Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Begabung

    скло́нностьsklónnostʹ, спосо́бностьsposóbnostʹ, одарённостьodarjónnostʹ

    схильністьsxylʹnistʹ, здібністьzdibnistʹ

    inherent ability

  2. (countable, uncountable)The condition of being suitable.

    Eignung

    уме́стностьuméstnostʹ

Examples

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  1. He has a remarkable aptitude for music.

    deEr hat eine außergewöhnliche musikalische Begabung.

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  2. He has an aptitude for painting.

    ruУ него есть способность к рисованию.

    deEr hat eine Zeichenbegabung.

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  3. I have no aptitude for that.

    deIch habe keine Begabung dafür.

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  4. Your attitude, not your aptitude, determines your altitude.

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  5. Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill:
Русский
By meaning 2
natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill:
the condition of being suitable:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill:
the condition of being suitable:

Origin

From Middle French aptitude, from Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”).

From Middle French aptitude, from Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”). By surface analysis, apt + -itude. Doublet of attitude.

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