attitude
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[edit] Etymology
< French < Italian attitudine (“‘attitude, aptness’”) < Mediaeval Latin aptitudo (“‘aptitude’”); see aptitude.
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attitude (plural attitudes)
- The position of the body or way of carrying oneself.
- The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude, ...
- Disposition or state of mind.
- ... but had a lazy attitude to work.
- A negative, irritating, or irritated attitude.
- "Don't give me your attitude."
- (aeronautics) The orientation of an aircraft or other vehicle relative to the horizon, direction of motion etc.
- The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.
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disposition or state of mind
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to attitude (third-person singular simple present attitudes, present participle attituding, simple past and past participle attituded)
- To act with a strong attitude.
[edit] External links
- attitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- attitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

