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disporre

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin dispōnere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diˈspor.re/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -orre
  • Hyphenation: di‧spór‧re

Verb

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dispórre (first-person singular present dispóngo, first-person singular past historic dispósi, past participle dispósto or dispòsto, first-person singular imperfect disponévo, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to place; to arrange; to set out; to organize
    Synonyms: ordinare, sistemare, mettere a posto, collocare, accomodare, mettere, distribuire, allineare, schierare, catalogare, strutturare
    disporre i file sul computerto organize one's computer files
    disporre i propri vestiti per la partenzato arrange one's clothes for the departure
  2. (transitive) to prepare or prime; to dispose (to)
    Synonyms: predisporre, approntare, organizzare, provvedere
    a malecuore mi sono disposto la mente all'ascolto
    I grudgingly primed my mind for listening
  3. (transitive) to command; to mandate; to require
    Synonyms: comandare, dare ordini, imporre, prescrivere, decretare, deliberare
    le regole mi dispongono di estrometterti da scuola
    the rules command me to expel you from school
  4. (transitive, archaic) to expose
  5. (transitive, archaic) to explain; to clarify
  6. (transitive, archaic) to depose
  7. (intransitive) to entrust; to count [with di ‘on (someone)’] [auxiliary avere]
  8. (intransitive) to have at one's disposal [with di] [auxiliary avere]
    Synonyms: avere a disposizione, possedere, avere
  9. (intransitive) to guide someone's will; to exploitatively direct; to use [with di ‘someone’] [auxiliary avere]
    lei ha disposto di me al suo piacimento
    she used me for her own gratification
  10. (intransitive) to make available [with di] [auxiliary avere]
    l'università dispone di una biblioteca
    the university makes its library available
  11. (intransitive) to have employed [with di] [auxiliary avere]
    la fabbrica dispone di 500 operai
    the factory has 500 workers employed
  12. (intransitive, banking) to oblige by draft, check, etc. [with su or a carico di] [auxiliary avere]
    l'assegno è disposto a carico della bancathe check is paid out by the bank

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • disporre in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana