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Definition: Disposition |
DispositionNoun1. Your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition". 2. The act or means of getting rid of something. 3. 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". 4. A natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing: "a swelling with a disposition to rupture". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "disposition" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Disposition \Dis`po*si"tion\, noun. [French expression disposition, dispositio, from disponere to dispose; dis- ponere to place. See Position, and compare to Dispone.]. (references) |
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Archeological | Actions taken to records deemed to not be current after appraisal. Actions include transfer to a records center for temporary storage, transfer to an archival agency, donation to an eligible repository, reproduction on microfilm, and destruction. (references) |
Health | A tendency either physical or mental toward certain diseases. (references) |
Law | Act of disposing; transferring to the care or possession of another. The parting with, alienation or, or giving up property. (Black's, 5th ed. , 1979, p. 1979). Source: European Union. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | An action to determine how a departure from specified requirements is to be handled or settled. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | The last stage in the records management cycle is the --. Of course, all records that no longer serve a useful purpose should be destroyed. . . also: disposing; disposition p. 220). Source: European Union. (references) |
| The condition of an area which renders it prone to the occurrence of a hazardous process. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Synonyms: DispositionSynonyms: disposal (n), inclination (n), temperament (n), tendency (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affections | Noun: affections, affect; character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone; temper, temperament; diathesis, idiosyncrasy; cast of mind, cast of soul, habit of mind, habit of soul, frame of mind, frame of soul; predilection, turn, natural turn of mind; bent, bias, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, propensity, propenseness, propension, propendency; vein, humor, mood, grain, mettle; sympathy; (love). |
Arrangement | Noun: arrangement; plan; preparation; disposal, disposition; collocation, allocation; distribution; sorting; Verb: assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis, graduation, organization; grouping; tabulation. |
Intrinsicality | Habit; temper, temperament; spirit, humor, grain; disposition. |
Modesty | Noun: modesty; humility; diffidence, timidity; retiring disposition; unobtrusiveness; bashfulness; Adjective: mauvaise honte; blush, blushing; verecundity; self-knowledge. |
Order | Subordination; course, even tenor, routine; method, disposition, arrangement, array, system, economy, discipline orderliness; Adjective: |
Willingness | Disposition, inclination, leaning, animus; frame of mind, humor, mood, vein; bent; (turn of mind); penchant; (desire);disposition, inclination, leaning, animus; frame of mind, humor, mood, vein; bent; (turn of mind); penchant; (desire); aptitude. |
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Crosswords: Disposition |
| Specialty definitions using "disposition": INSPECTOR, MATERIAL DISPOSITION. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "disposition": Dispositor. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Disposition" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (disposition, predisposition), French (accommodation, adjustment, application, aptitude, arrangement, bent, clause, disposal, disposition, forthcoming, laying out, layout, mood, predisposition, provision, regulation, setting, tendency), German (arrangement, disposal, disposition, layout, plan, proneness, susceptibility), Swedish (arrangement, command, disposal, disposition, outline, tendency). |
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Clever | It is not your position that makes you happy or unhappy, it's your disposition. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Mule's Disposition (1926) | |
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 | At Key West, Florida, 2 April 1919. Several other Section Patrol craft are also present, probably awaiting disposition after World War I use. Credit: NAVY. |  | Disposition of one side of a tourney field. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Disposition concernant les étrangers. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Disposition concernant les étrangers. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Benedict Spinoza | Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. |
