Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
APTNESS
aptness, appositeness
(noun) appropriateness for the occasion; “the phrase had considerable aptness”
aptness, propensity
(noun) a disposition to behave in a certain way; “the aptness of iron to rust”; “the propensity of disease to spread”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aptness (countable and uncountable, plural aptnesses)
suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable
disposition of the mind; propensity
speed or readiness in learning; docility
proneness; tendency
Anagrams
• Stepans, pantses, patness
Source: Wiktionary
Apt"ness, n.
1. Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end. The aptness of his quotations. J. R. Green.
2. Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example.
3. Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.
4. Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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