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apt

US/æpt/ uncommon uk us

adjective

1.

at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant

  • “he is apt to lose”
  • “she is liable to forget”
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2.

mentally quick and resourceful

  • “an apt pupil”
  • “you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold” Bram Stoker
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3.

(usually followed by `to'') naturally disposed toward

  • “he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant”
  • “I am not minded to answer any questions”
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4.

being of striking appropriateness and pertinence

  • “the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images”
  • “an apt reply”
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Origin

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)”).

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