Apt

• POS: Adjective

CIDE DICTIONARY

Apt, a. [F. apte, L. aptus, fr. obsolete apere to fasten, to join, to fit, akin to apisci to reach, attain: cf. Gr. to fasten, Skr. āpta fit, fr. āp to reach attain.].

•  Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.  [1913 Webster]

  "They have always apt instruments."  [1913 Webster]

  "A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb."  [1913 Webster]
•  Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things.  [1913 Webster]

  "My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit."  [1913 Webster]

  "This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant."  [1913 Webster]
•  Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons.  [1913 Webster]

  "Apter to give than thou wit be to ask."  [1913 Webster]

  "That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers."  [1913 Webster]
•  Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.  Johnson.  [1913 Webster]

  "Live a thousand years,
  I shall not find myself so apt to die."  [1913 Webster]

  "I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Fit; meet; suitable; qualified; inclined; disposed; liable; ready; quick; prompt.

Apt, v. t. [L. aptare. See Aptate.].

 To fit; to suit; to adapt.  B. Jonson.  [1913 Webster]
"That our speech be apted to edification."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Apt, abbr. (in the UK) Advanced Passenger Train.

Apt, adj.
1 appropriate, suitable.
2 (foll. by to + infin.) having a tendency (apt to lose his temper).
3 clever; quick to learn (an apt pupil; apt at the work).

Derivative

aptly adv. aptness n.

Etymology

ME f. L aptus fitted, past part. of apere fasten

THESAURUS

Apt

Daedalian, a propos, ad rem, adapted, adept, adroit, alert, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, artistic, authoritative, becoming, befitting, bent, brainy, bravura, bright, brilliant, clean, clever, comely, compelling, convincing, coordinated, correct, crack, crackerjack, cunning, cute, daedal, decisive, deft, dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, disposed, dispositioned, docile, dovetailing, educable, exact, excellent, expeditious, expert, facile, fair, fancy, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, foreseeable, formable, geared, gifted, given, good, goodish, graceful, handy, happy, hopeful, immediate, impressionable, in the cards, in the mood, inclined, ingenious, inspired, instant, instantaneous, instructable, intelligent, just, just right, keen, keen-witted, liable, likely, magisterial, malleable, masterful, masterly, meet, meshing, minded, moldable, motivated, neat, nice, nimble, nimble-witted, no dumbbell, no mean, not born yesterday, odds-on, on the button, opportune, pat, pertinent, plastic, pliable, politic, precise, predictable, predictable within limits, predisposed, presumable, presumptive, probable, professional, proficient, promising, prompt, prone, proper, punctual, qualified, quick, quick-thinking, quick-witted, quite some, ready, receptive, relevant, resourceful, right, ripe for instruction, schoolable, scintillating, seasonable, seemly, sharp, sharp-witted, skillful, slick, smart, some, sortable, speedy, statesmanlike, statistically probable, steel-trap, stylish, suitable, suited, suiting, summary, susceptible, swift, tactful, tailored, talented, teachable, telling, the compleat, the complete, thirsty for knowledge, to the point, to the purpose, trainable, verisimilar, virtuoso, well-chosen, well-done, well-expressed, well-put, willing, workmanlike

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Apt

Agreement

N agreement, accord, accordance, unison, harmony, concord, concordance, concert, understanding, mutual understanding, conformity, conformance, uniformity, consonance, consentaneousness, consistency, congruity, congruence, keeping, congeniality, correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union, fitness, aptness, relevancy, pertinence, pertinencey, sortance, case in point, aptitude, coaptation, propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility, cognation, adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation, reconciliation, reconcilement, assimilation, consent, concurrence, cooperation, right man in the right place, very thing, quite the thing, just the thing, agreeing, suiting, in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial, coherent, becoming, harmonious reconcilable, conformable, in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with at one with, of one mind, of a piece, consistent, compatible, proportionate, commensurate, on all fours, apt, apposite, pertinent, pat, to the point, to the purpose, happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible, fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft, meet, at home, in one's proper element, a propos of, pertinently, rem acu tetigisti, if the shoe fits, wear it, the cap fits, auxilia humilia firma consensus facit, discers concordia.

Skill

N skill, skillfulness, address, dexterity, dexterousness, adroitness, expertness, proficiency, competence, technical competence, craft, callidity, facility, knack, trick, sleight, mastery, mastership, excellence, panurgy, ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, sleight of hand, seamanship, airmanship, marksmanship, horsemanship, rope-dancing, accomplishment, acquirement, attainment, art, science, technicality, technology, practical knowledge, technical knowledge, knowledge of the world, world wisdom, savoir faire, tact, mother wit, discretion, finesse, craftiness, management, self-help, cleverness, talent, ability, ingenuity, capacity, parts, talents, faculty, endowment, forte, turn, gift, genius, intelligence, sharpness, readiness, invention, aptness, aptitude, turn for, capacity for, genius for, felicity, capability, curiosa felicitas, qualification, habilitation, proficient, masterpiece, coup de maitre, chef d'euvre, tour de force, good stroke, skillful, dexterous, adroit, expert, apt, handy, quick, deft, ready, gain, slick, smart, proficient, good at, up to, at home in, master of, a good hand at, au fait, thoroughbred, masterly, crack, accomplished, conversant, experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed, up in, well up in, in practice, in proper cue, competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished, clever, cute, able, ingenious, felicitous, gifted, talented, endowed, inventive, shrewd, sharp, on the ball, cunning, alive to, up to snuff, not to be caught with chaff, discreet, neat-handed, fine-fingered, nimble-fingered, ambidextrous, sure- footed, cut out for, fitted for, technical, artistic, scientific, daedalian, shipshape, workman- like, business-like, statesman-like, skillfully, well, artistically, with skill, with consummate skill, secundum artem, suo Marte, to the best of one's abilities, ars celare artem, artes honorabit, celui qui veut celui-la peut, c'est une grande habilite que de savoir cacher son, expertus metuit, es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille sich ein C, heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute, if you have lemons, make lemonade.