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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)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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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"
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1. (noun) disposition
the way sb naturally behaves; = temperament
a friendly/nervous disposition
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Webster Dictionary |
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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
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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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.
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Sense: personality
He has a pleasant disposition.
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 Afrikaans: geaardheid, gemoedstoesta |
 Arabic: طَبْع، مِزاج، أخْلاق |
 Bulgarian: характер |
 Brazilian: temperamento |
 Czech: povaha |
 German: die Veranlagung |
 Danish: gemyt; temperament |
 Greek: χαρακτήρας, προσωπικότητα |
 Spanish: carácter, temperamento |
 Estonian: meelelaad; iseloom |
 Farsi: خو؛ منش |
 Finnish: persoonallisuus |
 French: caractère |
 Hebrew: מֶזֶג |
 Hindi: प्रबंध, स्वभाव, प्रकृति |
 Croatian: dispozicija, razmještaj |
 Hungarian: természet |
 Indonesian: kepribadian |
 Icelandic: lunderni |
 Italian: carattere |
 Japanese: 性質 |
 Korean: 기질 |
 Lithuanian: būdas, charakteris |
 Latvian: raksturs; nosliece |
 Malay: penyususnan |
 Dutch: aard |
 Norwegian: vesen, personlighet, kara |
 Polish: usposobienie |
 Persian: خو؛ منش |
 Pashto: ترتيب، تنظيم: وېشنه، توزي |
 Portuguese: temperamento |
 Romanian: fire, caracter |
 Russian: характер; нрав |
 Slovak: povaha |
 Slovenian: značaj |
 Serbian: ćud |
 Swedish: läggning, sätt |
 Thai: นิสัยใจคอ |
 Turkish: kişilik, karakter, tabiat |
 Taiwanese: 氣質，性情 |
 Ukrainian: характер, натура |
 Urdu: مزاج |
 Vietnamese: tính cách |
 Chinese: 气质，性情 |
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