disposition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person's natural character or mood.

   The child has a cheerful, easy-going disposition.

2. 2
   noun

   A tendency to behave or think in a particular way.

   He has a disposition to worry about small things.

3. 3
   noun

   The way in which something or someone is arranged or positioned.

   The scouts reported on the disposition of the enemy troops.

From Middle English disposicioun, from Middle French disposition, from Latin dispositiōnem, accusative singular of dispositiō, from dispōnō. By surface analysis, dispose + -ition. Doublet of dispositio.

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