apt
adjective/æpt/
/æpt/
- suitable or appropriate in the circumstances
- a particularly apt description/name/comment
- The song would have been more apt for a bass voice.
- It was a particularly apt name for someone with his skills.
- That question seemed quite apt in the circumstances.
- likely or tending naturally to do something
- apt to be… apt to be forgetful/careless
- apt to do something Babies are apt to put objects into their mouths.
- apt pupil a person who has a natural ability to learn and understand
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘suited, appropriate’): from Latin aptus ‘fitted’, past participle of apere ‘fasten’.
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