apt
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æpt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æpt
Etymology 1
From Old French apte, from Latin aptus, from obsolete apere (“to fasten, to join, to fit”), akin to apisci (“to reach, attain”); compare with Greek ἅπτειν (ἅptein, “to fasten”) and Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “fit”), from आप् (āp, “to reach, attain”).
Adjective
apt (comparative apter or more apt, superlative aptest or most apt)
- Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
- Tonight there’s a full moon, which is apt, since the election night will bring out the lunatics.
- (Can we date this quote?) Jeremy Taylor
- a river […] apt to be forded by a lamb
- (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Temple
- My vines and peaches […] were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Lubbock
- This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of its leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.
- (Can we date this quote?) Fairfax Harrison
- that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers
- (Can we date this quote?) William Temple
- Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert
- a pupil apt to learn
- an apt scholar
- (Can we date this quote?) Johnson
- an apt wit
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
- (Although I) live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die.
Synonyms
- (suitable; appropriate): appropriate, meet, suitable; See also Thesaurus:pertinent or Thesaurus:suitable
- (having a habitual tendency): disposed, inclined, liable, predisposed, tending towards; See also Thesaurus:inclined
- (especially fitted or qualified): fit, prompt, qualified, ready; See also Thesaurus:skilled
Translations
fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate
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having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards
ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert
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Etymology 2
From apartment
Noun
apt (plural apts)
- An apartment; a flat
- 2010, David Dondero, Just a Baby in Your Momma's Eyes
- Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise.
Which at a lowly income none of us could ever really quite afford.
- Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise.
- 2010, David Dondero, Just a Baby in Your Momma's Eyes
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