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Dispose vs Retire - What's the difference?

dispose | retire |

As verbs the difference between dispose and retire

is that dispose is while retire is .

As an adjective dispose

is organized, placed in a certain fashion, arranged.

dispose

Verb

(dispos)
  • To eliminate or to get rid of something.
  • :
  • To distribute and put in place.
  • *1600 , (William Shakespeare), , act 4, scene III
  • *:Now, dear soldiers, march away: / And how thou pleasest, God, dispose the day!
  • *1811 , (Jane Austen), (Sense and Sensibility) , chapter 6
  • *:Marianne’s pianoforte was unpacked and properly disposed of, and Elinor’s drawing were affixed to the walls of their sitting rooms.
  • *1934 , (Rex Stout), edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 47:
  • *:I sat down within three feet of the entrance door, and I had no sooner got disposed than the door opened and a man came in.
  • To deal out; to assign to a use.
  • *(John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
  • *:what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor
  • To incline.
  • : (Used here intransitively in the passive voice)
  • *(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • *:Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose / To future good our past and present woes.
  • *(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
  • *:Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy.
  • *
  • *:At twilight in the summeron the floor.
  • (lb) To bargain; to make terms.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:She had disposed with Caesar.
  • (lb) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
  • *(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • *:the knightly forms of combat to dispose
  • Synonyms

    * incline * discard

    Antonyms

    * indispose * disincline

    Derived terms

    * disposition * disposal * dispose of

    retire

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
  • (dated) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
  • At the retire , the cavalry fell back.

    Verb

  • To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
  • * Sir Philip Sidney
  • He retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest.
  • * Sir J. Davies
  • As when the sun is present all the year, / And never doth retire his golden ray.
  • To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
  • The central bank retired those notes five years ago.
  • To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
  • The board retired the old major.
  • (transitive, cricket, of a batsman) to voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat
  • Jones retired in favour of Smith.
  • (transitive, baseball, of a fielder), to make a defensive play which results in a runner or the batter being put out
  • Jones retired Smith 6-3.
  • To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.
  • I will retire to the study.''
  • To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
  • The regiment retired from the fray after the Major was killed.
  • To withdraw from a public station, from working, or from business
  • Having made a large fortune, he retired .
    He wants to retire at 55.
  • To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
  • Past the point, the shore retires into a sequence of coves.
  • To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
  • I will retire for the night.

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (cricket) (l)

    Anagrams

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