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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disposition \Dis`po*si"tion\, n. [F. disposition, dispositio, fr. disponere to dispose; dis- + ponere to place. See Position, and cf. Dispone.]
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The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels.
--Acts vii. 53.The disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece.
--Dryden. The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice.
Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.
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Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.
How stands your disposition to be married?
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Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind. ``A man of turbulent disposition.''
--Hallam. ``He is of a very melancholy disposition.''
--Shak.His disposition led him to do things agreeable to his quality and condition wherein God had placed him.
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Mood; humor.
As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on.
--Shak.Syn: Disposal; adjustment; regulation; arrangement; distribution; order; method; adaptation; inclination; propensity; bestowment; alienation; character; temper; mood. -- Disposition, Character, Temper. Disposition is the natural humor of a person, the predominating quality of his character, the constitutional habit of his mind. Character is this disposition influenced by motive, training, and will. Temper is a quality of the fiber of character, and is displayed chiefly when the emotions, especially the passions, are aroused.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "ordering, management," also "tendency of mind," from Old French disposicion (12c.) "arrangement, order; mood, state of mind," from Latin dispositionem (nominative dispositio) "arrangement, management," noun of action from past participle stem of disponere "to put in order, arrange" (see dispose). References to "temperament" (late 14c. in English) are from astrological use of the word for "position of a planet as a determining influence."
Wiktionary
n. The arrangement or placement of certain things. vb. To remove or place in a different position.
WordNet
n. your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition" [syn: temperament]
the act or means of getting rid of something [syn: disposal]
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" [syn: inclination, tendency]
a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture"
Wikipedia
A disposition is a tendency to act in a specified way.
Disposition may also refer to:
- Disposition (law), a final decision or settlement
- Disposition (harpsichord), the set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord
- "Disposition" (song), a 2001 progressive metal song by Tool
- Testamentary disposition, any gift of any property by a testator under the terms of a will
- "Disposition" (math), an uncommon way to refer to permutation of n elements over k positions.
A disposition is an artificial habit, a preparation, a state of readiness, or a tendency to act in a specified way that may be learned.
The terms dispositional belief and occurrent belief refer, in the former case, to a belief that is held in the mind but not currently being considered, and in the latter case, to a belief that is currently being considered by the mind.
In Bourdieu's theory of fields, dispositions are the natural tendencies of each individual to take on a specific position in any field. There is no strict determinism through one's dispositions. The habitus is the choice of positions according to one's dispositions. However, in retrospect a space of possibles can always be observed.
A disposition is not a process or event in some duration in time, but rather the state, preparation, or tendency of a structure "in waiting". In the field of possibilities its actual triggering has a statistical value.
The disposition of a harpsichord is the set of choirs of strings it contains. This article describes various dispositions and gives the standard notation for describing them.
If a harpsichord contains just one set of strings at normal concert pitch, its disposition is called 1 x 8'. Here, the 8' means eight foot pitch, which designates normal pitch.
Harpsichord makers sometimes produced ottavini, which were little harpsichords that sounded one octave above normal pitch. The disposition of an ottavino would be called 1 x 4', meaning it has one set of strings at four foot pitch.
More substantial harpsichords contain more than one choir of strings. Their dispositions are described as above, using digits to count each type of choir. Thus, for example, many historical Italian harpsichords had the disposition 2 x 8'. The harpsichords of the celebrated French makers of the 18th century, such as Pascal Taskin, were more often 2 x 8', 1 x 4' (the 4' choir sounded simultaneously with one or both of the 8' choirs, combining to produce a sound with 8' pitch, but an edgier tone quality). German makers occasionally included a 16-foot choir (one octave lower), which combined auditorily with the 8-foot choirs to produce a deep, sonorous tone; thus an instrument built 1710 by the German builder J. A. Hass had the disposition 1 x 16', 2 x 8', 1 x 4'.
Usage examples of "disposition".
He agrees that in the light of enemy dispositions it is right to postpone the March convoy.
The seemingly random disposition of Chinese surface ships resolved into a classic amphibious operations and antiair formation.
The comparative contentment of the great Sheikh at this moment, her silence, and the sudden departure of Fakredeen, induced Baroni to believe that there was yet something on the cards, and, being of a sanguine disposition, he sincerely encouraged his master, who, however, did not appear to be very desponding.
Birdsong instead of a playmate with a sunny disposition like Bena Peyton.
It was probable he would have been tyrannical with Bids too, if the girl had been of another disposition.
The number of the Blemmyes, scattered between the Island of Meroe and the Red Sea, was very inconsiderable, their disposition was unwarlike, their weapons rude and inoffensive.
The English line tends to be smaller and stockier than the American line, with blockier heads and gentle, calm dispositions.
When it became clear that the Allies would not land there but on the Channel coast, new dispositions were made and all boats were sent to the Channel.
The disposition of the boats now deviates in numerous points from the plan originally laid down for the U-boats.
No less was this than a precept from the Pratica Segreta that the horses were to be put at the disposition of the Cavaliere Aquamorta, of whom the State was most anxious to be rid.
On the 10th of April, 1848, when the great Chartist meeting took place near London, the dispositions made by the great duke to put down any attempt at insurrection, excited the admiration of all military men.
Not only is churchgoing perfunctory or absent, but in all ranks of life there is a disposition to make it a day of rest and amusement--sometimes the amusement rather than the rest.
There are but three, or at most four groups that could be defined as distinct clusters, and even in the case of these the disposition is so irregular and their boundaries so ill defined, through the great number of outlying small groups scattered about, that they can hardly be considered distinct.
There is a disposition on the part of artists to tell stories, to encroach upon the sentiment of literature, to paint with a dry brush in harsh unsympathetic colors, to ignore relations of light-and-shade, and to slur beauties of form.
Without an instant of unnecessary delay the dispositions were made, and no fewer than eight columns slipped upon the chase.