Edmund Burke | A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. |
Howells | The disposition to give a cup of cold water to a disciple, is a far nobler property than the finest intellect. |
Joseph Addison | A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature. |
Oswald Chambers | Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested. |
Ovid | When disposition wins us, the features please. |
Plutarch | In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker. |
Seneca | No one is better born than another, unless they are born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition. |
St. Thomas Aquinas | Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | It is understood that this must in no way prejudice the right of France to adjust her customs line in this region in conformity with her political frontier, as is done on the other portions of her territorial boundaries, and as was done by Switzerland long ago on her own boundaries in this region The French Government are pleased to note on this subject in what a friendly disposition the Swiss Government take this opportunity of declaring their willingness to consider any French proposal dealing with the system to be substituted for the present regime of the said free zones, which the French Government intend to formulate in the same friendly spirit. (reference) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | This disposition makes unnecessary any discussion whether such segregation also violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | She could now look forward to giving him that full and perfect confidence which her disposition was most ready to welcome as a duty |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Here, one would suppose, might have been sorrow enough to imbue the sunniest disposition, through and through, with a sable tinge |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He carried the purse to the Commissary of Police of the quartier, as a lost article, placed by the finder at the disposition of claimants |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | But if these censurers were better acquainted with the noble and courteous disposition of the Houyhnhnms, they would soon change their opinion |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Neither manifested the least disposition to retreat |
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Health | These include the logistics of the process and concerns about unnecessary transfusions, errors in distribution, testing, and the disposition of unused units. (references) | |
Throughout childhood-perhaps, even, for the rest of their lives-XXY boys retain the same temperament and disposition they first displayed as infants and toddlers. (references) | ||
Business | In spite of adverse trends in world prices for metals and the loss of credibility by the junior mining companies in the aftermath of the Bre-X scandal, the mining industry in Argentina continues to show a healthy disposition towards growth. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Municipal and canton authorities have broad discretion regarding disposition of contested property that was nationalized under the Communist government; many use this as a tool of political patronage, rendering religious leaders dependent on politicians to regain lost property. (references) |
Economic History | Bulgaria | Bulgarian law protects the acquisition and disposition of property rights. (references) |
Singapore | Common law protects and facilitates the acquisition and disposition of all property. (references) | |
Human Rights | Belarus | Several other faculty members also were charged; there were no reports concerning the disposition of their cases by year's end. (references) |
United Arab Emirates | This right most often is invoked in civil cases, with civil defendants at times demanding same-day disposition of the cases filed against them. (references) | |
Guinea | Influential persons often intervene on behalf of their relatives to prevent a negative judgment from being carried out or to affect otherwise the disposition of a case. (references) | |
Minorities | Czech Republic | Criminal charges were dropped against a skinhead charged with rioting for an attack he perpetrated with approximately 14 other skinheads on 5 Roma in a bar in Nachod in February 2000; his case was transferred to the local court for disposition as a misdemeanor offense. (references) |
Political Economy | PERU | The 1993 constitution guarantees free access to and disposition of foreign currency. (references) |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | The individual emirates retain considerable power over legal and economic matters, most significantly over ownership and disposition of oil resources. (references) | |
