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apt¹
- /æpt/ US, UK
Rhymes with -æpt
Where it comes from
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)”).
adjective apter · more apt · aptest · most apt
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Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
an apt metaphor
Similar: appropriate, meet, suitable, applicable, apposite, apt, ad rem, well-placed, felicitous, germane, in point, material
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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.
Similar: disposed, inclined, liable, predisposed, tending towards, apt, bain, fain, forward, minded, ready, prone
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Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
a pupil apt to learn
Similar: fit, prompt, expert, qualified, ready, able, artful, habile, accomplished, adept, adroit, apt
apt²
noun apts · apt.
- Abbreviation 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.
APT³
noun APTs
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proper noun
- Initialism of automatically programmed tool: a high-level language for numerically controlled machine tools.
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- Initialism of American Public Television
Apt⁴
Where it comes from
Two possible origins:
* A variant of Abt, a surname of German origin.
* Borrowed from Yiddish אַפּט (apt), a habitational surname from the town of Opatów, in Poland.
proper noun Apts
- A surname from German or Yiddish.
Apt⁵
proper noun
- A commune of Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. While the work of the contemporary artists in the show is avant-garde, it does not overwhelm the colorful faience made by the Faucon family, seven generations of ceramicists who operated a factory in Apt, a town in the Luberon Valley, from 1890 until 2002.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: appropriate, apposite, apropos, pertinent, disposed, minded, likely, liable, intelligent, clever, given, inclined, tending, proper, fit, suitable
Translations
Every language
adj fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate
| Español | apto, acertado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 적절하다 jeokjeolhada |
| 日本語 | 適切 tekisetsu |
| 中文 | 合適 /合适 héshì, 妥當 /妥当 tuǒdang, 恰當 /恰当 qiàdàng, 適當 /适当 shìdàng, 適宜 /适宜 shìyí, 貼切 /贴切 tiēqiè |
| Português | apto |
| Français | apte |
| Deutsch | geeignet, passend |
| Italiano | adatto, appropriato, idoneo, confacente |
| Română | potrivit, apt |
| Русский | подходя́щий podxodjáščij, соотве́тствующий sootvétstvujuščij, уме́стный uméstnyj |
| العربية | مناسب munāsib |
adj having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards
| 中文 | 傾向 /倾向 qīngxiàng, 容易 róngyì, 易於 /易于 yìyú |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | geneigt |
| Italiano | tendente |
| Русский | скло́нный sklónnyj |
adj ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert
| 日本語 | 利発 rihatsu |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 善於 /善于 shànyú, 聰明 /聪明 cōngmíng, 聰穎 /聪颖 cōngyǐng, 靈巧 /灵巧 língqiǎo |
| Português | apto |
| Русский | спосо́бный sposóbnyj, поня́тливый ponjátlivyj |
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