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aptitude test
noun
: a standardized test designed to predict an individual's ability to learn certain skills
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Everything is an aptitude test to identify the keepers and weed out the pretenders.
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Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 3 Aug. 2024
That was in Philadelphia in 1969, when as a high school senior, Seidelman was required by her guidance counselor to take an aptitude test to determine her career prospects.
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Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
Finland tightened its gun legislation in 2010, introducing an aptitude test for all firearms license applicants.
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Reuters, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024
The Air Force recruiter gave him an aptitude test and offered him a position in logistics.
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Tamara Audi, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1919, in the meaning defined above
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“Aptitude test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aptitude%20test. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
Medical Definition
aptitude test
noun
: a standardized test designed to predict an individual's ability to learn certain skills compare intelligence test
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