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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aptitude \Apt"i*tude\, n. [F. aptitude, LL aptitudo fr L. aptus. See {Apt}, and cf {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 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aptitude n : inherent ability [ant: {inaptitude}]
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