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apt

apt · apter · aptest

відповідний, доречний, схильний, підходящий

соответствующий, подходящий, способный, уместный

geeignet, passend, geneigt

Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suitedSuitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.

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/æpt/

» Young people are apt to waste time.

Junge Leute verschwenden gerne Zeit.

Молодым людям свойственно терять время.

Молоді люди схильні марнувати час.

Meaning

3 senses

Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
an apt metaphor
apt punishment
geeignet, passend
подходя́щийpodxodjáščij, соотве́тствующийsootvétstvujuščij, уме́стныйuméstnyj
доречнийdorečnyj, відповіднийvidpovidnyj, підходящийpidxodjaščyj
Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
geneigt
скло́нныйsklónnyj
схильнийsxylʹnyj
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
a pupil apt to learn
an apt scholar
спосо́бныйsposóbnyj, поня́тливыйponjátlivyj
здібнийzdibnyj

More definitions

(usually followed by ‘to’) naturally disposed toward
mentally quick and resourceful
at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
being of striking appropriateness and pertinence

Examples

111 sentences

Young people are apt to waste time.
Молоді люди схильні марнувати час.
ruМолодым людям свойственно терять время.
deJunge Leute verschwenden gerne Zeit.
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We are apt to waste time.
ruМы склонны тратить время впустую.
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Tom is apt to be late.
ruТом склонен опаздывать.
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Tom is apt to forget things.
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Tom is apt to be forgetful.
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Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate:

having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards:

ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert:

Русский

By meaning 3

fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate:

having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards:

ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate:

having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards:

Origin

From Old French apte, from Latin aptus (“suitable, fitting”). Either from obsolete apere (

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)”).

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Forms

apter/more apt, aptest/most apt

Comparative	apter / more apt Lesson
Superlative	aptest / most apt Lesson

regular

Synonyms

92 synonyms

appropriateA2 meetA1 suitableA2 materialA2 pertinentC1 relevantB2 validB2 commensurateC2 correctA1 fitA2 likelyA2 properA2 rightA1 sensibleB2

Close in meaning

(usually followed by ‘to’) naturally disposed toward:disposed given minded tending
mentally quick and resourceful:clever
at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant:liable
being of striking appropriateness and pertinence:apposite pertinent

Word family

12 related words

DerivedadaptB1 aptagram aptly aptonym aptronym overapt unapt

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form

Collocations

3 patterns

is apt to
apt to forget
apt to be