Trade | Turkey | Treasury also determines the disposition of insolvent banks. (references) |
Zimbabwe | All gold produced in the country is required by law to be sold to the Reserve Bank, which then controls its disposition. (references) | |
Philippines | DENR's revised regulations governing the entry and disposition of imported wood materials (A.O. 99-46) took effect on December 6, 1999. (references) | |
Travel | Ecuador | Some insurance policies also include coverage for psychiatric treatment and for disposition of remains in the event of death. (references) |
Women | Mozambique | Under customary law, they often have no rights to the disposition of the land. (references) |
Mozambique | Family law provides that a married couple's assets belong to the husband, who has full authority to decide on their disposition. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Croatia | However, no data is available regarding the final disposition of the cases. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantidoodles inhabiting the lower part of the peninsula of Oque. Some feeble attempts were made by returned missionaries to introduce it into several European countries, but it appears to have been imperfectly expounded. An example of this faulty exposition is found in the only extant sermon of the pious Bishop Rowley, a characteristic passage from which is here given: "Now righteousness consisteth not merely in a holy state of mind, nor yet in performance of religious rites and obedience to the letter of the law. It is not enough that one be pious and just: one must see to it that others also are in the same state; and to this end compulsion is a proper means. Forasmuch as my injustice may work ill to another, so by his injustice may evil be wrought upon still another, the which it is as manifestly my duty to estop as to forestall mine own tort. Wherefore if I would be righteous I am bound to restrain my neighbor, by force if needful, in all those injurious enterprises from which, through a better disposition and by the help of Heaven, I do myself restrain." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | That disposition to theft with which they have been branded, must be ascribed to their situation, and not to any depravity of the moral sense. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | I present the subject to Congress with a full assurance of their disposition to apply all the remedy which can be afforded by an amendment of the law. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Such a disposition does not exist toward any power. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | In making provision in regard to the disposition of this stock it will be essential to define clearly and strictly the duties and powers of the officer charged with that branch of the public service. |
Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | Our naturalization laws should be so amended as to make the inquiry into the character and good disposition of persons applying for citizenship more careful and searching. |
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| "Disposition" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Disposition" is used about 638 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 638 | 10,210 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "disposition". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Chenaniah | N/A | Biblical | Disposition |
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Expressions using "disposition": Embryo Disposition ♦ hopeful disposition ♦ of amiable and cheerful disposition ♦ put an antic disposition on ♦ right of disposition ♦ testamentary disposition. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "disposition": pre-disposition. | |
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| Language | Translations for "disposition"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | beskikking (accommodation, adjustment, arrangement, decision), begaafdheid (accomplishment, aptitude, talent). (various references) | |
