dis·po·si·tion (d s p -zsh n)n. 1. One's usual mood; temperament: a sweet disposition. 2. a. A habitual inclination; a tendency: a disposition to disagree. b. A physical property or tendency: a swelling with a disposition to rupture. 3. Arrangement, positioning, or distribution: a cheerful disposition of colors and textures; a convoy oriented into a north-south disposition. 4. A final settlement: disposition of the deceased's property. 5. An act of disposing; a bestowal or transfer to another. 6. a. The power or liberty to control, direct, or dispose. b. Management; control. [Middle English disposicioun, from Old French disposition, from Latin dispositi  , dispositin-, from dispositus, past participle of dispnere, to dispose; see dispose.]Synonyms: disposition, temperament, character, personality, nature These nouns refer to the combination of qualities that identify a person. Disposition is approximately equivalent to prevailing frame of mind or spirit: "A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side" (George Eliot). Temperament applies broadly to the sum of physical, emotional, and intellectual components that affect or determine a person's actions and reactions: "She is . . . of a serene and proud and dignified temperament" (H.G. Wells). Character especially emphasizes moral and ethical qualities: "Education has for its object the formation of character" (Herbert Spencer). Personality is the sum of distinctive traits that give a person individuality: possessed a truly unique personality. Nature denotes native or inherent qualities: "It is my habit,  I hope I may say, my nature,to believe the best of people" (George W. Curtis). |
disposition [ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən]
n
1. a person's usual temperament or frame of mind
2. (Psychology) a natural or acquired tendency, inclination, or habit in a person or thing
3. (Business / Commerce) another word for disposal [2-5]
4. (Philosophy) Philosophy Logic a property that consists not in the present state of an object, but in its propensity to change in a certain way under certain conditions, as brittleness which consists in the propensity to break when struck Compare occurrent
5. Archaic manner of placing or arranging
dispositional adj
1. Distribution of the elements of a command within an area; usually the exact location of each unit headquarters and the deployment of the forces subordinate to it.
2. A prescribed arrangement of the stations to be occupied by the several formations and single ships of a fleet, or major subdivisions of a fleet, for any purpose, such as cruising, approach, maintaining contact, or battle.
3. A prescribed arrangement of all the tactical units composing a flight or group of aircraft. See also deployment; dispersion.
4. (DOD only) The removal of a patient from a medical treatment facility by reason of return to duty, transfer to another treatment facility, death, or other termination of medical case.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  disposition - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"nature - the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others" physicality, animalism - preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites bloodthirstiness, bloodiness - a disposition to shed blood nervousness - a sensitive or highly strung temperament esprit de corps, team spirit, morale - the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed moodiness - having temperamental and changeable moods blood - temperament or disposition; "a person of hot blood" cheerfulness, sunniness, cheer, sunshine - the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room" uncheerfulness - not conducive to cheer or good spirits perfectionism - a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable; "his perfectionism seemed excessive to his students" permissiveness, tolerance - a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior unpermissiveness, restrictiveness - a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits good nature - a cheerful, obliging disposition agreeability, agreeableness - a temperamental disposition to be agreeable ill nature - a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition disagreeableness - an ill-tempered and offensive disposition willingness - cheerful compliance; "he expressed his willingness to help" involuntariness, unwillingness - the trait of being unwilling; "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton" friendliness - a friendly disposition unsociability, unsociableness - an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship unfriendliness - an unfriendly disposition calm, calmness, composure, equanimity - steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" discomposure - a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure optimism - a general disposition to expect the best in all things pessimism - a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things epicurism - the disposition and habits of an epicure gourmandism - the disposition and habits of a gourmand |
| 2. | disposition - the act or means of getting rid of something appointment - (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment; "she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment" comb-out - the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people; "the department got a good comb-out" giving - disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return; "the alumni followed a program of annual giving" abandonment - the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away mine disposal - the disposal of explosive mines sewage disposal - the disposal of sewage | |
