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Meanings of
dispense with
in English
Catalan
deixar
Spanish
sacrificar
Back to the meaning
Do without or cease to hold or adhere to.
relinquish
forego
waive
forgo
foreswear
Catalan
deixar
Catalan
estar-se'n
Back to the meaning
Give up what is not strictly needed.
spare
give up
part with
Catalan
estar-se'n
Usage of
dispense with
in English
1
No, I thank you; I think we can
dispense
with
his information.
2
The only way out is to
dispense
with
the industrial-technological system altogether.
3
I could not
dispense
with
the man; I had to cure him.
4
Colour cannot stand alone; it cannot
dispense
with
boundaries of some kind.
5
If not, the Leveson inquiry may well
dispense
with
its services altogether.
6
One day he hopes to be able to
dispense
with
the stilts.
7
He nodded, seemingly pleased to be able to
dispense
with
the groundwork.
8
I only wanted to be sure I could
dispense
with
the background.'
9
These recognitions alone
dispense
with
the artificial aid of tokens or amulets.
10
Krishna valued the friendship of both and could ill
dispense
with
either.
11
No one who has beheld the sun can thenceforth
dispense
with
it.
12
So the decision has been made to
dispense
with
all of you.
13
The courtesans could never
dispense
with
these two kings of ready wit.
14
Tell him we'd better
dispense
with
the yak and get with it.
15
We will
dispense
with
the word if it displeases you, Mrs. Arnold.
16
The thing you
dispense
with
would have been ready by mid-day to-morrow.
Other examples for "dispense with"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
dispense
with
dispense
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
dispense with
Catalan
deixar
sacrificar
renunciar
estar-se'n
prescindir de
Spanish
sacrificar
dejar
renunciar
renunicar
Dispense with
through the time
Dispense with
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common