Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.
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Aptitude
//ˈæptɪˌtjuːd//
Synonyms for "aptitude" (198 found)
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mental setmercurial mindmettlemindmind-setmoldmoldabilitymotivationmouldmouldermouldynative clevernessnaturenimble mindnimble-wittednessnimblenessnousobligationoddsoutlook
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penchantplasticitypliabilitypossibilitypowerpredilectionpredispositionpreferenceprejudicepresumptionpresumptive evidenceprobabilismprobabilityproclivitypronenesspropensityproprietyprospectqualificationquick partsquick thinkingquick witquick-wittednessquicknessreadinessready witreasonable groundreasonable hopereceptivityrelevanceresourcesavvysensitivity tosetsharp-wittednesssharpnessskillfulnessslantsmartnesssmartssoft spotspecialitysprightly witstampstrainstreakstrengthstripesuitabilitysuitablenesssusceptibilityteachabilityteachablenesstempertemperamenttendencytrainablenesstropismturnturn forturn of mindtwisttypeverisimilitudewarpweaknesswell-grounded hopewillingness
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68 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- اِسْتِعْدَاد noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- مَوْهِبَة noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дарба noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- способност noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
Catalan
1 entries- aptitud noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 才幹 /才干 noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- 才能 noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- 資質 /资质 noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
Czech
4 entries- dar noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- nadání noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- nadání noun (the condition of being suitable)
- předpoklad noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
Dutch
1 entries- aanleg noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
Finnish
2 entries- kyky noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- soveltuvuus noun (the condition of being suitable)
German
2 entries- Begabung noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- Eignung noun (the condition of being suitable)
Hebrew
1 entries- כשרון, כושר noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
Irish
1 entries- éirimiúlacht noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
Italian
1 entries- attitudine noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
Japanese
4 entries- 向き noun (the condition of being suitable)
- 才能 noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- 素質 noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- 適合 noun (the condition of being suitable)
Korean
4 entries- 소질 noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- 재능 noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- 적성 noun (the condition of being suitable)
- 적합 noun (the condition of being suitable)
Norwegian
2 entries- begavelse noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- egnethet noun (the condition of being suitable)
Occitan
1 entries- aptitud noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
Polish
1 entries- uzdolnienie noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
Portuguese
3 entries- apetência noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- aptidão noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- aptidão noun (the condition of being suitable)
Russian
4 entries- одарённость noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- предрасполо́женность noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- скло́нность noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- спосо́бность noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nadarenost noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- obdarenost noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- podobnost noun (the condition of being suitable)
- pogodnost noun (the condition of being suitable)
Spanish
3 entries- aptitud noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- capacidad noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- conveniencia noun (the condition of being suitable)
Swedish
2 entries- begåvning noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- lämplighet noun (the condition of being suitable)
Tagalog
1 entries- aptitud noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
Tocharian B
1 entries- epastyäññe noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
Turkish
4 entries- istidat noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- işe yarama noun (the condition of being suitable)
- kabiliyetli olma noun (the condition of being suitable)
- yetenekli olma noun (the condition of being suitable)
Ukrainian
2 entries- здібність noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
- схильність noun (natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
He has a remarkable aptitude for music.
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He has an aptitude for painting.
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Your attitude, not your aptitude, determines your altitude.
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