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True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of gloves; mend the old dress: live on plainer food if need be; so that, under all circumstances, unless some unforeseen accident occurs, there will be a margin in favor of the income.
P. T. Barnum

Meaning of "dispense" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DISPENSE

From Medieval Latin dispensāre to pardon, from Latin dispendere to weigh out, from dis-1 + pendere to weigh.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DISPENSE

dispense  [dɪˈspɛns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISPENSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dispense is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dispense in English.

WHAT DOES DISPENSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dispense in the English dictionary

The first definition of dispense in the dictionary is to give out or issue in portions. Other definition of dispense is to prepare and distribute, esp on prescription. Dispense is also to administer.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISPENSE

PRESENT

Present
I dispense
you dispense
he/she/it dispenses
we dispense
you dispense
they dispense
Present continuous
I am dispensing
you are dispensing
he/she/it is dispensing
we are dispensing
you are dispensing
they are dispensing
Present perfect
I have dispensed
you have dispensed
he/she/it has dispensed
we have dispensed
you have dispensed
they have dispensed
Present perfect continuous
I have been dispensing
you have been dispensing
he/she/it has been dispensing
we have been dispensing
you have been dispensing
they have been dispensing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I dispensed
you dispensed
he/she/it dispensed
we dispensed
you dispensed
they dispensed
Past continuous
I was dispensing
you were dispensing
he/she/it was dispensing
we were dispensing
you were dispensing
they were dispensing
Past perfect
I had dispensed
you had dispensed
he/she/it had dispensed
we had dispensed
you had dispensed
they had dispensed
Past perfect continuous
I had been dispensing
you had been dispensing
he/she/it had been dispensing
we had been dispensing
you had been dispensing
they had been dispensing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will dispense
you will dispense
he/she/it will dispense
we will dispense
you will dispense
they will dispense
Future continuous
I will be dispensing
you will be dispensing
he/she/it will be dispensing
we will be dispensing
you will be dispensing
they will be dispensing
Future perfect
I will have dispensed
you will have dispensed
he/she/it will have dispensed
we will have dispensed
you will have dispensed
they will have dispensed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been dispensing
you will have been dispensing
he/she/it will have been dispensing
we will have been dispensing
you will have been dispensing
they will have been dispensing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would dispense
you would dispense
he/she/it would dispense
we would dispense
you would dispense
they would dispense
Conditional continuous
I would be dispensing
you would be dispensing
he/she/it would be dispensing
we would be dispensing
you would be dispensing
they would be dispensing
Conditional perfect
I would have dispense
you would have dispense
he/she/it would have dispense
we would have dispense
you would have dispense
they would have dispense
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been dispensing
you would have been dispensing
he/she/it would have been dispensing
we would have been dispensing
you would have been dispensing
they would have been dispensing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you dispense
we let´s dispense
you dispense
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to dispense
Past participle
dispensed
Present Participle
dispensing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISPENSE


commence
kəˈmɛns
common-sense
ˈkɒmənˈsɛns
defence
dɪˈfɛns
dense
dɛns
expense
ɪkˈspɛns
fence
fɛns
hence
hɛns
immense
ɪˈmɛns
incense
ˈɪnsɛns
intense
ɪnˈtɛns
offence
əˈfɛns
pence
pɛns
prepense
prɪˈpɛns
propense
prəˈpɛns
recompense
ˈrɛkəmˌpɛns
self-defense
ˌsɛlfdɪˈfɛns
sense
sɛns
spence
spɛns
suspense
səˈspɛns
tense
tɛns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISPENSE

dispend
dispensability
dispensable
dispensableness
dispensably
dispensaries
dispensary
dispensation
dispensational
dispensative
dispensatively
dispensator
dispensatories
dispensatorily
dispensatory
dispenser
dispensing chemist
dispensing optician
dispeople
dispermous

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISPENSE

business expense
common sense
defense
Department of Defense
driver´s license
honi soit qui mal y pense
Hortense
license
make sense
mense
no-nonsense
nonsense
Odense
offense
Orense
organization expense
Ourense
pretense
sixth sense
the offense

Synonyms and antonyms of dispense in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISPENSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dispense» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dispense

Translation of «dispense» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISPENSE

Find out the translation of dispense to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dispense from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dispense» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

分发
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

repartir
570 millions of speakers

English

dispense
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बांटना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاستغناء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обойтись
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dispensar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রয়োগ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

distribuer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengetepikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abgeben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

分配する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

분배하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dispense
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phân chia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தவிர்த்திட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वितरित करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dağıtmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

distribuire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dozowania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обійтися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

distribui
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απαλλάξει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afsien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dispensera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dispensere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dispense

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISPENSE»

The term «dispense» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.693 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISPENSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dispense» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dispense» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dispense

