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Meaning of 'disposition' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Disposition [ n.]
- The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.
- 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.
- 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.
- Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.
- Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind.
- Mood; humor.

Meaning of 'disposition' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . disposition [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing
Example in sentence:
  • a swelling with a disposition to rupture
Meaning (2):
- an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
Example in sentence:
  • a tendency to be too strict;
  • he had an inclination to give up too easily
Meaning (3):
- your usual mood
Example in sentence:
  • he has a happy disposition

Nearby Words:

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