Predispose
verb
To make someone likely to think, behave, or react in a certain way.
Regular exercise can predispose individuals to better health.
Often appears as...
- predispose someone to
- predispose to disease
verb
To make someone likely to suffer from a particular health problem.
Smoking can predispose an individual to lung cancer.
Often appears as...
- predispose to illness
- predispose to infection
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To make someone likely to think, behave, or react in a certain way.
Regular exercise can predispose individuals to better health.
Often appears as...
- predispose someone to
- predispose to disease
verb
To make someone likely to suffer from a particular health problem.
Smoking can predispose an individual to lung cancer.
Often appears as...
- predispose to illness
- predispose to infection
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Behavior Influence
Predispose can imply subtle influence on actions without direct control.
Growing up in a bilingual home may predispose children to be more adept at language learning.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Immediate
'Predispose' doesn't cause something directly; it makes it more likely over time.
Having an arts-focused school can predispose students towards creative careers.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Tendency
'Predispose' often refers to a slight or modest inclination, not a guarantee.
Preferring to work at night may predispose you to quieter jobs.
Pro Tip 1/3Behavior Influence
Predispose can imply subtle influence on actions without direct control.
Growing up in a bilingual home may predispose children to be more adept at language learning.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Immediate
'Predispose' doesn't cause something directly; it makes it more likely over time.
Having an arts-focused school can predispose students towards creative careers.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Tendency
'Predispose' often refers to a slight or modest inclination, not a guarantee.
Preferring to work at night may predispose you to quieter jobs.
Pro Tip 1/3Behavior Influence
Predispose can imply subtle influence on actions without direct control.
Growing up in a bilingual home may predispose children to be more adept at language learning.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Immediate
'Predispose' doesn't cause something directly; it makes it more likely over time.
Having an arts-focused school can predispose students towards creative careers.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Tendency
'Predispose' often refers to a slight or modest inclination, not a guarantee.
Preferring to work at night may predispose you to quieter jobs.
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Video examples
Why do we sleep? PIPE...
The neural networks that predispose you to normal sleep, give you normal sleep, and those that give you normal mental health, are overlapping. And what's the evidence for that? Well, genes that have been shown to be very important in the generation of normal sleep,
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How I discovered DNA -...
think in schizophrenia is their genes that predispose you and whether this is one predisposes and then there's only a sub segment of the population that's
Video examples
Why do we sleep? PIPE...
The neural networks that predispose you to normal sleep, give you normal sleep, and those that give you normal mental health, are overlapping. And what's the evidence for that? Well, genes that have been shown to be very important in the generation of normal sleep,
Video examples
How I discovered DNA -...
think in schizophrenia is their genes that predispose you and whether this is one predisposes and then there's only a sub segment of the population that's
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Edward Sapir
American Scientist
We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.
Quote examples
Edward Sapir
American Scientist
We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.
Example 1 of 1
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