The meaning of Disposition

noun

The action or process of allocating or sharing out something.

Usage examples:

More efficient allocation of resources

noun

The action, process, or result of arranging or being arranged.

Usage examples:

The arrangement of the furniture in the room

noun

A plan for how the parts of a piece of music can be played by a particular instrument or instruments

Usage examples:

An arrangement for trumpet and cello, a flower arrangement, she had an arrangement to work at home …

noun

A plan or preparation for how something will happen

Usage examples:

Make an arrangement there wasn't enough time for him to make alternative arrangements., arrangement…

verb

Put (things) in a neat, attractive, or required order.

Usage examples:

She had just finished arranging the flowers

verb

Present participle of arrange

Usage examples:

I'm trying to arrange my work so that i can have a couple of days off next week., the meeting has b…

noun

An impressive display or range of a particular type of thing.

Usage examples:

There is a vast array of literature on the topic

verb

Display or arrange (things) in a particular way.

Usage examples:

The manifesto immediately divided the forces arrayed against him

noun

A large group of things or people, esp. when shown or positioned in an attractive way

Usage examples:

The airport shops offer a wide array of merchandise., a battery of cameras was arrayed before them.

noun

A public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.

Usage examples:

The books are expected to fetch a six-figure sum at tomorrow's auction

verb

Sell or offer for sale at an auction.

Usage examples:

The painting was auctioned at christie's

noun

A usually public sale of goods or property, where people make higher and higher bids (= offers of money) for each item, until there are no higher bids and it is sold for the most money offered

Usage examples:

[ c ] an auction of early american furniture, [ u ] bulls sold at auction, the artwork is being auc…

noun

A legacy.

Usage examples:

A bequest of over £300,000

noun

The money or property that someone, after death, gives to someone else

Usage examples:

Her will included large bequests to charity.

noun

Money or property that someone has left to a person or organization in their will (= a document stating who will have your money and property after you die)

Usage examples:

Her will included small bequests to her family, while most of her fortune went to charity.

noun

The act of giving something as an honour or a gift

Usage examples:

Her father's blessing represented a bestowal of consent upon her marriage., the state's bestowal of…

noun

The mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.

Usage examples:

Running away was not in keeping with her character

verb

Inscribe or write (something).

Usage examples:

You have well charactered him

noun

The particular combination of things about a person or place, esp. things you cannot see, that make that person or place different from others

Usage examples:

[ c ] the idea was to modernize the house without changing its homey character., [ u ] it’s a theat…

noun

An arrangement of parts or elements in a particular form, figure, or combination.

Usage examples:

The unrepeatable configuration of the stars at the moment of your birth

noun

The particular arrangement of the parts of something or of a group of things

Usage examples:

The two-lane configuration of the road leads to congestion.

noun

The way in which something, such as a computer system or software, is organized to operate

Usage examples:

When you press the spacebar, a message appears informing you that "set-up is inspecting your hardwa…

noun

A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.

Usage examples:

Britain lacks a codified constitution

noun

The set of political principles by which a place or organization is governed, or the written document that records it

Usage examples:

The first ten amendments to the constitution of the united states are called the bill of rights., a…

noun

A written set of rules by which a country, state, or organization is governed

Usage examples:

The constitution of the united states, the constitution requires/prohibits/allows, etc mexico's con…

noun

The action or process of transporting or carrying someone or something from one place to another.

Usage examples:

A busy centre for the conveyance of agricultural produce from the billingshurst area

noun

A legal document that states that land or property has passed from one owner to another

Usage examples:

Notaries have the right to prepare wills, conveyances, and other contracts., the expense of the con…

noun

The action or process of getting rid of something.

Usage examples:

The disposal of radioactive waste

noun

The act of getting rid of something

Usage examples:

The disposal of toxic wastes

noun

The act or process of getting rid of something, especially by throwing it away

Usage examples:

This agency regulates the disposal of hazardous substances., the manufacturing process is being cha…

noun

The action of sharing something out among a number of recipients.

Usage examples:

The government released about 74,000 tonnes of rice for distribution among people affected by the c…

noun

The act of dividing something among people, or spreading or supplying something

Usage examples:

The bill would prohibit the sale and distribution of firearms., a very substantial upward distribut…

noun

The process of transporting products from a manufacturer, storing them, and selling them to different stores and customers

Usage examples:

Control/handle the distribution we handle the distribution of the product in the us and mexico., in…

noun

A sauce for salads, typically one consisting of oil and vinegar with herbs or other flavourings.

Usage examples:

Vinaigrette dressing

verb

Put on one's clothes.

Usage examples:

Graham showered and dressed quickly

noun

Salad dressing

Usage examples:

You have to change the dressing every day.

noun

An assembly or meeting, especially one held for a specific purpose.

Usage examples:

A family gathering

verb

Come together; assemble or accumulate.

Usage examples:

As soon as a crowd gathered, the police came

noun

A meeting of people coming together in a group

Usage examples:

We’re having a little social gathering tonight and hope you can come.

noun

Wheat or any other cultivated cereal used as food.

Usage examples:

He now had two patches of grain and maize while apricots, cherries, plums and quince hung heavily f…

verb

Give a rough surface or texture to.

Usage examples:

Her fingers were grained with chalk dust

noun

A seed from a plant, esp. a grass such as wheat, or the crop from such a plant

Usage examples:

[ c ] wheat and rye are two common grains used in making bread., [ u ] grain is one of the main exp…

noun

A set of associated people acting together, especially within a larger organization.

