Sample sentences for DISPOSITION

4 meanings

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1 —as in:
a kind disposition

Definition

someone's normal mood, personality, or typical way of behaving

She has a cheerful disposition.

disposition = normal mood or typical way of behaving

Other Uses (with this meaning)

We'll see if her cheerful disposition continues when she's tired and under stress.

disposition = someone's normal mood or typical way of behaving

She is an open-minded senator with a conservative disposition.

disposition = inclination

Her disposition is to work within whatever guidelines are set. She'll do a great job unless you need a rule breaker to solve this problem.

disposition = inclination

He had the meanest disposition of any boy I had ever known.
Wilson Rawls -- Where the Red Fern Grows

disposition = normal mood, personality, or inclination

She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her.
Jane Austen -- Pride and Prejudice

disposition = normal mood or personality

I now perceive it was not altogether your brother's evil disposition made him seek his death;
William Shakespeare -- King Lear

disposition = normal mood, personality, or inclination

He is a young man, full of energy and talent in his own way, and of a very faithful disposition.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

disposition = normal mood, personality, or inclination

But what I chiefly admired ... was the strong disposition I observed in them towards news and politics,
Jonathan Swift -- Gulliver's Travels

disposition = inclination

Her more fearless disposition and happier nerves made everything easy to her there.
Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park

disposition = temperament (personality)

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2 —as in:
disposition of the matter

Definition

the decision or action taken when an issue was settled so that it no longer requires attention

What was the disposition of the court?

disposition = the decision or action taken when an issue was settled so that it no longer requires attention

That August, the Japanese War Ministry would issue a clarification of this order, sending it to all POW camp commanders: At such time as the situation becomes urgent and it be extremely important, the POWs will be concentrated and confined in their present location and under heavy guard the preparation for the final disposition will be made ....
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

disposition = action taken when an issue is settled so it no longer requires attention

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3 —as in:
disposition of the assets

Definition

the giving, selling, or transferring of something to another

Our lawyer is handling disposition of the estate property.

disposition = the giving, selling, or transferring of something to another

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The store is closing down. We have not decided on the disposition of the inventory.

disposition = transferring of ownership

As a final disposition I contemplate depositing them with the Essex Historical Society.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

disposition = transfer of possession

Frankly we did our best to prevent such a testamentary disposition, and pointed out certain contingencies that might leave her daughter either penniless or not so free as she should be to act regarding a matrimonial alliance.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

disposition = transferring items of value

Frankly, however, I must admit that in this case any other form of disposition would have rendered impossible the carrying out of her wishes. For by her predeceasing her daughter the latter would have come into possession of the property, and...
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

disposition = transferring items of value

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4 —as in:
strategic troop disposition

Definition

the arrangement, positioning, or use of things

They met to discuss the best disposition of border control agents along the southern border.

disposition = positioning

Other Uses (with this meaning)

Was disposition of the troops done in a strategic manner?
Mother Jones

disposition = positioning

When we came to the discussion of the sequence of our efforts and of the disposition of our forces, there were new sources of doubt.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

disposition = positioning

But I disliked him for speaking them: he had spoken as someone who had foreseen it all and had made his dispositions.
V.S. Naipaul -- A Bend in the River

dispositions = arrangements

...in all probability, he does not know that such a power exists to us as can sterilize his lairs, so that he cannot use them as of old. We are now so much further advanced in our knowledge as to their disposition that, when we have examined the house in Piccadilly, we may track the very last of them.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

disposition = arrangement or use of things

and giving them a sudden turn, the whole disposition of the words was entirely changed.
Jonathan Swift -- Gulliver's Travels

disposition = the arrangement or position

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