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English
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Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
disposition (countable and uncountable, plural dispositions)
- The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
- Control over something, or the results produced by the exercise of such control; thus:
- The arrangement or placement of certain things.
The scouts reported on the disposition of the enemy troops.
1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest: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 crunched heavily away into obscurity.
- 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.
1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6):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.
You will have full disposition of these funds.
- (law) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
The court ordered the disposition of all assets.
- Synonyms: assignment, conveyance
- (law) Final decision or settlement.
The disposition of the case will be announced tomorrow.
- (medicine) 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.
- (music) 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.
1749, Henry Fielding, chapter II, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A Millar, , →OCLC, book III:He was, indeed, a lad of a remarkable disposition; sober, discreet, and pious beyond his age […]
- (law) Provision; clause.
2003, Medrano, Amelia Pascual, Active Legitimization in Constitutional Proceedings: The Spanish Case, page 167: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, 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:The dispositions of this Act shall not be applied in case of […]
1999, Albanian Law on Foreigners, page 1: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 law
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tendency or inclination
- Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: предразположение (bg) n (predrazpoloženie), склонност (bg) f (sklonnost)
- Catalan: inclinació (ca) f
- Czech: náchylnost f
- Danish: disposition (da) c
- Dutch: gezindheid (nl) f
- French: disposition (fr) f
- Galician: inclinación (gl) f
- German: Neigung (de) f, Gesinnung (de) f, Hang (de) m, Veranlagung (de) f
- Greek: κλίση (el) f (klísi), τάση (el) f (tási), ροπή (el) f (ropí)
- Greenlandic: iliuuseqarneq
- Irish: méin f
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: скло́ност f (sklónost)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: disposisjon m
- Nynorsk: disposisjon m
- Romanian: înclinație (ro) f (spre, către), dispoziție (ro) f (spre, către)
- Russian: предрасположе́ние (ru) n (predraspoložénije), скло́нность (ru) f (sklónnostʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: nàdar m
- Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: inclinación (es) f
- Swedish: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: please add this translation if you can
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The arrangement or placement of certain things
- Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: разоложение n (razoloženie), разставяне n (razstavjane)
- Catalan: disposició (ca) f
- Danish: ordning c, fordeling c, anbringelse (da) c, placering c
- Dutch: please add this translation if you can
- French: disposition (fr) f
- Galician: disposición (gl) f
- German: Einteilung (de) f, Gliederung (de) f, Anordnung (de) f
- Greek: διευθέτηση (el) f (diefthétisi), διάταξη (el) f (diátaxi), ρύθμιση (el) f (rýthmisi)
- Ancient: διάθεσις f (diáthesis)
- Japanese: 処分 (ja) (しょぶん, shobun)
- Macedonian: распореду́вање n (rasporedúvanje), распределу́вање n (raspredelúvanje)
- Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
- Plautdietsch: Veheltniss n
- Romanian: dispozitiv (ro) n
- Russian: расположе́ние (ru) n (raspoložénije), расстано́вка (ru) f (rasstanóvka), размеще́ние (ru) n (razmeščénije)
- Sanskrit: विधान (sa) n (vidhāna)
- Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: розташува́ння n (roztašuvánnja)
- Welsh: please add this translation if you can
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Temperamental makeup or habitual mood
- Azerbaijani: xasiyyət (az), qılıq
- Bulgarian: характер (bg) m (harakter), нрав (bg) m (nrav)
- Catalan: caràcter (ca) m, temperament (ca) m
- Danish: natur (da) c, gemyt n
- French: tempérament (fr) m
- German: Gemütsstimmung f, Gemütsart f, Geistesart f
- Greek: διάθεση (el) f (diáthesi)
- Ancient: ἦθος n (êthos)
- Icelandic: lund (is) f
- Irish: méin f
- Japanese: 性分 (ja) (shoubun)
- Macedonian: расположе́ние (raspoložénie)
- Ottoman Turkish: طمر (damar), عرق (ʿırk), طبع (tabʼ)
- Russian: хара́ктер (ru) m (xarákter), нрав (ru) m (nrav), темпера́мент (ru) m (temperáment)
- Spanish: temperamento (es) m, carácter (es) m
- Zulu: inhliziyo (zu) class 9/10
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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.
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Danish
Noun
disposition c (singular definite dispositionen, plural indefinite dispositioner)
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Declension
Declension of disposition
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Finnish
Noun
disposition
- genitive singular of dispositio
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dispositiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
disposition f (plural dispositions)
- arrangement; layout
- disposal; the ability or authority to use something
- step; arrangement; measure
- disposition; tendency
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Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dispositiō.
Noun
disposition oblique singular, f (oblique plural dispositions, nominative singular disposition, nominative plural dispositions)
- arrangement; layout
Swedish
Noun
disposition c
- disposal (right to make use of something, typically something one doesn't own)
Våningen står till er disposition- The apartment is at your disposal
- disposition (arrangement, organization)
- a disposition (planned measure, for example within the military)
- natural susceptibility (especially to a disease)
- (less common) (present) condition of someone or something (mentally or physically)
Declension
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