{
    "term": "aptitude",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "natural ability or skill at doing something",
            "sensetop": "aptitude for somethingaptitude for doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an **aptitude test** (= one designed to show whether somebody has the natural ability for a particular job or course of education)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She showed a natural aptitude for the work.",
                    "contextForm": "aptitude for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His aptitude for dealing with children got him the job.",
                    "contextForm": "aptitude for doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an aptitude for mathematics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "children who show an aptitude for music"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "talent",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "intrinsic", "natural"],
                "verb + aptitude": ["have", "display", "show"],
                "aptitude + noun": ["test"],
                "preposition": ["aptitude for"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæptɪtjuːd/",
                "audio": "ap/aptitude/aptitude__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæptɪtuːd/",
                "audio": "ap/aptitude/aptitude__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin aptitudo, from aptus ‘fitted’, past participle of apere ‘fasten’."
}