Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One's usual mood; temperament.
- noun A habitual inclination; a tendency.
- noun A physical property or tendency.
- noun Arrangement, positioning, or distribution.
- noun An act of disposing; a bestowal or transfer to another.
- noun The power or liberty to control, direct, or dispose.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Specifically, in organ-building: the plan or specification in accordance with which the whole instrument is built
- noun the arrangement of the visible parts of the instrument, as of the display-pipes, the case, the desk or console, the stops, etc.
- noun A setting in order; a disposing, placing, or arranging; arrangement of parts; distribution: as, the disposition of the infantry and cavalry of an army; the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice, or of figures in painting; the disposition of tones in a chord, or of parts in a score.
- noun Disposal; plan or arrangement for the disposal, distribution, or alienation of something; definite settlement with regard to some matter; ultimate destination: as, he has made a good disposition of his property; what disposition do you intend to make of this picture?
- noun In architecture, the arrangement of the whole design by means of ichnography (plan), orthography (section and elevation), and scenography (perspective view). It differs from
distribution , which signifies the particular arrangement of the internal parts of a building. - noun Guidance; control; order; command; decree: as, the dispositions of the statute.
- noun Aptitude; inclination; tendency; readiness to take on any character or habit: said of things animate or inanimate, but especially of an emotional tendency or mood.
- noun Natural tendency or constitution of the mind; intellectual and moral bent; innate temper: as, an amiable or an irritable disposition.
- noun In Scots law, a unilateral deed of alienation, by which a right to property, especially heritable property, is conveyed.
- noun Health; bodily well-being.
- noun Maintenance; allowance.
- noun Synonyms and
- noun Adjustment, regulation, bestowment, classification, grouping, ordering.
- noun 5 and Inclination, Tendency, etc. See
bent .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal.
- noun The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order
- noun Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality
- noun Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.
- noun Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind.
- noun Mood; humor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The arrangement or placement of certain things
- noun
Tendency orinclination under given circumstances - noun
Temperamental makeup or habitualmood - noun Control over something
- noun law Transfer or
relinquishment to the care or possession of another - noun law Final decision or settlement
- noun medicine The destination of a patient after medical treatment such as surgery
- noun music The set of
choirs of strings on aharpsichord - verb To remove or place in a different
position .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- noun a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing
- noun your usual mood
- noun the act or means of getting rid of something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As filmmakers, the disposition is a lot more mature.
Hughes Brothers’ ‘The Book of Eli’ Is Their First ‘Grown Up Film’ » MTV Movies Blog 2010
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This disposition is awfully fearful in any community; and that it now exists in ours, though grating to our feelings to admit, it would be a violation of truth, and an insult to our intelligence, to deny.
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Natalie had left what they call a disposition behind her.
Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest Hulbert Footner 1911
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Towards men this disposition is the opposite of high-mindedness, and a quarrelsome and revengeful spirit; it "rather takes wrong, and suffers itself to be defrauded" (1Co 6: 7); it "avenges not itself, but rather gives place unto wrath" (Ro 12: 19); like the meek One, "when reviled, it reviles not again; when it suffers, it threatens not: but commits itself to Him that judgeth righteously" (1Pe 2: 19-22).
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In Texas justice and municipal courts, where deferred disposition is used for traffic and minor misdemeanors, the burden is on the defendant to demonstrate compliance with the conditions, and he gets a hearing to do so.
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A tragic character of Mahabharata, her fearless life and strong disposition is very relevant to the contemporary socio-political context.
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His unkempt hair looks natural and his rosy-cheeked disposition is not at all off-putting.
Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » 2010 » June » 06 2010
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"The fees collected from the nuclear industry are legally mandated and reviewed every year, and will pay the cost of the eventual, long-term disposition of the materials with alternatives to Yucca Mountain," said Stephanie Mueller, a spokeswoman for the Energy Department.
Nuclear-Power Firms Push Back Against Fees Tennille Tracy 2011
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His unkempt hair looks natural and his rosy-cheeked disposition is not at all off-putting.
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We seek income because we want income, to dispose of as we see fit, and only part of that disposition is what is conventionally, and somewhat artificially, called consumption.
Income Distribution Stories, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
adoarns commented on the word disposition
In a hospital, the patient's disposition is where they go after this. To home? Nursing home? Rehab? They gots to go somewhere.
Usually doctors are careful to use the word disposition as the verb form, to avoid saying that they are disposing the patient.
January 30, 2008
tankhughes commented on the word disposition
Not disposal. Used for nuclear waste. https://www.energy.gov/ne/spent-fuel-and-waste-disposition
March 2, 2023