aptitude

aptitude is a   Noun

Definition:

[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.

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