predisposed

1. 1.

   made susceptible

   “because of conditions in the mine, miners are predisposed to lung disease”

   Similarsusceptible

Questions about predisposed

What does predisposed mean?

predisposed means "made susceptible".

How many syllables are in predisposed?

predisposed has 3 syllables: predi-spo-sed. The stress falls on "sed". In IPA it is /ˌpɹidɪˈspoʊzd/.

Is predisposed a common word?

predisposed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with predisposed?

3 words rhyme with predisposed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.