Usage examples:

A grouping of trade union leaders

verb

Put in a group or groups.

Usage examples:

Three chairs were grouped around a table

noun

Several people or things when they have been arranged into a group or are being considered as a group

Usage examples:

Political groupings

noun

The quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech.

Usage examples:

His tales are full of humour

verb

Comply with the wishes of (someone) in order to keep them content, however unreasonable such wishes might be.

Usage examples:

She was always humouring him to prevent trouble

noun

The ability to find things funny, the way in which people see that some things are funny, or the quality of being funny

Usage examples:

He's got a great sense of humour (= he is very able to see things as funny)., i must say i find his…

noun

Each of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity of mammals, birds, and reptiles, that excrete urine.

Usage examples:

Treatment must be rapid to protect organs such as the kidneys, lungs, and liver from damage.

noun

Either of a pair of small organs in the body that remove waste matter from the blood and produce urine

noun

The way in which the parts of something are arranged or laid out.

Usage examples:

The road layout

noun

The way something is designed or arranged

Usage examples:

His house has three bedrooms and ours has four, but otherwise the layout is much the same., each ar…

noun

The way that something is designed or arranged

Usage examples:

Building/room/street layout the building layout has three floors and eight bathrooms., dashboard/ke…

idiom

Form a line

phrasal verb

Arrange a number of people or things in a straight row.

Usage examples:

An officer lined them up and gave them a short speech

phrasal verb

Have someone or something ready or prepared.

Usage examples:

Have you got any work lined up?

verb

Assemble and arrange (a group of people, especially troops) in order.

Usage examples:

The general marshalled his troops

noun

An officer of the highest rank in the armed forces of some countries.

Usage examples:

Marshal tito

noun

A federal or municipal law-enforcement officer.

Usage examples:

Federal marshals estimated that the birdmen, in violation of the migratory bird treaty act, killed …

noun

The characteristic way of thinking of a person or group.

Usage examples:

I had inherited not only my father's blood but his bourgeois mentality as well

noun

A person’s or group’s way of thinking about things

Usage examples:

They buy everything on credit – they have this play now, pay later mentality.

noun

The particular way that a person or group thinks about things

Usage examples:

We need to end this credit-card mentality and start living within our means.

verb

Assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle.

Usage examples:

17,000 men had been mustered on haldon hill

noun

A formal gathering of troops, especially for inspection, display, or exercise.

Usage examples:

He attended the musters, which were called to train all able-bodied men

noun

A group of peacocks.

Usage examples:

The sound was like the cry of a muster of peacocks

noun

The phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations.

Usage examples:

The breathtaking beauty of nature

noun

All the animals and plants in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that exist or happen independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, reproduction, and growth

Usage examples:

As a young man he loved hiking and being close to nature., this technique of growing cells copies w…

verb

Give an authoritative instruction to do something.

Usage examples:

She ordered me to leave

noun

The arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

Usage examples:

I filed the cards in alphabetical order

noun

An authoritative command or instruction.

Usage examples:

He was not going to take orders from a mere administrator

noun

An organized group of people with a particular purpose, such as a business or government department.

Usage examples:

A research organization

noun

The action of placing someone or something somewhere.

Usage examples:

The proper placement of microphones

noun

The act of placing something in a particular position, or the position of something

Usage examples:

The placement of the furniture makes it hard to walk around., a bunch of new freshmen (= students i…

noun

An occasion when a company's shares become available to buy, or the activity of doing this

Usage examples:

The company is raising £33m through the placement of new shares at 150p each to fund its european e…

verb

Put or arrange (someone or something) in a particular place or way.

Usage examples:

He pulled out a chair and positioned it between them

noun

A place where someone or something is located or has been put.

Usage examples:

The distress call had given the ship's position

noun

A particular way in which someone or something is placed or arranged.

Usage examples:

He moved himself into a reclining position

noun

The exchange of a commodity for money; the action of selling something.

Usage examples:

We withdrew it from sale

collocation

Create by putting components or members together

phrasal verb

Place or erect something in position.

Usage examples:

Police set up a roadblock on lower thames street

phrasal verb

Establish a business, institution, or other organization.

Usage examples:

She set up the business with a £4,000 bank loan

noun

A person's state of mind seen in terms of their being angry or calm.

Usage examples:

He rushed out in a very bad temper

verb

Improve the hardness and elasticity of (steel or other metal) by reheating and then cooling it.

Usage examples:

The way a smith would temper a sword

noun

The state of your mind or feelings

Usage examples:

[ c ] john has a bad temper., [ u ] a fit of temper, [ c ] you need to learn to control your temper…

noun

A person's or animal's nature, especially as it permanently affects their behaviour.

Usage examples:

She had an artistic temperament

noun

The emotional character or state of mind of people or animals, as shown in their behavior

Usage examples:

[ c ] their temperaments are very different., [ u ] trudy has the nicest temperament of all our dogs.

verb

Move from one place to another.

Usage examples:

He intends to transfer the fund's assets to the treasury

noun

An act of moving something or someone to another place, organization, team, etc.

Usage examples:

A transfer of wealth to the eu's poorer nations

verb

Move from one place to another

noun

The action of transferring something or the process of being transferred.

Usage examples:

Education involves the transference of knowledge

noun

The transfer of ideas or methods from one situation to another