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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
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aim
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e?m/
- Rhymes: -e?m
Etymology 1
From Middle English amen, aimen, eimen (“to guess at, to estimate, to aim”), borrowed from Old French esmer, aesmer, asmer, from Latin ad- plus aestimare (“to estimate”), the compound perhaps being originally formed in Medieval Latin (adaestimare), perhaps in Old French.
Noun
aim (plural aims)
- The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
- The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
- Intention or goal
- Synonyms: purpose, design, scheme
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism
- There is no doubt at all that this is the future of machinery, and just as trees grow while the country gentleman is asleep, so while Humanity will be amusing itself, or enjoying cultivated leisure which, and not labour, is the aim of man - or making beautiful things, or reading beautiful things, or simply contemplating the world with admiration and delight, machinery will be doing all the necessary and unpleasant work.
- The ability of someone to aim straight; one's faculty for being able to hit a physical target
- (obsolete) Conjecture; guess.
Synonyms
- (intention): aspiration, design, end, ettle, intention, mint, object, purpose, scheme, scope, tendency; See also Thesaurus:goal or Thesaurus:intention
Derived terms
- aimless
- take aim
Translations
Verb
aim (third-person singular simple present aims, present participle aiming, simple past and past participle aimed)
- (intransitive) To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
- (intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive
- (transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object
- (transitive) To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
- (intransitive, obsolete) To guess or conjecture.
Usage notes
- Sense 2. This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
- aim at
- ready, aim, fire!
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
aim
- Initialism of America Online. AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.
Further reading
- aim in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- aim in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- AMI, I am, I'm a, I'm a', I'm'a, I'm-a, I'ma, IAM, Ima, Ima', MAI, MIA, Mai, Mia, i'm'a, i'ma, ima, mai, mia
Estonian
Etymology
Of Finnic origin. Cognate to Finnish aimottaa.
Noun
aim (genitive aimu, partitive aimu)
- sense, idea of something, feeling
- Pole aimugi.
- I have no idea.
- Pole aimugi.
Declension
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