"aptitude" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæptɪˌtjuːd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-aptitude.wav Forms: aptitudes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French aptitude, from Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”). By surface analysis, apt + -itude. Doublet of attitude. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|aptitude}} Middle French aptitude, {{der|en|ML.|aptitudo}} Medieval Latin aptitudo, {{der|en|la|aptus||apt, fit}} Latin aptus (“apt, fit”), {{surf|en|apt|-itude}} By surface analysis, apt + -itude, {{doublet|en|attitude}} Doublet of attitude Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} aptitude (countable and uncountable, plural aptitudes)
  1. Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: talent, knack, skill Translations (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill): اِسْتِعْدَاد (istiʕdād) [masculine] (Arabic), مَوْهِبَة (mawhiba) [feminine] (Arabic), дарба (darba) (Bulgarian), способност (sposobnost) (Bulgarian), aptitud [feminine] (Catalan), 才能 (cáinéng) (Chinese Mandarin), 才幹 (Chinese Mandarin), 才干 (cáigàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 資質 (Chinese Mandarin), 资质 (zīzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), vloha [feminine] (Czech), předpoklad [masculine] (Czech), schopnost [feminine] (Czech), talent [masculine] (Czech), nadání [neuter] (Czech), dar [masculine] (Czech), aanleg (Dutch), kyky (Finnish), Begabung [feminine] (German), כשרון, כושר (english: kisharon, kosher) (Hebrew), éirimiúlacht [feminine] (Irish), attitudine [feminine] (Italian), 才能 (sainō) (Japanese), 素質 (soshitsu) (Japanese), 소질 (sojil) (alt: 素質) (Korean), 재능 (jaeneung) (alt: 才能) (Korean), begavelse [masculine] (Norwegian), aptitud [feminine] (Occitan), uzdolnienie [neuter] (Polish), aptidão [feminine] (Portuguese), скло́нность (sklónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), спосо́бность (sposóbnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), одарённость (odarjónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), предрасполо́женность (predraspolóžennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), sklonost (Serbo-Croatian), sposobnost (Serbo-Croatian), obdarenost (Serbo-Croatian), nadarenost (Serbo-Croatian), talent (Serbo-Croatian), aptitud [feminine] (Spanish), capacidad [feminine] (Spanish), begåvning [common-gender] (Swedish), aptitud (Tagalog), epastyäññe (Tocharian B), схильність (sxylʹnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), здібність (zdibnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. The condition of being suitable. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: appropriateness, fitness, suitability Translations (the condition of being suitable): nadání [neuter] (Czech), vloha [feminine] (Czech), talent [masculine] (Czech), schopnost [feminine] (Czech), soveltuvuus (Finnish), Eignung [feminine] (German), 適度 (tekido) (Japanese), 適性 (tekisei) (Japanese), 適合 (tekigō) (Japanese), 向き (muki) (Japanese), 적성 (jeokseong) (alt: 適性) (Korean), 적합 (jeokhap) (alt: 適合) (Korean), egnethet [masculine] (Norwegian), aptidão [feminine] (Portuguese), уме́стность (uméstnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), podobnost (Serbo-Croatian), pogodnost (Serbo-Croatian), conveniencia [feminine] (Spanish), lämplighet [common-gender] (Swedish)
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "cáinéng",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "word": "才能"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "word": "才幹"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cáigàn",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "word": "才干"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "word": "資質"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zīzhì",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "word": "资质"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "předpoklad"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "schopnost"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "talent"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
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          "word": "nadání"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dar"
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          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "word": "aanleg"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "word": "kyky"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Begabung"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "he",
          "english": "kisharon, kosher",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "word": "כשרון, כושר"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "éirimiúlacht"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
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          "word": "attitudine"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sainō",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "word": "才能"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "soshitsu",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "word": "素質"
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          "alt": "素質",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sojil",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "word": "소질"
        },
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          "alt": "才能",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jaeneung",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "word": "재능"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
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          "word": "begavelse"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "oc",
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          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
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          "word": "uzdolnienie"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "aptidão"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sklónnostʹ",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "скло́нность"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sposóbnostʹ",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
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          "word": "спосо́бность"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "odarjónnostʹ",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "одарённость"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predraspolóžennostʹ",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "предрасполо́женность"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
          "word": "sklonost"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill",
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          "word": "capacidad"
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          "word": "begåvning"
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          "lang": "Tocharian B",
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          "word": "epastyäññe"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the condition of being suitable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aptidão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uméstnostʹ",
      "sense": "the condition of being suitable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "уме́стность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the condition of being suitable",
      "word": "podobnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the condition of being suitable",
      "word": "pogodnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the condition of being suitable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conveniencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the condition of being suitable",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lämplighet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aptitude"
}

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