dispense with in English

Forms: dispenses with [present, singular, third-person], dispensing with [participle, present], dispensed with [participle, past], dispensed with [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dispense with (third-person singular simple present dispenses with, present participle dispensing with, simple past and past participle dispensed with)

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dispenses with",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dispensing with",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dispensed with",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dispensed with",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I wish he would dispense with the pleasantries and get to the point.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney, Willpower, pages 200–201",
          "text": "You might learn, for instance, that table manners can be dispensed with at restaurants, because the grown-ups are too embarrassed to discipline you in public.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To eliminate or do without."
      ],
      "id": "en-dispense_with-en-verb-L95CKDIb",
      "links": [
        [
          "eliminate",
          "eliminate"
        ],
        [
          "do without",
          "do without"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To eliminate or do without."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dispense with"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dispenses with",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dispensing with",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dispensed with",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dispensed with",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (with)",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I wish he would dispense with the pleasantries and get to the point.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney, Willpower, pages 200–201",
          "text": "You might learn, for instance, that table manners can be dispensed with at restaurants, because the grown-ups are too embarrassed to discipline you in public.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To eliminate or do without."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eliminate",
          "eliminate"
        ],
        [
          "do without",
          "do without"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To eliminate or do without."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dispense with"
}

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"dispense with" meaning in English

Verb