inclined; having a certain tendency or inclination: often preceded by an adverb: to feel well-disposed toward someone
adjective
- The definition of disposed is someone with the tendency to do something or act in a certain way.
An example of disposed is a person who is usually late to events; they are disposed to being late.
- Disposed is defined as to have been inclined to do or think something, or to get rid of something or put something in a particular place.
- An example of disposed is to have had a tendency to have a headache after drinking red wine; he was disposed to headaches from red wine.
- An example of disposed is to have thrown away the envelope from a letter.
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adjective
- Having a preference, disposition, or tendency: “a frontier population that was more disposed to risk taking” ( George Black )
- Thrown out; discarded: disposed diapers.
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Verb
- simple past tense and past participle of dispose
Adjective
(comparative more disposed, superlative most disposed)
- Inclined; minded.
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Sentence Examples
- These events disposed both Bonaparte and the British cabinet towards peace.
- Its auction marts for sheep and cattle sales are the largest in the south-west of Scotland; at an autumn sale as many as 15,000 sheep and 1400 cattle are disposed of in one day.
- Thus the ancient Greek religion was especially disposed to belief in heroes and demigods.
- It remained in Mantegna's studio unsold at his death, and was disposed of to liquidate debts.
- 2,824,182 Other revenue 55,676 £11,879,343 The return made to the states was £7,385,731, so that the actual revenue disposed of by the Commonwealth was less by that amount, or £4,493,612.
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