predisposed

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌpridɪˈspoʊzd/ UK /ˌpriːdɪˈspəʊzd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
inclined or made susceptible to something beforehand

Some people are genetically predisposed to certain illnesses.

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Synonyms

1 adj · inclined or made... inclined disposed prone susceptible liable prejudiced biased

Opposites

disinclined resistant immune averse

Word family

Related forms predisposepredisposition dispose

Etymology

From predispose (pre- 'before' + dispose) + -ed. Dispose derives from Old French disposer, from Latin disponere ('to arrange'), from dis- ('apart') + ponere ('to place').

disponere Latin ponere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# predisposed

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌpridɪˈspoʊzd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌpriːdɪˈspəʊzd/

## Meanings
1. inclined or made susceptible to something beforehand

## Examples
- Some people are genetically predisposed to certain illnesses.

## Synonyms
- inclined
- disposed
- prone
- susceptible
- liable
- prejudiced
- biased

## Antonyms
- disinclined
- resistant
- immune
- averse

## Related Forms
- predispose
- predisposition
- dispose

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: disponere
- Root: ponere - to put

## Etymology
From predispose (pre- 'before' + dispose) + -ed. Dispose derives from Old French disposer, from Latin disponere ('to arrange'), from dis- ('apart') + ponere ('to place').

## AI Etymology
Predisposed is from predispose (pre- 'before' + dispose) + -ed. Dispose derives from Old French disposer, from Latin disponere ('to arrange'), from dis- ('apart') + ponere ('to place'). Important recorded forms include disponere (Latin) and ponere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers inclined or made susceptible to something beforehand. The wider family includes related words such as predispose, predisposition, and dispose.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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