apt
unusually intelligent; able to learn quickly and easily: an apt pupil.
suited to the purpose or occasion; appropriate: an apt metaphor; a few apt remarks on world peace.
Archaic. prepared; ready; willing.
Origin of apt
1synonym study For apt
usage note For apt
Other words for apt
Other words from apt
- apt·ly, adverb
- apt·ness, noun
- o·ver·apt, adjective
- o·ver·apt·ness, noun
Other definitions for apt. (2 of 2)
Origin of apt.
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How to use apt in a sentence
The pictures are distinguished for their aptness and perfect illustrative character.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song | Florence HolbrookFrom her tenderest years, she discovered a wonderful aptness, and a vehement desire, for acquiring languages.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsI have, many times, and I never see such a rock without thinking of its aptness as an illustration of this Socialist philosophy.
The Common Sense of Socialism | John SpargoThe rapidity and sinuosity of its motions, its quick spring and sharp recoil, prove the aptness of the illustration.
The Myths of the North American Indians | Lewis SpenceSometimes they enshrine a pun or a conceit, or depend for their aptness upon an assonance.
Chapters on Jewish Literature | Israel Abrahams
British Dictionary definitions for apt (1 of 2)
/ (æpt) /
suitable for the circumstance or purpose; appropriate
(postpositive; foll by an infinitive) having a tendency (to behave as specified)
having the ability to learn and understand easily; clever (esp in the phrase an apt pupil)
Origin of apt
1Derived forms of apt
- aptly, adverb
- aptness, noun
British Dictionary definitions for apt. (2 of 2)
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