DISPOSITION


Meaning of DISPOSITION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪspəzɪʃ(ə)n ]

( dispositions)

1.

Someone’s disposition is the way that they tend to behave or feel.

The rides are unsuitable for people of a nervous disposition...

= nature

N-COUNT : usu supp N

2.

A disposition to do something is a willingness to do it. ( FORMAL )

This has given him a disposition to consider our traditions critically...

= inclination

N-SING : usu N to-inf

3.

If you refer to the disposition of a number of objects, you mean the pattern in which they are arranged or their positions in relation to each other. ( FORMAL )

= arrangement

N-SING : the N of n

4.

The disposition of money or property is the act of giving or distributing it to a number of people. ( LEGAL )

Judge Stacks was appointed to oversee the disposition of funds.

= distribution

N-COUNT : N of n

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