Albanian | ndreqje (adjustment, amendment, correction, dressing, mending, rectification, refit, refitment, reform, repair, restoration, settlement), aftësi (ability, accomplishment, aptitude, bent, capability, capacity, facility, faculty, flair, gift, hand, knack, know how, neatness, power, proficiency, qualification, science, skill, talent, value), flakje (casting, fling, hurl, pitch, throw, throwing), gatishmëri (celerity, complaisance, forwardness, mobility, preparedness, promptitude, readiness, willingness), heqje duarsh, heqje qafe, aftë (able, accomplished, accomplishment, aptitude, capable, gifted, talent, talented), natyrë e njeriut, zgjidhje (annulling, answer, canceling, denouement, disentanglement, disposal, key, resolution, settlement, solution, undoing, unfastening, untying), prirje (affinity, aptitude, bent, current, drift, flair, fondness, gift, habit, inclination, leaning, liability, mission, penchant, proclivity, propensity, run, set, taste, tendency, trend, vocation), renditje (collocation, consecution, enumeration, order, ordering), rregullim (adjustment, arrangement, conciliation, control, disposal, modulation, mopping, rearrangement, regulation, repair, settlement, tuning), shitje (closeout, disposal, market, sale, vending), sistemim (collation, regulation), vendosje (disposal, elicitation, emplacement, erection, establishment, installation, installment, instalment, location, mounting, placement, placing, putting, ranking, situation, stowage), natyrë (character, complexion, habit, kind, make, make up, Mold, mould, nature, sort, stock, temper, type). (various references) | |
Arabic | ميل (affection, aptness, bent, bevel, cant, flair, genius, gradient, gust, gusto, inclination, lean, leaning, liking, obliqueness, obliquity, penchant, persuasion, ply, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, readiness, run, sentiment, set, slant, slope, strain, tendency, tip, turn, use, will), مزاج (cast of mind, complexion, constitution, feather, figure, frame, frame of mind, framing, grain, humor, humour, kidney, mettle, mind, mood, nature, spirits, state of mind, temper, temperament, tone, vein), نزعة (bent, bias, direction, genius, leaning, movement, penchant, ply, predisposition, proclivity, strain, streak, temper, tendency, trend, wind), قابلية (capability, faculty, predisposition, susceptibility, tendency), حسم مسألة ما, حب الحكم, تنظيم (adjustment, arrangement, arranging, arraying, disposal, ordering, organization, organizing, planning, preparation, regulation, systematization), ترتيب (arrangement, arranging, array, configuration, disposal, laying, marshalling, order, orderliness, settlement, system, tidiness), عريكة (character), رغبة (craving, desire, device, hangnail, inclination, longing, lust, mind, readiness, stomach, will, willingness, wish). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | уреждане (accord, adjustment, execution, negotiation), склонност (addiction, affectation, aptitude, bent, bias, fancy, fondness, habit, inclination, leaning, liability, liking, partiality, penchant, ply, predilection, predispose, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, relish, squint, stomach, taste, tendency, turn, vein), разпореждане (administration, disposal, injunction, ordination, writ), разположение (collocation, disposal, emplacement, lay, liking, mood, placement, situation, tune), характер (character, complexion, constitution, fiber, fibre, grit, grittiness, individuality, kidney, make, make up, mentality, metal, mettle, mould, nature, pattern, spirit, stuff, temper, turn), контрол (charge, control, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, lordship, oversight, superintendence, whip hand), групиране (alignment, line up), власт (arm, attribution, authority, authorization, control, grasp, grip, gripe, hand, helm, hold, jurisdiction, lordship, mastership, mastery, obedience, potency, power, reign, rule), нрав (character, constitution, kidney, make, make up, metal, mettle, nature, temper, temperament), диспозиция (disposal). (various references) | |
Chinese | 性 (character, nature, temperament). (various references) | |
Czech | dispozice (bent, disposal, layout, setup), uspořádání (adjustment, arrangement, collocation, disposal, make up, makeup, order, organization, setting), tendence (bias, movement, tendency, trend, undercurrent), sklon (aptitude, bent, bevel, bias, dip, drive, fall, gradient, inclination, lean, leaning, penchant, ply, proclivity, propensity, rake, slant, slope, strain, tendency, tilt, twist), povaha (nature, temper, temperament, vein), nálada (cheer, humor, humour, mood, spirit, spirits, temper, tuning), letora (temper, temperament, turn), inklinace (inclination). (various references) | |
Danish | disposition (predisposition). (various references) | |
Dutch | beschikking (decision, judgment, order, ordinance). (various references) | |
Esperanto | dispono, naturdoto (aptitude, talent, turn). (various references) | |
Faeroese | nakað sum er til taks, nakað at ráða yvir. (various references) | |
Finnish | taipuvaisuus (inclination, leaning, readiness, tendency, willingness), mielenlaatu (turn of mind), luonteenlaatu (temper, temperament), luonnonlaatu (turn of mind), luonne (character, personality), kyky (ability, accomplishment, aptitude, capability, capacity, talent). (various references) | |
