# disposition
## English
### Alternative forms

* dispotion (obsolete)

### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* (UK, General Australian) IPA: /ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
* (US) IPA: /ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/, /ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ɪn/
** Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

disposition (countable and uncountable, plural dispositions)
* The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
** Control over something, or the results produced by the exercise of such control; thus:
*** The arrangement or placement of certain things.
    The scouts reported on the disposition of the enemy troops.
**** 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
*** Control over something, especially with regard to disposing or dispensing with an action item (disposal of a concern, allocation of disbursed funds) or control over the arrangement or placement of certain things.
**** 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)‎:Seduced at the age of 10 by a famous sodomist named Duplessis, he had since been at the disposition of a number of homosexual persons, including officers, priests, and marquises.
    You will have full disposition of these funds.
*** (law) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
    Synonyms: assignment, conveyance
    The court ordered the disposition of all assets.
*** (law) Final decision or settlement.
    The disposition of the case will be announced tomorrow.
*** (medicine) The destination of a patient after medical treatment, especially after emergency triage, first line treatment, or surgery; the choice made for the next venue of care.
    The patient was given a disposition for outpatient care, as ward admission was not indicated.
*** (music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
    This small harpsichord has a 1 x 4' disposition.
** Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
    I have little disposition now to do as you say.
    Salt has a disposition to dissolve in water.
** Temperament, temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
    She has a sunny disposition.
    He has such a foul disposition.
*** 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter II, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book III:He was, indeed, a lad of a remarkable disposition; sober, discreet, and pious beyond his age […]
*** 1925, “Sometimes I'm Happy”, Irving Caesar (lyrics), Vincent Youmans (music):Sometimes I'm happy / Sometimes I'm blue / My disposition / Depends on you
* (law) Provision; clause.
** 2003, Medrano, Amelia Pascual, Active Legitimization in Constitutional Proceedings: The Spanish Case‎, page 167:The C.C. is the supreme interpreter of the Constitution (Section 1 of the O.L.C.C.) and, as we have already said, it was granted the monopoly of declaring unconstitutional the legal dispositions.
** 2003, Act XXI of 2003 on the Establishment of the European Works Council and on the Establishment of the Procedure of Informing and Consulting Employees‎, page 23:The dispositions of this Act shall not be applied in case of […]
** 1999, Albanian Law on Foreigners‎, page 1:an obligation that can arise as a consequence of an expected action or inaction of the foreign person that goes against the dispositions of this law

#### Derived terms

* ambulatory disposition
* counterdisposition
* dispositional
* disposition effect
* disposition hearing
* disposition index
* maldisposition
* misdisposition
* redisposition
* testamentary disposition

#### Related terms

* disposal
* dispose
* dispositive
* predisposition

#### Translations

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### Verb

disposition (third-person singular simple present dispositions, present participle dispositioning, simple past and past participle dispositioned)
* To remove or place in a different position.

#### Related terms

* disposal
* dispose
* dispositive
* predisposition

## Danish
### Noun

disposition c (singular definite dispositionen, plural indefinite dispositioner)
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#### Declension
### Further reading

* “disposition” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Finnish
### Noun

disposition
* genitive singular of dispositio

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dispositiōnem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dis.po.zi.sjɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

disposition f (plural dispositions)
* arrangement; layout
* disposal; the ability or authority to use something
* step; arrangement; measure
* disposition; tendency

#### Derived terms

* à disposition

#### Related terms

* disposer
* dispositif

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: dispoziție

### Further reading

* “disposition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Old French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dispositiō.

### Noun

disposition oblique singular, f (oblique plural dispositions, nominative singular disposition, nominative plural dispositions)
* arrangement; layout

## Swedish
### Noun

disposition c
* disposal (right to make use of something, typically something one doesn't own)
    Våningen står till er dispositionThe apartment is at your disposal
* disposition (arrangement, organization)
* a disposition (planned measure, for example within the military)
* natural susceptibility (especially to a disease)
* (less common) (present) condition of someone or something (mentally or physically)

#### Derived terms

* predisposition

#### Related terms

* disponera

### References

* disposition in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* disposition in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* disposition in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)