APTITUDE

aptitude

(noun) inherent ability

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

aptitude (countable and uncountable, plural aptitudes)

Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.

Synonyms: talent, knack, Thesaurus:skill

The condition of being suitable.

Synonyms: appropriateness, suitability

Source: Wiktionary


Apt"i*tude, n. Etym: [F. aptitude, LL. aptitudo, fr. L. aptus. See Apt, and cf. Attitude.]

1. A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn. He seems to have had a peculiar aptitude for the management of irregular troops. Macaulay.

2. A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation. That sociable and helpful aptitude which God implanted between man and woman. Milton.

3. Readiness in learning; docility; aptness. He was a boy of remarkable aptitude. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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