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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
disposition/dɪspəˈzɪʃn/
▶noun
  • 1 a person's inherent qualities of mind and character.

    ■ an inclination or tendency.

  • 2 the way in which something is placed or arranged.

    ■ (dispositions) the stationing of troops ready for military action.

  • 3 Law the transfer of property or money to someone, in particular by bequest.
  • 4 the power to deal with something as one pleases.

    ■ archaic the determination of events by divine power.




'disposition' also found in these Oxford entries:
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Adaptability/Disposition
against the grain of a multifarious and bisexual disposition
deposition <disposition> (referring to death)
Difference between disposition/temperament/attitudes?
existential disposition
have a cheerful disposition (too formal)
pre-disposition
serving out a disposition for
so's my disposition...
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