DISPENSE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • give or apply (medications)
   Synonym(s)
   • administer (what does administer mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) dispense is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • treat (what does treat mean?)
   • care for (what does care for mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • transfuse (what does transfuse mean?)
   • digitalize (what does digitalize mean?)
   • inject (what does inject mean?)
   • shoot (what does shoot mean?)
   • give (what does give mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dispensary (what does dispensary mean?)
   • dispensation (what does dispensation mean?)
   • dispensation (what does dispensation mean?)
   • administration (what does administration mean?)
   • giving medication (what does giving medication mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • give (what does give mean?)
   • apply (what does apply mean?)
2. Meaning
   • administer or bestow, as in small portions
   Synonym(s)
   • administer (what does administer mean?)
   • allot (what does allot mean?)
   • deal (what does deal mean?)
   • deal out (what does deal out mean?)
   • dish out (what does dish out mean?)
   • distribute (what does distribute mean?)
   • dole out (what does dole out mean?)
   • lot (what does lot mean?)
   • mete out (what does mete out mean?)
   • parcel out (what does parcel out mean?)
   • shell out (what does shell out mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • administer critical remarks to everyone present
   • dole out some money
   • shell out pocket money for the children
   • deal a blow to someone
   Hypernyms(s) dispense is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • give (what does give mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • assign (what does assign mean?)
   • allot (what does allot mean?)
   • portion (what does portion mean?)
   • reallot (what does reallot mean?)
   • deal (what does deal mean?)
   • give (what does give mean?)
   • apply (what does apply mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • allotment (what does allotment mean?)
   • apportionment (what does apportionment mean?)
   • apportioning (what does apportioning mean?)
   • allocation (what does allocation mean?)
   • parceling (what does parceling mean?)
   • parcelling (what does parcelling mean?)
   • assignation (what does assignation mean?)
   • dispensation (what does dispensation mean?)
   • dispensation (what does dispensation mean?)
   • dispenser (what does dispenser mean?)
   • dispenser (what does dispenser mean?)
   • deal (what does deal mean?)
   • distribution (what does distribution mean?)
   • allocator (what does allocator mean?)
   • distributor (what does distributor mean?)
   • distributor (what does distributor mean?)
   • distributer (what does distributer mean?)
   • electrical distributor (what does electrical distributor mean?)
3. Meaning
   • grant a dispensation
   • grant an exemption
   Usage Example(s)
   • I was dispensed from this terrible task
   Hypernyms(s) dispense is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • exempt (what does exempt mean?)
   • relieve (what does relieve mean?)
   • free (what does free mean?)
   See Also
   • waive (what does waive mean?)
   • relinquish (what does relinquish mean?)
   • forgo (what does forgo mean?)
   • foreswear (what does foreswear mean?)
   • dispense with (what does dispense with mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dispensation (what does dispensation mean?)