Disposition

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1. Noun

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

2. Noun

The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice.

3. Noun

Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.

4. Noun

Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.

5. Noun

Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind.

6. Noun

Mood; humor.

7. 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"
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare

8. Noun

your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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