ALL meanings of apt
apt
A a - adjective apt An apt remark, description, or choice is especially suitable. 3
- adjective apt If someone is apt to do something, they often do it and so it is likely that they will do it again. 3
- adjective apt suitable for the circumstance or purpose; appropriate 3
- adjective apt having a tendency (to behave as specified) 3
- adjective apt having the ability to learn and understand easily; clever (esp in the phrase an apt pupil) 3
- abbreviation APT apartment 3
- adjective apt suited to its purpose; appropriate; fitting 3
- adjective apt tending or inclined; likely 3
- adjective apt quick to learn or understand 3
- adjective apt ready; prepared 3
- noun apt Appropriate or suitable in the circumstances. 1
- noun Definition of apt in Technology 1. (language) Automatically Programmed Tools. 2. (company) Audio Processing Technology. 1
- noun apt Some usage guides insist that apt followed by an infinitive can or should be used to mean only “inclined, disposed”: He is apt to ignore matters he regards as unimportant. In fact, apt is standard in all varieties of speech and writing as a synonym for likely in contexts that suggest probability without any implication of a natural disposition toward: Hostilities are apt to break out if the confrontation is not soon resolved. She is apt to arrive almost any time now. See also liable, likely. 1
- adjective apt inclined; disposed; given; prone: too apt to slander others. 1
- adjective apt likely: Am I apt to find him at home? 1
- adjective apt unusually intelligent; able to learn quickly and easily: an apt pupil. 1
- adjective apt suited to the purpose or occasion; appropriate: an apt metaphor; a few apt remarks on world peace. 1
- adjective apt Archaic. prepared; ready; willing. 1
- abbreviation APT apartment. 1
- adjective apt Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited. 0
- adjective apt (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards. 0
- adjective apt Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar. 0