French | disposition (disposal). (various references) | |
Frisian | talint (accomplishment, aptitude, talent), betûftens (ability, accomplishment, aptitude, talent). (various references) | |
German | anordnung (adjustment, alignment, appointment, arrangement, array, classification, collocation, decree, disposal, fiat, formation, get up, grouping, injunction, layout, order, ordering, ordinance, position, regulation, serialization), Verwendung (application, assignment, employment, expenditure, intercession, usableness, usage, use, utilization), Einteilung (arrangement, assignment, budgeting, calibration, classification, detailment, division, gradation, graduation, organization, planning, splitting up), Disposition (arrangement, disposal, layout, plan, proneness, susceptibility). (various references) | |
Greek | διάθεση (attitude, cheer, disposal, humor, humour, mood, spirit, temper, vein). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | aftësi (ability, accomplishment, aptitude, talent), aftë (able, accomplished, accomplishment, aptitude, capable, gifted, talent, talented). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מערך (alignment, array, conspectus, deal, formation, layout, lineup, order, project), מערכ" (army, arrangement, array, battery, order, row, series, system), מז' (mixture, temper, temperament), שליט" (ascendancy, authority, command, control, disposal, dominance, domination, dominion, mastery, predominance, predomination, proficiency, take over), "צב" (assignment, placing, posting, setting, stationing), טי" (bent, deviation, inclination, leaning, liking, penchant, pitch, predilection, proclivity, propensity, rake, set, slant, spirit, streak, taste, tendency, tenor, tide, tilt, trend). (various references) | |
Hungarian | beosztás (assignment, calibration, classification, post, rank, rating, scale, setting), testalkat (affect, body build, build, habit, physique, set-up, shape), természet (character, divinity, expansiveness, ill temper, nature, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, wildlife), rendelkezés (behest, command, dispensation, instructions, mandate, ordainment, provision, provisions, ruling), intézkedés (action, arrangements, despatch, dispatch, dispose, measure, ordination, provision, purview). (various references) | |
Indonesian | watak (character, temper), perangai (nature), pengaturan, penembusan (collocation, placement, posting), fitrah (natural tendency). (various references) | |
Italian | disposizione (addiction, appliance, arrangement, array, artifice, bent, buildup, disposal, humor, humour, inclination, instruction, lay, layout, liability, order, position, scheme, tendency), talento (ability, accomplishment, aptitude, genius, gift, skill, talent), predisposizione (arrangement, liability, predisposition, tendency), ingegno (accomplishment, aptitude, brain, intelligence, talent). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 肌 (body, grain, skin, texture), 性癖 (characteristic, idiosyncrasy, inclination). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せいじょう (characteristics, clean, nature, normal, normalcy, normality, political affairs, political situation, pure, purity, the emperor), は (body, grain, one's bent, skin, surface texture, temperament, texture), は あい (person's disposition, temperament), はい (actor, arrangement, ash, distribution, lung, put on, wear, worship), はいち (arrangement, contradiction, disobedience, inconsistency), はいれつ (arrangement, array), けいろ (channel, course, hair color, path, process, route), ようよう (broad, important matters, vast), ""ろね (feelings, nature), ""ろ て, ""ろいき (spirit), いき (abandonment, breath, chic, court rank diploma, desertion, essence, freshness, going, heart, level, limits, purity, region, relinquishment, spirit, stage, stet, style, tone), いじ (appetite, backbone, ideogram, maintenance, medical practice, memories, obstinacy, order of rank, order of seating, orphan, preservation, reminiscences, spirit, willpower), かたむき (bent, bias, inclination, list, slope, tendency, trend), て"せい (adding eyes and other finishing touches to an animal painting, born, calling, heavenly voice, innate disposition, malleability, natural constitution, naturally occurring, nature, reincarnation, transformation, transmigration of souls, vocation), き て (nature), きしつ (air chamber, character, spirit, temperament, trait), きしょう (badge, beauty spot, climate, damage, emblem, getting out of bed, happy laughter, injury, insignia, medal, memorizing, rare, rising, scarce, temperament, unexpected victory, victory by uncommon stratagem, vow, weather), きっぷ (character, spirit, ticket), き""ろ (feeling of clothes, temper), しょうぶ" (nature), かたぎ (character, hardwood, honest, respectable, spirit, temperament, trait, wooden printing block), し"せい (a new