At your disposal means available for you to use as you wish: a car at your disposal. I'm at your disposal is a polite I'm at your service. It sounds formal, the language of business emails and hotels; in conversation, say feel free to use it. On its own, disposal often means getting rid of things: waste disposal.
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have something at your disposal; something is at someone's disposal
- You will have a quiet meeting room at your disposal throughout the visit.
- The researchers used every instrument at their disposal to examine the sample.
- I am at your disposal if you need help organizing the documents.
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First versionThe team has three cameras in its disposal.
RevisionThe team has three cameras at its disposal.
Things can be in your hands or in your possession, so in seems natural before disposal too. But this phrase is built with at: at its disposal. In became at, and the cameras are there for the team to use.
Available to you is neutral. At your disposal sounds grander and stresses that you can use it however you like. Dispose of means throw away: dispose of old batteries. So a car at your disposal is a car for you to drive, not one headed for the scrapyard.
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The library's resources are available for us to use: They are at ___ disposal.
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our — Before disposal you need the possessive our: at our disposal. Us is an object pronoun and can't stand before a noun.
Write a short business message telling a guest about a room or equipment they can use. Use at your disposal and give the time.
The recording room will be at your disposal from ten until noon.
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