Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin disposition-, dispositio, from disponere
Pronunciation : "dis-p&-'zi-sh&n
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. tendency; character, nature, trait; arrangement, placement. disposition\dis`po*si"tion\ , n. [f. disposition, dispositio, fr. disponere to dispose; dis- + ponere to place. see:
position, and cf. dispone.].
2. the act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will. who have received the law by the disposition of angels. vii.
3. the disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. conscious inclination; propension or propensity. how stands your disposition to be married?.
7. natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind. "a man of turbulent disposition." "he is of a very melancholy disposition." his disposition led him to do things agreeable to his quality and condition wherein god had placed him.
8. mood; humor. as i perchance hereafter shall think meet to put an antic disposition on.
9. The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.
13. Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind.
14. Mood; humor. your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition" a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture".
15. 1. Someone's disposition is the way that they tend to behave or feel. The rides are unsuitable for people of a nervous disposition = nature.
16. A disposition to do something is a willingness to do it. This has given him a disposition to consider our traditions critically = inclination.
17. If you refer to the disposition of a number of objects, you mean the pattern in which they are arranged or their positions in relation to each other. = arrangement.
18. The disposition of money or property is the act of giving or distributing it to a number of people. Judge Stacks was appointed to oversee the disposition of funds. = distribution.
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