aptitude

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 External links

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Mediaeval Latin aptitudo < Latin aptus (“‘apt, fit’”); see apt. Cf. attitude, which is a doublet of aptitude.

[edit] Noun

aptitude (plural aptitudes)

1. Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
2. The condition of being suitable.

[edit] Synonyms

• talent
• appropriateness, suitability
• See also Wikisaurus:skill

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• aptitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• aptitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911