Aptitude
['æptɪtjuːd] or [ˈæptɪˌtud,-ˌtjud]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.
(n.) Readiness in learning; docility; aptness.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Turn, disposition, genius, gift, endowment, talent, faculty, capacity, capableness, tendency, inclination, bias, proclivity, proneness, propensity, forte, aptness.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fitness, liability, susceptibility, suitableness, readiness, quickness,cleverness, proneness, tendency
ANT:Unfitness, unsuitableness, insusceptibility, slowness, stupidity, unreadiness,awkwardness
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Definition
n. fitness: tendency: readiness teachableness talent (with for).
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Examples
- The art of war cannot be learned in a day, and there must be a natural aptitude for military duties. Plato. The Republic.
- Moreover, the discovery of capacity and aptitude will be a constant process as long as growth continues. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- And the Semitic nomads were closer to the earlier civilizations, a thing that fitted in with their greater aptitude for trade and counting. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And Georgy liked to play the part of master and perhaps had a natural aptitude for it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Will he not also require natural aptitude for his calling? Plato. The Republic.
- This wonderful aptitude for infallibly locating an error without an instant's hesitation for mental calculation, has always appealed to me very forcibly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Her natural woman's aptitude soon renders her able to give a little help. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- An aptitude for a special line is as true of the many as of the one. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- There will be some warlike natures who have this aptitude--dogs keen of scent, swift of foot to pursue, and strong of limb to fight. Plato. The Republic.
- Women are the same in kind as men, and have the same aptitude or want of aptitude for medicine or gymnastic or war, but in a less degree. Plato. The Republic.
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