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10 QUOTES WITH «DISPENSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dispense.
1
P. T. Barnum
True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of gloves; mend the old dress: live on plainer food if need be; so that, under all circumstances, unless some unforeseen accident occurs, there will be a margin in favor of the income.
2
Fanny Burney
To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.
3
Dick Cavett
As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.
4
Jonathan Evison
Limited points of view let the writer dispense - and the reader gather - information from various corners of the story. It all becomes a kind of dance, with the writer guiding the reader through the various twists and turns. The challenge is keeping readers in step, while still managing to surprise.
5
Bart Gordon
If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels.
6
Nancy Grace
Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that.
7
John B. S. Haldane
While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.
8
A. J. Liebling
No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures. No ascetic can be considered reliably sane.
9
Konrad Lorenz
We had better dispense with the personification of evil, because it leads, all too easily, to the most dangerous kind of war: religious war.
10
Lawrence G. Lovasik
Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in a year, in a lifetime!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISPENSE»

Discover the use of dispense in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dispense and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Can We Dispense with Christianity?: The Question
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
F. W. B. 1875 Butler, 2010
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Can We Dispense With Christianity?: The Question: Its Crux ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Butler F. W. (Frederick William), 2009
3
Encyclopaedia of Brewing
Dispense. The delivery of beer to (usually) a glass, typically in defined (and geographically appropriate) portion sizes. A process normally performed by bar staff in the on-trade from a container to a dispense tap and into glassware.
‎2013
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Mems Packaging
In this case a custom-designed head is used to directly dispense a pattern through parallel needles. Another option would be to write a pattern using a separate dispense system. FIGURE 4.3 This shows the result of the epoxy dispense ...
Tai-Ran Hsu, 2004
5
Nanomanufacturing Handbook
On the CNT track, the amount of CNT solution dispensed onto the wafer is controlled by adjusting the pressure and/or the dispense time. Typically, only a few milliliters of solution is dispensed over a few seconds. This track contains separate ...
Ahmed Busnaina, 2006
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Chemical Mechanical Polishing in Silicon Processing
Slurry Dispense Engines The term "pump" is commonly used to describe any device used to deliver CMP slurry under pressure to the polisher. There are enough variations, several of which do not use conventional "pumps," that a better term ...
‎1999
7
A complete collection of state trials and proceedings for ...
As to the second point, whether the king can dispense with the statute or no; 1 humbly conceive, with submission, the king may very well dispense with the statute ; it is admitted that the king may in many cases dispense with an act of ...
8
Electronic Health Record: A Systems Analysis of the ...
Before the Dispense workow may proceed, a set of preconditions has to be fullled: 1. Clinician is uniquely identied. 2. Clinician is authorized to use the system in lieu of dispensing medications. 3. Patient is uniquely identied. 4. All system ...
Alexander Scarlat, 2012
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The Royal Phraseological English-French, French-English ...
DISPENSE R, v. a. v. r. reg. 1ère conj. Rien ne nous dispense de la loi commune, nothiug eau excuse us tram the common law. Je suis dispense' de cette fm-malite ', I am excused—exempted—fwm that formality. Dispensez-moi de venir, ...
John Charles Tarver, 1867
10
Supply Chain for Liquids: Out of the Box Approaches to ...
Dispense Equipment The Supply Chain for Liquids approach encompasses liquid dispense by the user at the point of usage or in preparation for usage. Liquid dispense takes on different forms in different environments. In a vehicle ...
Wally Klatch, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISPENSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dispense is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Order to dispense heroin antidote shows early results
Individual physicians in Beaver and Westmoreland counties have issued standing orders for specific pharmacies to dispense the drugs over ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Plea to government to dispense with entrance fee in temples
Vehemently opposing the practice of collecting money and issuing tickets for 'darshan' in major temples, members of Tamil Nadu Hindu Aalaya ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
Sydney naturopath arrested after baby comes close to death on …
... of directly sold potions which the naturopaths profit from. But while doctors prescribe medicines, we don't directly sell and dispense them.” ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Greek banks won't re-open this week
Reports in recent days, however, have indicated that Greek banks might only have a few days of cash left to dispense anyway. And this comes ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
5
Investing pros John Bogle, Warren Buffett, and Charlie Munger all …
The wiser choice is to dispense with the consultants and reduce the investment turnover, by changing to indexed investment in equities. «Business Insider, Jul 15»
6
Sheffield United: 'New boss has given us an extra edge'
Harris admitted he had been surprise by United's decision to dispense with Clough's services - “It was a bit of a shock, the manager going” - but ... «The Star, Jul 15»
7
Is it time for Hawkeye to replace line judges at Wimbledon?
Is the Hawkeye technology at Wimbledon not yet capable of replacing human line judges altogether? When will we be able to dispense with ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
Eric Holder, Wall Street Double Agent, Comes in From the Cold
So we can dispense with the "but no one broke any laws" thing. When asked about this in testimony before the Senate, Holder told elected ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
9
Nordson ASYMTEK Releases New Programmable Tilt + Rotate 5 …
The Programmable Tilt + Rotate feature enables the user to determine the height of the die stack's top layer and then dispense fluid along all ... «I-Connect007, Jul 15»
10
Fox News Doctor: Gender Equality Means Men Can Now Hit Women
Ablow went on to blame co-ed sports and a culture that tries to "dispense with the idea of gender differences" for an environment in which a ... «Media Matters for America, Jul 15»

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