Monday 7th November 2016
Disposition - /dɪspəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/
Noun
1a) A person's inherent qualities of mind and character.
1b) [often with infinitive] An inclination or tendency.
2a) [mass noun] The way in which something is placed or arranged, especially
in relation to other things.
2b) The action of arranging people or things in a particular
way.
2c) The stationing of troops ready for military
action.
3) Law
[mass noun] The distribution or transfer of property or money to someone,
especially by bequest.
4a) The power to deal with
something as one pleases.
4b) archaic The determination of events by divine power.
Example sentences
Noun
1a) ‘a
sweet-natured girl of a placid disposition’
1a) ‘he
has the disposition of a saint’
1b) ‘the
Prime Minister has shown a disposition to alter policies’
1b) ‘the
judge's disposition to clemency’
2a) ‘the plan shows the disposition of the rooms’
2b) ‘the prerogative gives the state widespread powers
regarding the disposition and control of the armed forces’
2c) ‘the new strategic dispositions of our forces’
3) ‘this is a tax which affects the disposition of
assets on death’
4a) ‘if Napoleon had had railways at
his disposition, he would have been invincible’
4b) ‘The first is that there are good reasons to think that there are
irreducible dispositions in nature, and that where such dispositions are
manifested, there are logically necessary casual connections.’
Origin
Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin dispositio(n-), from disponere arrange (see dispose).
Thanks to: www.oxforddictionaries.com
