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.
- She is an open-minded senator with a conservative disposition.
- 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.
- He had the meanest disposition of any boy I had ever known.Wilson Rawls -- Where the Red Fern Grows
- 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
- I now perceive it was not altogether your brother's evil disposition made him seek his death;William Shakespeare -- King Lear
- He is a young man, full of energy and talent in his own way, and of a very faithful disposition.Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- But what I chiefly admired ... was the strong disposition I observed in them towards news and politics,Jonathan Swift -- Gulliver's Travels
- Her more fearless disposition and happier nerves made everything easy to her there.Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park
disposition = someone's normal mood or typical way of behaving
disposition = inclination
disposition = inclination
disposition = normal mood, personality, or inclination
disposition = normal mood or personality
disposition = normal mood, personality, or inclination
disposition = normal mood, personality, or inclination
disposition = inclination
disposition = temperament (personality)
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
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.
- 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
- 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 of ownership
disposition = transferring items of value
disposition = transferring items of value
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
- 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
- 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
- ...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
- and giving them a sudden turn, the whole disposition of the words was entirely changed.Jonathan Swift -- Gulliver's Travels
disposition = positioning
disposition = positioning
dispositions = arrangements
disposition = arrangement or use of things
disposition = the arrangement or position