government or administration, application, authentic, dignity, direct Imperial rule, divinity, genuine, holiness, inborn nature, mind, nascent, nature, new birth, new face, new system, nova, petition, pure, rebirth, request, sacredness, theocracy, true), せいへき (characteristic, idiosyncrasy, inclination), さいぶ" (address to the gods, divide into small portions, type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era), ど""じょう, ほ"ぜ" (Amida Buddha's original vow, inborn, inherent, innate, long-cherished desire, natural, nature, regular dinner, suddenly), ほ"ね" (inborn, inherent, innate, natural, nature, thisyear), せいしつ (heir, legal wife, nature, property, room for receiving guests), ししつ (adipose, fats, lipid, nature, paper quality, private room, quality of teeth), しょり (dealing with, disposal, processing, treatment). (various references) | |
Korean | 처분 (Disposing). (various references) | |
Manx | soiaghey magh (bed out, furnish, profess, represent, set forth). (various references) | |
Papiamen | talento (accomplishment, aptitude, talent). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ispositionday.(various references) | |
Polish | dyspozycja, talent (accomplishment, aptitude, talent). (various references) | |
Portuguese | disposição (accommodation, arrangement, cheer, cue, disposal, fit, formation, lay, line-up, liveliness, mood, order, predisposition, proviso, stomach, temperament, tendency). (various references) | |
Romanian | dispunere (array, disposal, disposing, laying out), dispoziţie (arrangement, condition, disposal, fondness, humor, humour, inclination, injunction, mandate, mind, mood, nature, order, provision, service, step, stipulation, temper, trim, tune), dispoziţie naturalã (natural), dispoziţie testamentarã, aşezare (collocation, disposal, dwelling, establishment, hang, house, lay, laying, seating, setting, settlement, system), aranjare (adjustment, arrangement, arranging, array, collocation, dressing, setting, trimming), caracter (aspect, character, characteristic, color, colour, complexion, composition, constitution, feature, grain, kidney, kind, letter, loathsomeness, mettle, nature, patchiness, sort, spirit, stamp, state, temper), înclinaţie (addiction, aptness, grain, hade, inclination, incline, individuality, lean, leaning, mind, notion, partiality, penchant, ply, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, relish, set, squint, taste, tendency, turn, twist, vein, vocation), gust (desire, Flavor, flavour, gust, gusto, liking, palate, relish, savor, savour, smack, taste, zest), tendinţã (aptness, bearing, bent, departure, determination, drift, drive, endeavor, endeavour, hang, inclination, leaning, proclivity, run, strain, streak, striving, tendency, trend), naturã (character, color, colour, fiber, fibre, kidney, kind, life, mother nature, nature, spirit), orânduire (arrangement, assessment, setting in order, system), ordine (array, command, discipline, disposal, method, order, orderliness, peace, range, regime, regulation, right, sequence, succession, system, tidiness, trim), plan (contrivance, counsel, design, device, draft, even, idea, intention, level, map, meaning, outline, plain, plan, plane, program, programme, project, proposal, schedule, scheme, scheming, skeleton, syllabus, tabular), pregãtiri (arrangement), temperament (blood, complexion, constitution, humor, humour, kidney, mettle, nature, pepper, spirit, temper, temperament), fire (character, feather, fiber, fibre, grain, mettle, nature, sort, spirit, temper). (various references) | |
Russian | расположение (collocation, disposal, emplacement, favour, goodwill, liking, lineup, order, ranking, regard). (various references) | |
Scottish | mùinnteachd, mèin , meinn, c il (appetite, condition, constitution, See <A HREF="mf02.html#c l">c l</A>, taste), aigneadh (spirit, temper). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | raspored (layout, schedule, timetable), raspolaganje (management), narav (character, makeup, mettle, nature, temperament). (various references) | |
Spanish | disposición (ability, accomplishment, aptitude, arrangement, capability, decree, deposition, disposal, fitness, gift, layout, order, ordinance, provision, ready, setup, suitability, talent), talento (abilities, ability, accomplishment, aptitude, endowment, gift, head, parts, talent, turn, wit), capacidad (ability, accommodation, accomplishment, aptitude, aptness, caliber, calibre, calling, capability, capacitance, capacity, competence, competency, fitness, know how, liking, power, proficiency, size, suitability, talent). (various references) | |
Swedish | läggning (bent, composition, set, temperament, turn), förfogande (command, disposal), anordning (apparatus, appliance, arrangement, contrivance, device, disposal, gadget, ordination). (various references) | |
