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assortment
English
Etymology
assort +? -ment
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??s??tm?nt/
Noun
assortment (plural assortments)
- A collection of varying but related items.
- This box has an assortment of chocolates. There's a picture on the cover so you know which is which.
Synonyms
- diversity, Whitman's sampler
- See also Thesaurus:hodgepodge
Translations
assortment From the web:
- what assortment means
- what assortment occurs during meiosis
- what assortment means in farsi
- assortment what part of speech
- what does assortment mean
- what is assortment in retail
- what is assortment planning
- what's independent assortment
disposition
English
Alternative forms
- dispotion (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English disposicioun, from Middle French disposition, from Latin dispositi?nem, accusative singular of dispositi?, from disp?n?; analysable as dispose +? -ition. Doublet of dispositio.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?s.p??z?.??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?d?s.p??z?.??n/
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.
- 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.
- (law) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
- Synonyms: assignment, conveyance
- (law) Final decision or settlement.
- (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.
- (music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
- The arrangement or placement of certain things.
- Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
- Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
- Control over something, or the results produced by the exercise of such control; thus:
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
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
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 form of dispositio.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dispositi?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.po.zi.sj??/
Noun
disposition f (plural dispositions)
- arrangement; layout
- disposal; the ability or authority to use something
- step; arrangement; measure
- disposition; tendency
Related terms
- disposer
- dispositif
Descendants
- ? Romanian: dispozi?ie
Further reading
- “disposition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dispositi?.
Noun
disposition f (oblique plural dispositions, nominative singular disposition, nominative plural dispositions)
- arrangement; layout
disposition From the web:
- what disposition means
- what dispositions should teachers have
- what dispositions/skills are needed to citizen well
- what disposition means in court
- what is meant by disposition
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