disposed

disposed
[[t]dɪspo͟ʊzd[/t]]
1) ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ to-inf If you are disposed to do something, you are willing or eager to do it. [FORMAL]

We passed one or two dwellings, but were not disposed to stop...

I might have been disposed to like him in other circumstances...

He is then more generously disposed to admit the validity of opposing views.

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2) ADJ-GRADED: adv ADJ, usu v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to/towards n You can use disposed when you are talking about someone's general attitude or opinion. For example, if you are well or favourably disposed to someone or something, you like them or approve of them. [FORMAL]

I saw that the publishers were well disposed towards my book...

Every government is ill-disposed to the press, all or some of the time...

I think they want kids to be favorably disposed to this company and see them in a more positive light.

3) ADJ: v-link ADJ If things are disposed in a particular way, they are arranged in that way. [FORMAL]

Anyone seeking to paint 18th-century rooms needs to be familiar with the way colour was disposed within a room.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • disposed of — index complete (ended) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • disposed — (adj.) mid 14c., inclined, in the mood, pp. adjective from DISPOSE (Cf. dispose). Meaning in a certain condition is late 14c.; arranged is 15c …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Disposed — Dispose Dis*pose , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disposing}.] [F. disposer; pref. dis + poser to place. See {Pose}.] 1. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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