Turkish | düzen (arrangement, array, contexture, convention, coordination, cosmos, disposal, formation, get up, harmony, layout, make up, method, order, orderliness, regime, regularity, regulation, right, scheme, system, trim), yetenek (ability, accomplishment, accomplishments, aptitude, aptness, artistry, bent, caliber, calibre, capability, capacity, competence, competency, dower, dowry, efficiency, facility, faculty, fitness, flair, gift, hand, instinct, parts, power, prerogative, quality, skill, talent, vocation), yaradılış (being, build, constitution, creation, frame, idiosyncrasy, internal, make up, Mold, mould, temperament), yapı (architecture, being, blood, build, building, chemistry, composition, conformation, constitution, construction, contexture, corpus, edifice, erection, fabric, fiber, fibre, form, frame, framework, habit, habit of body, make, make up, making, Mold, mould, nature, organism, presence, quality, set up, strain, structural, structure, system, texture, works), tahsis (allocation, allotment, assignment, designation), kural (code, law, precept, regulation, rule, statute), kullanma yetkisi, istek (adjuration, alacrity, appetite, aspiration, avidity, bent, claim, demand, desire, device, devoutness, earnestness, enthusiasm, grace, hunger, instance, intentness, mind, pleasure, propensity, readiness, relish, request, requirement, requisition, stomach, studiousness, suit, urge, want, will, wish, zeal), idare (admin, administration, chancellery, conduct, control, dominion, economy, government, handling, helm, management, mastery, regimen, rein, rule, ruling, sparing, steerage, steering, stewardship, supervision, sway, thrift, wire), emir (ameer, amir, behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, decree, dictate, dictation, direction, disposal, emir, fiat, imperatival, imperative, jussive, mandate, order, precept, prescription, ukase, word, word of command), eğilim (affection, aptitude, bent, bias, current, device, drift, gravitation, inclination, leaning, liability, notion, obliquity, penchant, ply, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, pulse, relish, sense, set, slant, squint, tendency, tenor, tide, tilt, trend, turn, twist). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розташування (arrangement, lie, line up, order, ordering, ordination, ordonnance, placing, ranking, siting), характер (blood, character, ethos, habit, kind, make up, mettle, nature, stripe, temperament, tone), настрій (cheer, cue, humor, humour, mood, posture, spirit, temper, vein). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thiên hướng (leaning, penchant, propensity, turn), tính khí sự bán, tâm tính (mentality, mood, temper), sự tuỳ ý sử dụng khuynh hướng, sự sắp xếp (arrangement, disposal, ordination), sự sắp đặt (arrangement, disposal, fix-up, mapping), sự chuyển nhượng (assignment, disposal), sự chuẩn bị (preparation), mệnh trời (providence), cách sắp xếp (disposal), ý định tính tình. (various references) | |
Welsh | naws (essence, nature, quality, tincture), anianawd (temperament). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | ethos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adfectu, affectione, affectu, affectum, constitutio, constitutione, constitutionem, constitutiones, indoles. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | attitudine. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | devis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 7, Verse 53 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | OitineV elabete ton nomon eiV diatagaV aggelwn kai ouk efulaxate |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui accepistis legem in dispositionem angelorum et non custodistis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Whiche token the lawe in ordynaunce of aungels, and han not kept it. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And ye also have receaved a lawe by the ordinaunce of angels and have not kept it. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 7, Verse 53 |
| Albanian | ju, që e morët ligjin të shpallur nga engjëjt dhe nuk e keni respektuar!''. |
| Cebuano | kamo nga mao ang nanagpakadawat sa kasugoan nga gihatag kaninyo pinaagig mga manolunda, apan wala ninyo pagtumana." |
| Croatian | vi koji po anðeoskim uredbama primiste Zakon, ali ga se niste držali." |
| Danish | I, som modtoge Loven under Engles Besørgelse og have ikke holdt den!" |
| Dutch | Gij, die de wet ontvangen hebt door bestellingen der engelen, en hebt ze niet gehouden! |
| Finnish | te, jotka enkelien toimen kautta saitte lain, mutta ette sitä pitäneet." |
| French | vous qui avez reçu la loi d`après des commandements d`anges, et qui ne l`avez point gardée!... |
