Associations to the word «Disposition»

Wiktionary

DISPOSITION, noun. The arrangement or placement of certain things.
DISPOSITION, noun. Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
DISPOSITION, noun. Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
DISPOSITION, noun. Control over something.
DISPOSITION, noun. (legal) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
DISPOSITION, noun. (legal) Final decision or settlement.
DISPOSITION, noun. (medicine) The destination of a patient after medical treatment such as surgery.
DISPOSITION, noun. (music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
DISPOSITION, verb. To remove or place in a different position.

Dictionary definition

DISPOSITION, noun. Your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition".
DISPOSITION, noun. The act or means of getting rid of something.
DISPOSITION, noun. 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".
DISPOSITION, noun. A natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture".

Wise words

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
Mark Twain