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Disposition

Disposition Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Disposition? [n] the act or means of getting rid of something [n] your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition" [n] a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture" [n] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Disposition: disposal \| inclination \| temperament \| tendency Related Terms \| Find terms related to Disposition: a thing for \| abalienation \| abandonment \| abjuration \| administration \| affinity \| alienation \| allocation \| allotment \| amortization \| amortizement \| animus \| appetence \| appetency \| appetite \| apportionment \| approach \| aptitude \| aptness \| arrangement \| array \| arraying \| assignation \| assignment \| attack \| attitude \| authority \| bargain and sale \| barter \| battle array \| being \| bent \| bequeathal \| bestowal \| bias \| blueprint \| 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trading \| tranquillity \| transfer \| transference \| transmission \| transmittal \| tropism \| turn \| turn of mind \| twist \| type \| uniformity \| vein \| velleity \| vesting \| volition \| warp \| way \| weakness \| will \| will power \| willingness \| wish \| withdrawal \| working plan \| yielding See Also \| abandonment \| agreeability \| agreeableness \| aloneness \| animalism \| appointment \| aptness \| attitude \| bent \| blood \| Call \| calm \| calmness \| cheer \| cheerfulness \| comb-out \| composure \| deed \| devices \| direction \| disagreeableness \| disapproval \| discomposure \| disfavor \| disfavour \| dislike \| drift \| effort \| equanimity \| esprit de corps \| exploit \| favor \| favoritism \| favour \| favouritism \| feat \| friendliness \| giving \| good nature \| heart \| ill nature \| impartiality \| inclination \| leaning \| lending \| literalism \| loaning \| loneliness \| lonesomeness \| mental attitude \| mine disposal \| moodiness \| morale \| mordacity \| movement \| nature \| nervousness \| nonpartisanship \| optimism \| partiality \| partisanship \| perfectionism \| permissiveness \| perseveration \| pessimism \| physicality \| predisposition \| predisposition \| proclivity \| proneness \| propensity \| propensity \| property \| set \| sewage disposal \| solitariness \| solitude \| spirit \| sympathy \| team spirit \| tendency \| tolerance \| trend \| uncheerfulness \| understanding \| unfriendliness \| unpermissiveness \| unsociability \| unsociableness \| unwillingness \| willingness Disposition In Webster's Dictionary \Dis`po*si"tion\, n. [F. disposition, dispositio, fr. disponere to dispose; dis- + ponere to place. See {Position}, and cf. {Dispone}.] 1. 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. --Acts vii. 53. The disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece. --Dryden. 2. 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. 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. Conscious inclination; propension or propensity. How stands your disposition to be married? --Shak. 5. 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.'' --Hallam. ``He is of a very melancholy disposition.'' --Shak. His disposition led him to do things agreeable to his quality and condition wherein God had placed him. --Strype. 6. Mood; humor. As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on. --Shak. Syn: Disposal; adjustment; regulation; arrangement; distribution; order; method; adaptation; inclination; propensity; bestowment; alienation; character; temper; mood. -- {Disposition}, {Character}, {Temper}. Disposition is the natural humor of a person, the predominating quality of his character, the constitutional habit of his mind. Character is this disposition influenced by motive, training, and will. Temper is a quality of the fiber of character, and is displayed chiefly when the emotions, especially the passions, are aroused.

Disposition Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disposition?

[n] the act or means of getting rid of something
[n] your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
[n] a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture"
[n] 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disposition: disposal | inclination | temperament | tendency

Disposition In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis`po*si"tion\, n. [F. disposition, dispositio,
fr. disponere to dispose; dis- + ponere to place. See
{Position}, and cf. {Dispone}.]
1. 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.                               --Acts vii.
                                               53.

         The disposition of the work, to put all things in a
         beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be
         of a piece.                           --Dryden.

2. 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. 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. Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.

         How stands your disposition to be married? --Shak.

5. 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.''
   --Hallam. ``He is of a very melancholy disposition.''
   --Shak.

         His disposition led him to do things agreeable to
         his quality and condition wherein God had placed
         him.                                  --Strype.

6. Mood; humor.

         As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an
         antic disposition on.                 --Shak.

Syn: Disposal; adjustment; regulation; arrangement;
     distribution; order; method; adaptation; inclination;
     propensity; bestowment; alienation; character; temper;
     mood. -- {Disposition}, {Character}, {Temper}.
     Disposition is the natural humor of a person, the
     predominating quality of his character, the
     constitutional habit of his mind. Character is this
     disposition influenced by motive, training, and will.
     Temper is a quality of the fiber of character, and is
     displayed chiefly when the emotions, especially the
     passions, are aroused.

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