apt
adjectivenounattested in dialogue
- United States//æpt//
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
adjective
- 1
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
an apt metaphor
apt punishment
a river […] apt to be forded by a lamb
While we to Jove the pure libations pay, / Than Jove what apter claims the hallow'd lay?
- 2
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.
that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers
Since sick people were apt to be present, he could not always depend on a lively young crowd in the same ward with him, and the entertainment was not always good.
- 3
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
a pupil apt to learn
an apt scholar
Fulfill your pleasure. Live a thousand years, / I shall not find myself so apt to die.
Etymology
From Old French apte, from Latin aptus (“suitable, fitting”). Either from obsolete apere (“to fasten, to join, to fit”), akin to apisci (“to reach, attain”) (compare with Greek ἅπτειν (áptein, “to fasten”) and Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “fit”), from आप् (āp, “to reach, attain”)) or from *h₂ep- (“to join, fit (in)”).
noun
- 1
Variant of apartmentAbbreviation of apartment.
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.
Forms
- plural
- apts
- comparative
- apter, more apt
- superlative
- aptest, most apt
apt · Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
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