Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

dispose of

verb

Forms disposes of disposing of disposed of

verb (transitive) To get rid of; to dispense with. “They disposed of the stolen property.”
verb (transitive) To transfer to another's control.
verb (transitive) To deal with conclusively, e.g. a threat, a difficult situation.
verb (transitive) To arrange in an orderly way.
verb (transitive) To settle or conclusively deal with, e.g. a dispute; to dispose.
verb (transitive, European Union) To have available, or at one's disposal. “The Commission may not be able to assess the reliability of the data provided by Member States and may not dispose of independent information sources.”

Synonyms

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