disposition
English
/ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪ.ʃən/, /ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪ.ʃɪn/
noun
Definitions
- The arrangement or placement of certain things.
- Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
- Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
- Control over something.
- (legal) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
- (legal) Final decision or settlement.
- (medicine) The destination of a patient after medical treatment such as surgery.
- (music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English disposicioun derived from Middle French disposition derived from Latin dispositiōnem suffix from English dispose.
Origin
English
dispose
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- counterdispositional English
- disposability English
- disposable English
- disposal English
- dispose English
- disposement English
- disposer English
- disposest English
- disposeth English
- dispositional English
- dispositionalism English
- dispositionalist English
- dispositionally English
- disposophobia English
- foredispose English
- misdisposition English
- predisposition English
- predispositional English
- reaction English
- redispose English
- redisposition English
- dispositiōnem Latin
- disposer French
- disposicioun Middle English
- indisposicioun Middle English
- posicioun Middle English
- undisposicioun Middle English
- disposition Old French
- disposisyon Cebuano
- disposition Middle French