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# disposition

noun (a disposition, dispositions)

«disposition» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person's usual nature or mood; the way they usually behave: «a cheerful disposition». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disposition/#m1)
2. (formal) A tendency to do something: «a disposition to worry». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disposition/#m2)
3. (formal) The way things are arranged or placed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disposition/#m3)
4. (formal, law) Giving away or dealing with property. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disposition/#m4)

### In the lessons

In stories and reports «a sunny disposition» or «a nervous disposition» describes a character's personality. A warning on rides or films may say «not for those of a nervous disposition». In formal language it means arrangement or settlement. Phrases: «a cheerful disposition», «a nervous disposition», «a sunny disposition», «disposition to».

### Examples

- She has a cheerful disposition and smiles all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disposition/#x1)
- The film is not suitable for people of a nervous disposition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disposition/#x2)
- Our dog has a gentle disposition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disposition/#x3)
- He has a disposition to worry about small things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disposition/#x4)
- (formal) The disposition of the troops was planned carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disposition/#x5)
- (law) The will explained the disposition of the house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disposition/#x6)
- Now one of these young men had a bad and spiteful disposition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disposition/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Related verb: «dispose» (to get rid of; or to arrange). Do not confuse «disposition» (nature, mood) with «disposal» (getting rid of rubbish).

## In Jewish tradition

In the Sefer Yetzirah passage here, it means a natural tendency of water to join with heat. In the primary lessons: In stories and reports «a sunny disposition» or «a nervous disposition» describes a character's personality. A warning on rides or films may say «not for those of a nervous disposition». In formal language it means arrangement or settlement. Phrases: «a cheerful disposition», «a nervous disposition», «a sunny disposition», «disposition to».

### Examples

- 41) Our author means to say that the water has a great disposition to unite itself with the caloric, thus for instance is the fire latent in steam, but the air equipoises them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disposition/#x1)

### Note

Countable. Related verb: «dispose» (to get rid of; or to arrange). Do not confuse «disposition» (nature, mood) with «disposal» (getting rid of rubbish).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disposition» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disposition/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «disposition» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disposition/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disposition» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/disposition.html) on Mova free.