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dispense
verb
give or apply (medications)
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 8
- Starts with
- D
- Ends with
- E
- Contains
- ISPENS
- Scrabble score
- 11
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
dɪsˈpɛns
Meaning
Definitions
verb
give or apply (medications)
verb
administer or bestow, as in small portions
“administer critical remarks to everyone present”
verb
grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
“I was dispensed from this terrible task”
In context
Example Sentences
administer critical remarks to everyone present
dole out some money
shell out pocket money for the children
deal a blow to someone
the machine dispenses soft drinks
I was dispensed from this terrible task
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