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predisposto

predisposed

adjective preh-dee-SPOH-stoh Rare

Also means

set up

Usage Note

Predisposto is the past participle of predisporre used as an adjective. It can mean genetically or temperamentally inclined (è predisposto alle allergie = he is predisposed to allergies) or physically arranged in advance (il tavolo era già predisposto = the table was already set up). Context disambiguates the two senses.

Examples

"È geneticamente predisposto alle malattie cardiache."

Natural Translation

He is genetically predisposed to heart disease.

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