senses of dispense
Sense 1
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
RELATED TO>(noun) dispensation#2
=> dispensation
RELATED TO>(noun) dispensation#3
=> dispensation
RELATED TO>(noun) dispenser#2
=> dispenser
RELATED TO>(noun) dispenser#1
=> dispenser
Sense 2
dispense
RELATED TO>(noun) dispensation#1
=> dispensation
Sense 3
administer, dispense
RELATED TO>(noun) dispensary#1
=> dispensary
RELATED TO>(noun) dispensation#2
=> dispensation
RELATED TO>(noun) dispensation#3
=> dispensation
Domain of verb dispense
1 of 3 senses of dispense
Sense 3
administer, dispense
TOPIC>(noun) medicine#3, practice of medicine#1
Domain Terms of verb dispense
Familiarity of verb dispense
dispense used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb dispense
3 senses of dispense
Sense 1
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 2
dispense
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
Sense 3
administer, dispense
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb dispense
3 senses of dispense
Sense 1
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
> give
=> provide, supply, ply, cater
=> cough up, pony up, spit up
=> lease, let, rent
=> support
=> pay
=> accord, allot, grant
=> allow, grant
=> present, submit
=> bestow
=> heap
=> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
=> offer, proffer
=> contribute, give, chip in, kick in
=> render, return
=> deposit, bank
=> concede, yield, cede, grant
=> lend, loan
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
=> requite, repay
=> spare, give up, part with, dispense with
=> vest
=> enfeoff
Sense 2
dispense
> exempt, relieve, free
=> derestrict
=> deregulate
=> dispense
=> forgive
=> spare
Sense 3
administer, dispense
> treat, care for
=> hyperventilate
=> massage
=> purge
=> correct
=> insufflate
=> detox, detoxify
=> irrigate
=> iodize, iodise
=> doctor
=> vet
=> nurse
=> manipulate
=> administer, dispense
=> remedy, relieve
=> dress
=> splint
=> operate on, operate
=> medicate, medicine
=> bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise
=> cup, transfuse
=> shock
=> pack
=> cauterize, cauterise, burn
=> analyze, analyse, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb dispense
Sense 1
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
=> give
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Sense 2
dispense
=> exempt, relieve, free
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Sense 3
administer, dispense
=> treat, care for
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Grep of verb dispense
dispense
dispense with
Grep of adj dispense
dispensed
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