apt

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French apte, from Latin aptus, from obsolete apere (“‘to fasten, to join, to fit’”), akin to apisci (“‘to reach, attain’”); compare with Greek ἅπτειν (haptīn), “‘to fasten’”) and Sanskrit आप्त (āpta), “‘fit’”), from आप् (āp), “‘to reach, attain’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /æpt/
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• Rhymes: -æpt

[edit] Adjective

apt (comparative apter or more apt, superlative aptest or most apt)

1. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.

   Tonight there’s a full moon, which is apt, since the election night will bring out the lunatics.

2. (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.

   This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of its leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.

3. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.

   (A date for this quote is being sought): An apt wit. —Johnson.

   (A date for this quote is being sought): (Although I) live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die. —Shakespeare

[edit] Synonyms

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• disposed, predisposed, inclined, liable, tending towards
• appropriate, suitable, meet
• fit, qualified
• prompt, quick
• ready

[edit] Derived terms

• aptly
• aptness

[edit] Related terms

• adept
• aptitude
• attitude
• inept

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of apt
• ATP
• pat, Pat
• PTA
• tap