| German | Ihr habt das Gesetz empfangen durch der Engel Geschäfte, und habt's nicht gehalten. |
| Hungarian | Kik a törvényt angyalok rendelésére vettétek, és nem tartottátok meg. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Malaikat-malaikat sudah menyampaikan perintah-perintah Allah kepadamu tetapi kalian tidak menurutinya!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Kamulah yang sudah menerima Taurat, yang disampaikan oleh malaekat, tetapi tiada kamu turut." |
| Italian | voi che avete ricevuto la legge per mano degli angeli e non l'avete osservata». |
| Maori | Ko koutou, kua riro na i a koutou te ture, i ta nga anahera i whakatakoto mai ai, heoi kihai i puritia e koutou. |
| Norwegian | I som mottok loven gitt ved engler og ikke har holdt den! |
| Rumanian | voi, cari ayi primit Legea datq prin kngeri, wi n`ayi pqzit -o!...`` |
| Russian | ЧЩ, ЛПФПТЩЕ ТЙОСМЙ ЪБЛПО ТЙ УМХЦЕОЙЙ бОЗЕМПЧ Й ОЕ УПИТБОЙМЙ. |
| Shuar | Tura Yusa suntari nayaimpinmaya Yusa chichamen susamuitiatrum atumsha penké umikchamarme" Tímiayi Estepan. |
| Swahili | Ninyi mliipokea ile Sheria iliyoletwa kwenu na Malaika, lakini hamkuitii." |
| Swedish | I som fingen lagen eder given genom änglars försorg, men icke haven hållit den." |
| Uma | Koi' to mpotarima Atura Pue' Ala to raparata mala'eka hi ntu'a-ta, aga uma nituku'." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "disposition": dispositional, dispositions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "disposition": indisposition, predisposition, redisposition. (additional references) | |
Words containing "disposition": indispositions, predispositions, redispositions. (additional references) | |
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"Disposition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: desposition, diposition, Disparition, dispoition, dispositio, dispositioin, dispositionem, dispositioning, dispositionn, disposittion, dispostion, dosposition, mispositioned. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "disposition" (pronounced di'spuzi"shun) |
| 10 | d i' s p u z i" sh u n | predisposition. |
| 8 | -s p u z i" sh u n | exposition. |
| 7 | -p u z i" sh u n | composition, deposition, imposition, juxtaposition, opposition, position, presupposition, proposition, reimposition, reposition, supposition. |
| 6 | -u z i" sh u n | acquisition, inquisition, physician, requisition. |
| 5 | -z i" sh u n | decomposition, musician, transition. |
| 4 | -i" sh u n | fission, academician, abolition, addition, admission, admonition, ambition, ammunition, apparition, attrition, audition, clinician, coalition, cognition, commission, competition, condition, contrition, decommission, definition, demolition, dentition, dietitian, edition, electrician, emission, erudition, exhibition, expedition, extradition, fruition, geriatrician, ignition, inhibition, intermission, intuition, logician, magician, malnutrition, mathematician, mission, mortician, munition, nutrition, obstetrician, omission, optician, partition, patrician, pediatrician, permission, petition, politician, precondition, preignition, premonition, prohibition, recognition, recondition, redefinition, remission, rendition, repetition, retransmission, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, submission, superstition, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, titian, tradition, transmission, tuition, volition. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, lotion, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstruction, occupation, ocean, operation, oppression, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, passion, pasteurization, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, predestination, prediction, predilection, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, replication, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-i-i-i-n-o-o-p-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: iodopsins, positions. | |
-3 letters: iodopsin, position. | |
-4 letters: insipid, isopods, isospin, opioids, options, pistons, poisons, postins, potions, spintos. | |
-5 letters: dipsos, idiots, insist, iodins, isopod, odists, ootids, opioid, opsins, option, pinots, pintos, piston, pitons, poinds, points, poison, posits, postin, potion, ptosis, snoods, snoops, snoots, spinto, spoons, stoops, tondos. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-i-i-i-n-o-o-p-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: dispositions. | |
+2 letters: dispositional, indisposition, mispositioned, redisposition. | |
+3 letters: indispositions, predisposition, redispositions. | |
+4 letters: predispositions. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Derived from 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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