(~s)
1.
Someone’s ~ is the way that they tend to behave or feel.
The rides are unsuitable for people of a nervous ~...
= nature
N-COUNT: usu supp N
2.
A ~ to do something is a willingness to do it. (FORMAL)
This has given him a ~ to consider our traditions critically...
= inclination
N-SING: usu N to-inf
3.
If you refer to the ~ 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 ~ 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 ~ of funds.
= distribution
N-COUNT: N of n