apt
Significat (English)
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- Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
- Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
- Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
Synonyms
of use
quick to
well turned
asstd
well-becoming
well-chosen
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/æpt/
Etymology (English)
In summary
From Old French apte, from Latin aptus, from obsolete apere (“to fasten, to join, to fit”), akin to apisci (“to reach, attain”); compare with Greek ἅπτειν (háptein, “to fasten”) and Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “fit”), from आप् (āp, “to reach, attain”).
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