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Definition of 'aptness'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) aptness, propensity
a disposition to behave in a certain way
"the aptness of iron to rust"; "the propensity of disease to spread"

2. (noun) aptness, appositeness
appropriateness for the occasion
"the phrase had considerable aptness"

Definition of 'aptness'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) aptness
fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end

2. (noun) aptness
disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example

3. (noun) aptness
quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others

4. (noun) aptness
proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust

Translation of 'aptness'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: clever; quick to learn an apt student.
Afrikaans: knapheid	Arabic: مُلائَمَة	Bulgarian: схватлив
Brazilian: adequação	Czech: vhodnost	German: die Angemessenheit; die B
Danish: egnethed; skarphed	Greek: ορθότητα	Spanish: propiedad, pertinencia
Estonian: asjakohasus	Farsi: شایستگی؛ احتمال	Finnish: alttius
French: à-propos, justesse	Hebrew: הַתְאָמָה	Hindi: उपयुक्तता
Croatian: uvredljivost	Hungarian: helyesség	Indonesian: ketepatan
Icelandic: réttleiki, viðeiganleiki;	Italian: appropriatezza	Japanese: 適切さ
Korean: 적절성	Lithuanian: sugebėjimas	Latvian: nosliece; piemērotība; sp
Malay: kepintaran	Dutch: toepasselijkheid	Norwegian: egnethet, skarphet
Polish: trafność	Persian: شایستگی؛ احتمال	Pashto: احتمال، مناسب والی
Portuguese: adequação	Romanian: pricepere; adecvare	Russian: склонность; способность
Slovak: vhodnosť	Slovenian: umestnost	Serbian: sposobnost
Swedish: skicklighet, lämplighet,	Thai: ความเหมาะสม	Turkish: uygunluk
Taiwanese: 恰當，靈巧	Ukrainian: доречність	Urdu: موزونیت
Vietnamese: sự thích hợp	Chinese: 恰当，灵巧
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