aptitude
Syllables: ap·ti·tude/ˈæptɪˌtjuːd/
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British/ˈaptɪˌt͡ʃʉwd/
aptitude noun: a natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
Noun
aptitude (countable and uncountable, plural aptitudes)
- A natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
- She showed an early aptitude for mathematics.
- The test measures a student’s aptitude for language learning.
- Synonyms:
- talent, knack, ability, technique, capacity, craft, capability, competency, competence, cunning
- Antonyms:
- ineptitude
- The condition of being suitable.
- Synonyms:
- appropriateness, fitness, suitability
- Antonyms:
- ineptitude
aptitude meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
aptitude in Tamil
- இயல்திறன், திறமை, தகுதி, இயற்கைப்பாங்கு, போக்கு, நாட்டம்
aptitude in Urdu
- aptitude
- استعداد isti'dād
aptitude in Malayalam
- ജന്മനായുള്ള കഴിവ്, പ്രവണത
aptitude in Kannada
- ಇಷ್ಟ, ಅಭಿರುಚಿ, ಒಲವು, ಯುಕ್ತತೆ, ಉಚಿತತೆ, ಲಾಯಕ್ಕು
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- aptitude in Punjabi
- ਰੁਚੀ rucī
- aptitude in Gujarati
- અભિરુચિ
- aptitude in Tagalog
- aptitud
- aptitude in Arabic
- اِسْتِعْدَاد istiʕdād, مَوْهِبَة mawhiba
Examples of aptitude in a sentence
- Unwittingly, he had discovered deep within himself a fertile aptitude for smoking with a cigarette holder.
- His artistic aptitude and fluency with both pencil and navigational chartage has inspired all of us in different ways.
- His uncanny aptitude for math showed itself early.
Synonyms of aptitude
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Antonyms
Forms of aptitude
| plural | aptitudes |
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Origin of aptitude
From Middle French aptitude, from Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”). By surface analysis, apt + -itude. Doublet of attitude.
Words formed from aptitude
Questions about aptitude
- What does aptitude mean?
- Aptitude means a natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
- What is aptitude in Tamil?
- Aptitude in Tamil is இயல்திறன், திறமை, தகுதி. See Aptitude meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aptitude?
- Aptitude is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aptitude?
- Aptitude is pronounced /ˈæptɪˌtjuːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of aptitude?
- The plural of aptitude is aptitudes.
Words near aptitude in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: aptitude (page history and authors); aptitude (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); استعداد (Urdu) (page history and authors); aptitude (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aptitude (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਰੁਚੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); aptitude (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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