English Explanatory Dictionary

apt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
  2. Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
  3. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of apartment.
noun
  1. Initialism of automation presses tooling.
  2. Initialism of advanced passenger train.
  3. Abbreviation of apartment, preferred by the United States Postal Service; compare Apt. and apt..
  4. Initialism of advanced persistent threat.
  5. Initialism of arbitrage pricing theory.
  6. Initialism of anatomical pathology technologist.
  7. Initialism of acyl protein thioesterase.
name
  1. Initialism of automatically programmed tool: a high-level language for numerically controlled machine tools.
  2. Initialism of advanced packaging tool: a package management system used by Debian and Debian-based distributions, also used by other Linux distributions.
  3. Initialism of Alabama Public Television.
  4. Initialism of American Public Television.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/æpt/ En-us-apt.ogg

Word forms

apt apter more apt aptest most apt apts apt.

Etymology

From Old French apte, from Latin aptus (“suitable, fitting”). Either from obsolete apere (“to fasten, to join, to fit”), akin to apisci (“to reach, attain”) (compare with Greek ἅπτειν (áptein, “to fasten”) and Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “fit”), from आप् (āp, “to reach, attain”)) or from *h₂ep- (“to join, fit (in)”).

Synonyms

appropriate meet suitable applicable apposite apt felicitous germane in point material on point on-topic pertinent relevant salient to the point valid allowable apropos comely commensurate correct decorous expedient fit fit for purpose fitting gainand idoneous in line likely opportune proper right seemly sensible sortable tidy up to standard disposed inclined liable predisposed tending towards bain fain forward minded ready prone propense wont prompt expert qualified able artful habile accomplished adept

Related words

adept aptitude attitude inept

Derived words

adapt aptagram aptly aptness aptonym aptronym overapt unapt
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