Look up: aptitude

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   aptitude
   [n] - inherent ability
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   Aptitude
   The ability to deal with aspects of the environment. An innate ability to perform a particular behaviour.
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   aptitude
   natural ability to acquire relatively general or special types of knowledge or skill Category: Medicine • natural ability to acquire relatively general or special types of knowledge or skill Category: Man and society • the term aptitude is taken here to certain habits and muscular coordinations of an individual that are known to predispose him to acceptably efficient perfor...
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   Aptitude
   Apt'i·tude noun [ French aptitude , Late Latin aptitudo , from Latin aptus . See Apt , and confer 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 irregul ...
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   aptitude
   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 imp ...
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   aptitude
   noun inherent ability
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   Aptitude
   An `aptitude` is an innate, acquired or learned or developed component of a competency (`being the others: knowledge, understanding and attitude`) to do a certain kind of work at a certain level. Aptitudes may be physical or mental.
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   Aptitude
   • (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. • (n.) Readiness in learning; docility; aptness. • (n.) A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.
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   Aptitude
   Undeveloped potential or ability. Compare with achievement.
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