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ap·ti·tude
 aptitude
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- pronunciation:
- aep
t
tud
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
ability to learn quickly.
- synonyms:
- aptness, cleverness, facility, quickness, sharpness
- similar words:
- ability, acuity, bent, brilliance, capacity, faculty, perspicacity, wit
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| definition 2: |
a particular innate capacity.
an aptitude for painting- synonyms:
- capability, endowment, flair, gift, knack, talent
- similar words:
- ability, bent, facility, faculty, hand, instinct, potential, proficiency, propensity, skill, turn
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| related words: |
capability, craft, ease, feel, flair, forte, intelligence, power, talent, tendency, touch, understanding |
adjective + (n.)aptitude
academic,
armed,
artistic,
average,
cognitive,
differential,
high,
individual,
innate,
intellectual,
intrinsic,
mathematical,
mechanical,
mental,
minimum,
musical,
natural,
overall,
particular,
preliminary,
psychological,
reasonable,
remarkable,
scholastic,
singular,
special,
specialized,
specific,
standard,
standardized,
technical,
verbal,
vocational
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verb + (n.)aptitude
base, demonstrate, differ, evaluate, identify, lack, possess, show
(n.)aptitude
+ verb
acquire, administer, declare, earn, measure, score, sit, solve, test
noun + (n.)aptitude
background,
characteristic,
gauge,
graduate,
intelligence,
interest,
knowledge,
lab,
learning,
level,
literacy,
management,
measure,
motivation,
music,
myth,
personality,
skill,
strength,
student,
trait
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The word aptitude
contains the following part:
-tude
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state or condition of
  More about this word part:
The suffix "-tude
" attaches to Latin roots.
Example words:
altitude, amplitude, aptitude, beatitude, certitude, decrepitude, desuetude, disquietude, dissimilitude, exactitude, finitude, fortitude, gratitude, habitude, hebetude, ineptitude, infinitude, ingratitude, inquietude, lassitude, latitude, longitude, magnitude, Negritude, platitude, plenitude, promptitude, pulchritude, quietude, rectitude, similitude, solicitude, solitude, turpitude, verisimilitude, vicissitude
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