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disponere

verbverb

to have at one's disposal · to organise · to manage

EtymologyOpphav

fra latin ‘sette på forskjellige steder’ from Latin 'to put in different places'

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. ordneto sort out · to arrange · to put in order, inndeleto divide up, strukturereto structure to arrangeordne, to divide upinndele, to structurestrukturere
    • disponere materialet fra undersøkelsesarbeidet to organise the material from the research work
  2. bestemme (1)to decide, planleggeto plan, benytte (1)to use to decidebestemme (1), to planplanlegge, to usebenytte (1)
    • disponere bil to have the use of a car
    • disponere over en større pengesum to have a large sum of money at one's disposal
    • disponere tiden godt to manage one's time well
    • resten av arealet er disponert til fellesrom the rest of the area has been set aside for communal rooms

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

disponert for som har anlegg for, er mottakelig for having a predisposition to, susceptible to Eng. phraseto be predisposed to
  • enkelte er mer disponerte for sykdom enn andre some people are more prone to illness than others
  • ingen i vår familie er disponert for dette no one in our family is predisposed to this