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Definition of Aptitude

1. Noun. Inherent ability.

Definition of Aptitude

1. 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.

Definition of Aptitude

1. Noun. Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill. ¹

2. Noun. The condition of being suitable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aptitude

1. an ability [n -S] - See also: ability

Medical Definition of Aptitude

1. 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) Origin: F. Aptitude, LL. Aptitudo, fr. L. Aptus. See Apt, and cf. Attitude. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aptitude

Literary usage of Aptitude

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"Proportioned to the reputation for appropriate aptitude ... Of the three elements of appropriate aptitude, intellectual aptitude and active talent have been ..."

2. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"Education being supposed not deficient nor subsistence wanting, aptitude, with relation to the exercise of political power, is inversely as the altitude of ..."

3. The Mind of Primitive Man: A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Lowell by Franz Boas (1911)
"We conclude that, as the civilization is higher, the aptitude for civilization is also higher; and, as the aptitude for civilization presumably depends upon ..."

4. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1875)
"... A DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE CAN HAVE NO aptitude AND NO TASTE FOR SCIENCE, LITERATURE, OR ART. IT must be acknowledged that amongst few of the civilised nations ..."

5. The Practical Study of Languages: A Guide for Teachers and Learners by Henry Sweet (1906)
"National aptitude There does not seem to be any valid reason for ... But the Russian aptitude for learning languages has been doubtless much exaggerated. ..."

6. On the Study of Celtic Literature by Matthew Arnold (1867)
"devoid of any aptitude at all for rhetoric. Take a speech from the throne in Prussia, and compare it with a speech from the throne in England. ..."

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