disposition
IPA: dɪspʌzˈɪʃʌn
noun
- The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
- Control over something, or the results produced by the exercise of such control; thus:
- The arrangement or placement of certain things.
- Control over something, especially with regard to disposing or dispensing with an action item (disposal of a concern, allocation of disbursed funds) or control over the arrangement or placement of certain things.
- (law) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
- (law) Final decision or settlement.
- (medicine) The destination of a patient after medical treatment, especially after emergency triage, first line treatment, or surgery; the choice made for the next venue of care.
- (music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
- Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
- temperament, temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
- (law) Provision; clause.
verb
- To remove or place in a different position.
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Examples of "disposition" in Sentences
- As filmmakers, the disposition is a lot more mature.
- Natalie had left what they call a disposition behind her.
- His unkempt hair looks natural and his rosy-cheeked disposition is not at all off-putting.
- A tragic character of Mahabharata, her fearless life and strong disposition is very relevant to the contemporary socio-political context.
- We seek income because we want income, to dispose of as we see fit, and only part of that disposition is what is conventionally, and somewhat artificially, called consumption.
- This disposition is awfully fearful in any community; and that it now exists in ours, though grating to our feelings to admit, it would be a violation of truth, and an insult to our intelligence, to deny.
- In Texas justice and municipal courts, where deferred disposition is used for traffic and minor misdemeanors, the burden is on the defendant to demonstrate compliance with the conditions, and he gets a hearing to do so.
- "The fees collected from the nuclear industry are legally mandated and reviewed every year, and will pay the cost of the eventual, long-term disposition of the materials with alternatives to Yucca Mountain," said Stephanie Mueller, a spokeswoman for the Energy Department.
- Towards men this disposition is the opposite of high-mindedness, and a quarrelsome and revengeful spirit; it "rather takes wrong, and suffers itself to be defrauded" (1Co 6: 7); it "avenges not itself, but rather gives place unto wrath" (Ro 12: 19); like the meek One, "when reviled, it reviles not again; when it suffers, it threatens not: but commits itself to Him that judgeth righteously" (1Pe 2: 19-22).
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