| 3. | disposition - an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" attitude, mental attitude - a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun" direction - a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals determined the direction of his career"; "they proposed a new direction for the firm" trend, drift, movement - a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" Call - a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call" denominationalism - the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations devices - an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'; "eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force"; "the children were left to their own devices" sympathy, understanding - an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding" favoritism, favouritism - an inclination to favor some person or group bent, set - a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious" literalism - a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense perseveration - the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it predisposition - an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way dislike, disfavor, disfavour, disapproval - an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group partisanship, partiality - an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives impartiality, nonpartisanship - an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally | |
| 4. | disposition - a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture" property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" aptness, propensity - a disposition to behave in a certain way; "the aptness of iron to rust"; "the propensity of disease to spread" mordacity - a disposition to biting predisposition - a disposition in advance to react in a particular way proneness - being disposed to do something; "accident proneness" separatism - a disposition toward schism and secession from a larger group; the principles and practices of separatists; "separatism is a serious problem in Quebec"; "demands for some form of separatism on grounds of religion have been perceived as a threat to mainstream education" tendency, inclination - a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink" |
disposition
noun
1. character, nature, spirit, make-up, constitution, temper, temperament his friendly and cheerful disposition
2. tendency, inclination, propensity, habit, leaning, bent, bias, readiness, predisposition, proclivity, proneness They show no disposition to take risks.
3. arrangement, grouping, ordering, organization, distribution, disposal, placement the disposition of walls and entrances
4. control, management, direction, regulation, disposal to oversee the disposition of funds
Translations
disposition [ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən] N
1. (= temperament) → carácter m, temperamento m
2. (= placing) [of ornaments, furniture] → disposición f, colocación f; [of troops] → despliegue m
3. (= inclination) → predisposición f (to a) I have no disposition to help him → no estoy dispuesto a ayudarle
disposition [ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən] n
(= temperament) → naturel m, tempérament m
to be of a nervous disposition → avoir un tempérament nerveux
to be of a nervous disposition → avoir un tempérament nerveux
(= inclination) a disposition to do sth → une tendance à faire qch
a disposition towards sth → une tendance envers qch
a disposition towards sth → une tendance envers qch
(formal) (= arrangement) → disposition f
disposition
n
(form: = arrangement) (of buildings, ornaments) → Anordnung f; (of forces) → Aufstellung f; (Jur: of money, property) → Verfügung f
disposition [ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃ/ən] n (frm)
disposition [ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃ/ən] n (frm)
a. (temperament) → indole f, temperamento; (tendency) disposition to sth/to do sth → tendenza a qc/a fare qc, inclinazione f
he was always of a nervous disposition → è sempre stato ansioso di carattere
he was always of a nervous disposition → è sempre stato ansioso di carattere
b. (arrangement) → disposizione f
disposition [ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃ/ən] n (frm)
a. (temperament) → indole f, temperamento; (tendency) disposition to sth/to do sth → tendenza a qc/a fare qc, inclinazione f
he was always of a nervous disposition → è sempre stato ansioso di carattere
he was always of a nervous disposition → è sempre stato ansioso di carattere
b. (arrangement) → disposizione f
n disposition [dispəˈziʃən]
personality He has a pleasant disposition. geaardheid, gemoedstoestand, instelling طَبْع، مِزاج، أخْلاق характер povaha gemyt; temperament die Veranlagung χαρακτήρας, προσωπικότητα carácter, temperamento meelelaad; iseloom خو؛ منش persoonallisuus caractère מֶזֶג प्रबंध, स्वभाव, प्रकृति dispozicija, razmještaj természet kepribadian lunderni carattere 性質 기질 būdas, charakteris raksturs; nosliece penyususnan aard vesen, personlighet, karakter usposobienie temperamento fire, caracter характер; нрав povaha značaj ćud läggning, sätt นิสัยใจคอ kişilik, karakter, tabiat 氣質，性情 характер, натура مزاج tính cách 气质，性情
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