predispose
Verb: 1. To make someone or something more likely to be affected by or develop a particular condition, attitude, or outcome: It means to create a prior inclination or susceptibility in a person or thing. 2. To incline someone beforehand in favor of or against a person, thing, or idea: It can refer to influencing someone's initial tendency or bias.
The verb "predispose" is typically used with the preposition "to." The structure is "predispose someone/something to something." It describes a condition or factor that makes a subsequent state or event more probable.
- His family history predisposes him to heart disease. (A genetic factor makes it more likely he will develop heart disease.)
- Early positive experiences can predispose a child to a love of learning. (Early experiences create an inclination towards learning.)
- The witness's friendship with the defendant predisposed the jury to doubt her testimony. (The prior relationship created a bias against her testimony.)
- Certain soil types predispose the land to erosion. (The soil's characteristics make erosion more likely to occur.)
- Predisposed (Adjective): The past participle is commonly used as an adjective meaning "having a prior inclination or susceptibility."
- She was genetically predisposed to the condition.
- I am not predisposed to agree with his radical views.
- Predisposition (Noun): The noun form refers to the state of being predisposed.
- He has a predisposition to trust people too easily.
- Predisposition (n): A prior inclination or susceptibility.
- Predisposed (adj): Inclined or susceptible beforehand.
- Incline: To lean towards or be favorable to something.
- Make susceptible: To make vulnerable or liable to.
- Prime: To prepare or make ready for a particular situation.
- Bias: To cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice.
- Immunize: To make resistant or impervious.
- Disincline: To make unwilling or averse.
- Prevent: To stop something from happening.
"Predispose" implies a causal link where a pre-existing factor (genetics, environment, experience) increases the probability of a future state. It does not guarantee the outcome but significantly raises its likelihood.
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make susceptible
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This illness predisposes you to gain weight
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