aptitude

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˈæptɪˌtjuːd/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

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noun
A natural ability or talent for learning or doing something.

She showed an early aptitude for mathematics.

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1 noun · a natural ability or talent... ability capability capacity competence facility

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verbal aptitude
a natural ability to understand and use words effectively

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Etymology

From Middle French aptitude, from Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”). By surface analysis, apt + -itude. Doublet of attitude.

aptitude Middle French aptitudo la-med aptus Latin

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