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 Definitions of disposition  [ˌdɪs pəˈzɪʃ ən]  

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Definition of 'disposition' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) disposition
the predominant tendency of one's spirits; characteristic attitude:
a girl with a pleasant disposition.

2.  disposition
state of mind regarding something; inclination:
a disposition to gamble.

3.  disposition
physical inclination or tendency:
the disposition of ice to melt when heated.

4.  disposition
arrangement or placing, as of troops or buildings.

5.  disposition
final settlement of a matter.

6.  disposition
bestowal, as by gift or sale.

7.  disposition
power to dispose of a thing; control:
funds at one's disposition.

8.  disposition
regulation; management; dispensation:
the disposition of God.

Etymology:  (1325–75; < L dispositiō=disposi-, var. s. of dispōnere to distribute (dis-dis-1+pōnere to place) +-tiō -tion)

Definition of 'disposition' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) disposition, temperament
your usual mood
"he has a happy disposition"

2. (noun) disposal, disposition
the act or means of getting rid of something

3. (noun) inclination, disposition, tendency
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
"he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"

4. (noun) disposition
a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing
"a swelling with a disposition to rupture"


Definition of 'disposition' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) disposition
the way sb naturally behaves; = temperament
a friendly/nervous disposition


Definition of 'disposition' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) disposition
the act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will

2. (noun) disposition
the state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice

3. (noun) disposition
tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction

4. (noun) disposition
conscious inclination; propension or propensity

5. (noun) disposition
natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind

6. (noun) disposition
mood; humor


Definition of 'disposition' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  disposition
1. Distribution of the elements of a command within an area; usually the exact location of each unit headquarters and the deployment of the forces subordinate to it. 2. A prescribed arrangement of the stations to be occupied by the several formations and single ships of a fleet, or major subdivisions of a fleet, for any purpose, such as cruising, approach, maintaining contact, or battle. 3. A prescribed arrangement of all the tactical units composing a flight or group of aircraft. See also deployment; dispersion. 4. (DOD only) The removal of a patient from a medical treatment facility by reason of return to duty, transfer to another treatment facility, death, or other termination of medical case.


Translation of 'disposition' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: personality
He has a pleasant disposition.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: geaardheid, gemoedstoesta Arabic flag Arabic: طَبْع، مِزاج، أخْلاق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: характер
Brazilian flag Brazilian: temperamento Czech flag Czech: povaha German flag German: die Veranlagung
Danish flag Danish: gemyt; temperament Greek flag Greek: χαρακτήρας, προσωπικότητα Spanish flag Spanish: carácter, temperamento
Estonian flag Estonian: meelelaad; iseloom Farsi flag Farsi: خو؛ منش Finnish flag Finnish: persoonallisuus
French flag French: caractère Hebrew flag Hebrew: מֶזֶג Hindi flag Hindi: प्रबंध, स्वभाव, प्रकृति
Croatian flag Croatian: dispozicija, razmještaj Hungarian flag Hungarian: természet Indonesian flag Indonesian: kepribadian
Icelandic flag Icelandic: lunderni Italian flag Italian: carattere Japanese flag Japanese: 性質
Korean flag Korean: 기질 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: būdas, charakteris Latvian flag Latvian: raksturs; nosliece
Malay flag Malay: penyususnan Dutch flag Dutch: aard Norwegian flag Norwegian: vesen, personlighet, kara
Polish flag Polish: usposobienie Persian flag Persian: خو؛ منش Pashto flag Pashto: ترتيب، تنظيم: وېشنه، توزي
Portuguese flag Portuguese: temperamento Romanian flag Romanian: fire, carac­ter Russian flag Russian: характер; нрав
Slovak flag Slovak: povaha Slovenian flag Slovenian: značaj Serbian flag Serbian: ćud
Swedish flag Swedish: läggning, sätt Thai flag Thai: นิสัยใจคอ Turkish flag Turkish: kişilik, karakter, tabiat
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 氣質,性情 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: характер, натура Urdu flag Urdu: مزاج
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tính cách Chinese flag Chinese: 气质,性情

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