disposition
UK/ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən//ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
disposition noun: the arrangement or placement of certain things.
Noun
disposition (countable and uncountable, plural dispositions)
- The arrangement or placement of certain things.
- The scouts reported on the disposition of the enemy troops.
- The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette...1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
- Control over something, especially with regard to disposing or dispensing with an action item (disposal of a concern, allocation of disbursed funds) or control over the arrangement or placement of certain things.
- You will have full disposition of these funds.
- Seduced at the age of 10 by a famous sodomist named Duplessis, he had since been at the disposition of a number of homosexual persons, including officers, priests, and marquises.1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)
- Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
- The court ordered the disposition of all assets.
- Synonyms:
- assignment, conveyance
- Final decision or settlement.
- The disposition of the case will be announced tomorrow.
- The destination of a patient after medical treatment, especially after emergency triage, first line treatment, or surgery; the choice made for the next venue of care.
- The patient was given a disposition for outpatient care, as ward admission was not indicated.
- The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
- This small harpsichord has a 1 x 4' disposition.
- Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
- I have little disposition now to do as you say.
- Salt has a disposition to dissolve in water.
- Temperament, temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
- She has a sunny disposition.
- He has such a foul disposition.
- Provision; clause.
- The C.C. is the supreme interpreter of the Constitution (Section 1 of the O.L.C.C.) and, as we have already said, it was granted the monopoly of declaring unconstitutional the legal dispositions.2003, Medrano, Amelia Pascual, Active Legitimization in Constitutional Proceedings: The Spanish Case, page 167
- The dispositions of this Act shall not be applied in case of […]2003, Act XXI of 2003 on the Establishment of the European Works Council and on the Establishment of the Procedure of Informing and Consulting Employees, page 23
Verb
disposition (third-person singular simple present dispositions, present participle dispositioning, simple past and past participle dispositioned)
- To remove or place in a different position.
disposition meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
disposition in Hindi
- disposition, temperament
- फ़ितरत fitrat
- disposition, character, nature
- भाव bhāv
disposition in Tamil
- அமைப்பு, ஏற்பாடு, தன்மை, மனநிலை, ஏற்பாடு அமைப்பு தன்மை அளிப்படை, ஒழுங்கமைதி
disposition in Marathi
- disposition, fundamental tendency
- वृत्ती vruttī
disposition in Urdu
- disposition, removal
- رفع raf'
- disposition
- فطرت fitrat, سرشت sariśt
- disposition, nature
- نہاد nihād
More languagesFewer languages
- disposition in Bengali
- স্বভাব, মেজাজ, বিন্যাস, বিলিব্যবস্থা
- disposition in Malayalam
- പ്രകൃതം, ക്രമീകരിക്കൽ, മനോഭാവം, നിർവ്വഹണം
- disposition in Kannada
- ಮಾರು māru, ಒಲವು olavu, ನಡತೆ naḍate, ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ prakṛti
- disposition in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧ prabandh
- disposition in Sanskrit
- विधान vidhāna
Examples of disposition in a sentence
- Yet I have noticed a disposition on the part of quite a diversity of present-day commentators to denigrate those engines.1960 May, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 343:
- He was, indeed, a lad of a remarkable disposition; sober, discreet, and pious beyond his age […]1749, Henry Fielding, chapter II, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew]...
- Sometimes I'm happy / Sometimes I'm blue / My disposition / Depends on you1925, “Sometimes I'm Happy”, Irving Caesar (lyrics), Vincent Youmans (music):
- an obligation that can arise as a consequence of an expected action or inaction of the foreign person that goes against the dispositions of this law1999, Albanian Law on Foreigners, page 1:
Synonyms of disposition
Forms of disposition
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dispositions |
| alternative form | dispotion |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dispositions |
| present participle | dispositioning |
| past participle | dispositioned |
| past | dispositioned |
Origin of disposition
From Middle English disposicioun, from Middle French disposition, from Latin dispositiōnem, accusative singular of dispositiō, from dispōnō. By surface analysis, dispose + -ition. Doublet of dispositio.
Words formed from disposition
- ambulatory disposition
- counterdisposition
- dispositional
- disposition bias
- disposition effect
- disposition hearing
- disposition index
- maldisposition
- misdisposition
- redisposition
- testamentary disposition
Phrases with disposition
Questions about disposition
- What does disposition mean?
- Disposition means the arrangement or placement of certain things.
- What is disposition in Hindi?
- Disposition in Hindi is फ़ितरत (fitrat), भाव (bhāv). See Disposition meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use disposition in a sentence?
- Yet I have noticed a disposition on the part of quite a diversity of present-day commentators to denigrate those engines.
- What part of speech is disposition?
- Disposition can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce disposition?
- Disposition is pronounced /ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of disposition?
- The plural of disposition is dispositions.
Words near disposition in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disposition (page history and authors); फ़ितरत (Hindi) (page history and authors); disposition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वृत्ती (Marathi) (page history and authors); رفع (Urdu) (page history and authors); disposition (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disposition (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಒಲವು (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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