apt

Meaning

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.

appropriate

of use

quick to

well turned

asstd

well-becoming

well-chosen

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/æpt/

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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