aptitude
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”); see apt. Compare attitude, which is a doublet of aptitude.
Noun [edit]
aptitude (plural aptitudes)
Synonyms [edit]
- talent
- knack
- appropriateness, suitability
- See also Wikisaurus:skill
Translations [edit]
natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
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the condition of being suitable
External links [edit]
- aptitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- aptitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911