disposition (ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən
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Definitions
noun
- a person's usual temperament or frame of mind
- a natural or acquired tendency, inclination, or habit in a person or thing
- another word for disposal (sense 2) , disposal (sense 3) , disposal (sense 4) , disposal (sense 5)
- philosophy logic a property that consists not in the present state of an object, but in its propensity to change in a certain way under certain conditions, as brittleness which consists in the propensity to break when struck Compare occurrent
- archaic manner of placing or arranging
Alternative Forms
ˌdispoˈsitional adjectiveSynonyms
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tendency,
inclination,
propensity,
habit,
leaning,
bent,
bias,
readiness,
predisposition,
proclivity,
proneness,
Usage examples
At Mrs Lorimer's, a piece of roast beef of sinewy disposition was being put into the oven for the lodgers ' Sunday lunch.
, Coffin on the Water (1986)Beware, Mr prime minister, the disposition that breeds inaction.
Business Today (1997)Readers of a nervous disposition should look away at this point.
Courier, Sunday Mail (2004)However, neither the crisis nor the calls for his own sacking appear to have altered Dolan's chipper disposition.
Times, Sunday Times (2002){ sill } 1. An igneous intrusion of roughly horizontal disposition.
, Geography Basic Facts (1983)