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
He had just wrapped up another National Signing Day apt to enrich the rich when he said Thursday morning, “There’s been a lack of parity since the playoff has been introduced, and that’s not because of the playoff, but it contributes to it.”
The College Football Playoff has become an exclusive club. West Coast schools not invited. | Chuck Culpepper | December 18, 2020 | Washington PostComparisons to the microwave are apt in that both technologies use electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than infrared light.
The kitchen of the future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewAlso, they’re apt metaphors for what you’re hoping to do in bed.
Holiday sex in your parents’ house without getting caught | Michael Alvear | December 15, 2020 | Washington BladeYet, “brilliant” is the only apt word to describe Washington’s work.
‘Memorial’ is one of the best books of the year | Kathi Wolfe | November 27, 2020 | Washington BladeThe note at the top of the puzzle says, “The first letters of certain grid entries in this puzzle will spell out an apt seven-letter word.”
Solution to Evan Birnholz’s Nov. 22 Post Magazine crossword, “Dark Secrets” | Evan Birnholz | November 22, 2020 | Washington Post
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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