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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Aptitude | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Aptitude \Apt"i*tude\, n. [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. | |
