Definitions for aptitude

aptitude ap·ti·tude

Spelling: [ap-ti-tood, -tyood]
IPA: /ˈæp tɪˌtud, -ˌtyud/

Aptitude is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 202 anagrams from letters in aptitude (adeipttu).

Definitions for aptitude

noun

  1. capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent:
  2. readiness or quickness in learning; intelligence:
  3. the state or quality of being apt; special fitness.

Origin of aptitude

1400-50; late Middle English (Middle French) Late Latin aptitūdō. See apt, -i-, -tude

Examples for aptitude

Others say Wong is smart, and has an aptitude for understanding foreign policy.

He had seized a sword from a dying hand and was wielding it with aptitude and power.

It substitutes an aptitude for what ought to be pure acquirement.

“The girls we teach have the aptitude, and they can get a job right out of high school,” she says.

But that won't do for the folks without the aptitude to enter the new high-skilled fields.

According to the aptitude Chronology report, she was also diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.

When Piloti became old enough he was taught the piano, for which he had aptitude.

So the KGB assembled a group of young women with an aptitude for languages.

He appeared to have no aptitude at all for the business of soap making.

It is doubtful if the Phoenicians possessed any aptitude for the arts.

Word Value for aptitude
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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