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Definition of 'apt'English
Adjective
( en-adj)
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
- Tonight there’s a full moon, which is apt , since the election night will bring out the lunatics.
* (Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
- a river apt to be forded by a lamb
(of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
* (1628–1699)
- My vines and peacheswere apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit.
* (1834-1913)
- This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of its leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.
* (Fairfax Harrison) (1869-1938)
- that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers
Ready]]; especially fitted or [[qualify|qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
* (rfdate) Johnson
- An apt wit.
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:(Although I) live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die.
Synonyms
(split by senses)
* disposed, predisposed, inclined, liable, tending towards
* appropriate, suitable, meet
* fit, qualified
* prompt, quick
* ready
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