单词 | adaptitude |
释义 | adaptituden. Aptitude for something arising from a process of adaptation or adjustment; an ability or tendency produced in this way. Now also more generally: adaptability. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] covenablenessa1382 covenabletec1384 propertya1387 abilitya1398 congruencec1430 conveniencec1430 meetnessc1449 congruencya1513 conveniency1526 congruity1530 familiarity1551 suitableness1594 familiarnessa1617 idoneity1617 connaturalnessa1628 suitability1648 adequateness1650 adaptness1657 competibilitya1660 accommodateness1660 adaptation1663 adaptedness1673 evenliness1674 condecence1678 decorousness1678 feating1682 resemblance1715 idoneousness1727 appropriateness1731 favourableness1775 adaptitude1806 adaptment1831 1806 Physical & Metaphysical Inq. ii. 203 Design only can account for these wonderful adaptitudes: intelligence alone could execute them. 1842 E. B. Barrett Bk. Poets in Athenæum 11 June 521/2 A hedge-thorn catches sheep's wool, by position and approximation rather than adaptitude. 1852 R. Browning in P. B. Shelley Lett. 37 A profound sensibility and adaptitude for art. 1903 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 10 Oct. 3/3 Boys leave school frequently at an early age... They have different adaptitudes and tastes in studies. 1919 G. H. Jones Educ. in Theory & Pract. i. 24 [The study] considers the physical organism, its nature and its general adaptitude to its environment during the period of the educative process. 1952 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 18 Oct. 27/3 (advt.) Prospects of advancement for person who displays adaptitude, willingness and co-operation. 2006 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 30 Nov. 17 The blooms,..the attractive and wind-tolerant blade-like foliage and the sheer versatility all add up to a plant with considerable aptitude—or should that be adaptitude. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1806 |
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