Pronunciations
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/æpt/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
- Received-Pronunciation
Adjective
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
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an apt metaphor
apt punishment
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a river […] apt to be forded by a lamb
While we to Jove the pure libations pay, / Than Jove what apter claims the hallow'd lay?
Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
Usage- of persons or things
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This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of its leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.
that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers
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Since sick people were apt to be present, he could not always depend on a lively young crowd in the same ward with him, and the entertainment was not always good.
On Wednesday night, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against a new California law that makes physicians subject to professional discipline for sharing COVID-19 "misinformation" with their patients. U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb concluded that California's definition of misinformation is unconstitutionally vague, failing to give doctors fair notice of which conduct the statute covers, which is a basic requirement of due process. That vagueness is especially problematic in this context, Shubb said, because it is apt to have a chilling effect on speech protected by the First Amendment.
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
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a pupil apt to learn
an apt scholar
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Fulfill your pleasure. Live a thousand years, / I shall not find myself so apt to die.
Adjective
(usually followed by ‘to’) naturally disposed toward
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he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant
I am not minded to answer any questions
at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
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he is apt to lose
she is liable to forget
mentally quick and resourceful
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an apt pupil
being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
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the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images
an apt reply