"aptness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæptnəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-aptness.wav [UK] Forms: aptnesses [plural]
Etymology: apt + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|apt|ness}} apt + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} aptness (countable and uncountable, plural aptnesses)
  1. suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the quality of being apt or suitable): taipumus (Finnish), aptitude [feminine] (French), შესაბამისობა (šesabamisoba) (Georgian), შესატყვისობა (šesaṭq̇visoba) (Georgian), Eignung [feminine] (German), tráthúlacht [feminine] (Irish), giustezza [feminine] (Italian), calliditās [feminine] (Latin), commoditās [feminine] (Latin), dexteritās [feminine] (Latin), aptidão [feminine] (Portuguese), приго́дность (prigódnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), freagarrachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), вѐрзӣрано̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vèrzīranōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-aptness-en-noun-VWnRgomI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 29 25 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 57 23 17 2 Disambiguation of 'the quality of being apt or suitable': 98 1 1 1
  2. disposition of the mind; propensity Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-aptness-en-noun-kpnzbelv
  3. speed or readiness in learning; docility Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-aptness-en-noun-DYREh5hS
  4. proneness; tendency Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-aptness-en-noun-pxC9Vaqf

Inflected forms

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