adj
Meaning 1
Inclined.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
predisposed
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: P R IY2 D IH0 S P OW1 Z D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Made susceptible to.
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verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of predispose
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Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
made susceptible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- because of conditions in the mine, miners are predisposed to lung disease
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English disposed English predisposed From pre- + disposed.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: altistettu — inclined
- French: prédisposé — inclined
- German: geneigt — inclined
- German: prädisponiert — inclined
- Portuguese: predisposto — inclined
- Russian: скло́нный (sklónnyj) — inclined
- Russian: предрасполо́женный (predraspolóžennyj) — inclined
- Spanish: predispuesto — inclined
- Swedish: predisponerad — inclined
- Finnish: altistettu — made susceptible
- German: empfänglich — made susceptible
- Russian: восприи́мчивый (vospriímčivyj) — made susceptible
- Swedish: predisponerad — made susceptible