Definition of Aptitudes

1. Noun. (plural of aptitude) ¹

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Definition of Aptitudes

1. aptitude [n] - See also: aptitude

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aptitudes

apterous
aptery
apteryges
apterygial
apterygote
apteryx
apteryxes
aptest
apthous ulcers
apthovirus
aptiganel
apting
aptitude
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aptitude tests
aptitudes
aptitudinal
aptitudinally
aptly
aptness
aptnesses
aptonym
aptonyms
aptote
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aptronym
aptronyms
apts
aptyalism

Literary usage of Aptitudes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Educational Sociology by Walter Robinson Smith (1917)
"Study of the vocational aptitudes of pupils. ... Parents, relatives, friends, or heroes may have warped the natural aptitudes and preferences of the pupil. ..."

2. Plato, and the Other Companions of Sokrates by George Grote (1888)
"But is it true that ^""[Ju^. women are competent to the function of Guardians Î tion. dp11- Is the female nature endued with the same aptitudes lite, ..."

3. The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples by John Franklin Genung (1896)
"Therefore each writer needs first of all to interrogate himself, and become aware of the nature, direction, and limits of his inborn aptitudes, ..."

4. The Intercourse Between the United States and Japan: An Historical Sketch by Inazō Nitobe (1891)
"Their Mental Aptitudes. In the choice of studies, the Japanese students have shown a decided inclination to philosophy, law and political economy' Besides ..."

5. Israel Among the Nations: A Study of the Jews and Antisemitism by Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu (1895)
"Whence do these Aptitudes Seem to Come?—III. Is the Jew, the Semite, always Lacking in Originality ?—The Ancient Hebrews, the Modern Jews, and the Inventive ..."

6. The Health of Nations: A Review of the Works of Edwin Chadwick by Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson, Edwin Chadwick (1887)
"SELECTIONS ACCORDING TO Aptitudes. " A clergyman, the son of a peer, ... He replied that he found their general aptitudes so decidedly superior, ..."

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