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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
apt/apt/
▶adjective
- 1 appropriate; suitable.
- 2 (apt to do something) having a tendency to do something.
- 3 quick to learn.
– derivatives
aptly adverb,
aptness noun.
aptly adverb,
aptness noun.
– origin ME: from L. aptus ‘fitted’, from apere ‘fasten’.
'apt' also found in these Oxford entries:
apposite
- aptitude
- coaptation
- docile
- forgetful
- -ful
- handsome
- inept
- -le
- liquescent
- -some
- trigger-happy
- -y
Forum discussions with the word(s) "apt" in the title:
A lover is apt to be as full of secrets from himself
abbreviation apt.
apt double-barrelled name
apt for receiving
Apt use of articles before proper nouns
apt,liable,likely,inclined,prone
Apt/Tend to
More apt [one syllable + er??]
the capers Brer Rabbit is apt to cut
The poor are apt to envy the rich.
Two syllable words more apt to create neologisms?
abbreviation apt.
apt double-barrelled name
apt for receiving
Apt use of articles before proper nouns
apt,liable,likely,inclined,prone
Apt/Tend to
More apt [one syllable + er??]
the capers Brer Rabbit is apt to cut
The poor are apt to envy the rich.
Two syllable words more apt to create neologisms?
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