Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /æpt/Category:English 1-syllable words#APTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#APT

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• Rhymes: -æptCategory:Rhymes:English/æpt#APTCategory:Rhymes:English/æpt/1 syllable#APT

Adjective

apt (comparative apter or more apt, superlative aptest or most apt)Category:English lemmas#APTCategory:English adjectives#APTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#APTCategory:Pages with entries#APTCategory:Pages with 6 entries#APT

1. Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.

   Synonyms: appropriate, meet, suitable; see also Thesaurus:pertinent, Thesaurus:suitable

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   apt punishmentCategory:English terms with collocations#APT

   • 1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC:

     a river […] apt to be forded by a lamb

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   • 1755, Callimachus, “The First Hymn of Callimachus. To Jupiter.”, in William Dodd, transl., The Hymns of Callimachus, […], London: […] The translator [William Dodd], […], →OCLC, page 1:

     While we to Jove the pure libations pay, / Than Jove what apter claims the hallow'd lay?

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2. (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.

   Synonyms: disposed, inclined, liable, predisposed, tending towards; see also Thesaurus:inclined

   • 1874, John Lubbock, Scientific Lectures / On Plants and Insects:

     This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of its leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.

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   • 1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books:

     that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers

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   • 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168:

     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.

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   • 2023 January 26, Jacob Sullum, “A Federal Judge Blocks California's Ban on Medical Advice That Promotes COVID-19 'Misinformation'”, in Reason‎, archived from the original on 1 August 2023:

     On Wednesday night, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against a new California law that makes physicians subject to professional discipline for sharing COVID-19 "misinformation" with their patients. U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb concluded that California's definition of misinformation is unconstitutionally vague, failing to give doctors fair notice of which conduct the statute covers, which is a basic requirement of due process. That vagueness is especially problematic in this context, Shubb said, because it is apt to have a chilling effect on speech protected by the First Amendment.

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3. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.

   Synonyms: fit, prompt, expert, qualified, ready; see also Thesaurus:skilled

   a pupil apt to learnCategory:English terms with collocations#APT

   an apt scholarCategory:English terms with collocations#APT

   • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

     Fulfill your pleasure. Live a thousand years, / I shall not find myself so apt to die.

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Alternative forms

• apt.

Pronunciation

As with apartment.

Noun

apt (plural apts)Category:English lemmas#APTCategory:English nouns#APTCategory:English countable nouns#APTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#APTCategory:Pages with entries#APTCategory:Pages with 6 entries#APT

1. Abbreviation of apartmentCategory:English abbreviations#APT.
   • 2010, David Dondero, Just a Baby in Your Momma's Eyes:

     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.

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Declension