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aptitude
[ap-ti-tood, -tyood]
noun
capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent.
She has a special aptitude for mathematics.
Synonyms: , , , , ,readiness or quickness in learning; intelligence.
He was placed in honors classes because of his general aptitude.
Synonyms:the state or quality of being apt; special fitness.
aptitude
/ ˈæɪˌː /
noun
inherent or acquired ability
ease in learning or understanding; intelligence
the condition or quality of being apt
Other Word Forms
- aptitudinal adjective
- aptitudinally adverb
- preaptitude noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of aptitude1
Example Sentences
“He says I have an aptitude for devotion,” the smitten boy beams, with his master’s padlock chained around his neck.
There are pops of surprise, especially as Charlie demonstrates his newfound aptitude for improvised explosive devices, but there’s no mystery.
Zhong’s aptitude for programming was evident early in his teen years, according to his father.
Ince was a wunderkind of the new medium, and a man of cyclonic energy and aptitude.
When Sagne, who was an entomologist before retiring to the woods, compares the group to an ant colony, everyone appears to accept at face value the superficial aptitude of her analogy.
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