Apt
[æpt]
Definition
(adj.) mentally quick and resourceful; 'an apt pupil'; 'you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold'-Bram Stoker .
(adj.) (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; 'he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant'; 'I am not minded to answer any questions' .
(adj.) at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant; 'he is apt to lose'; 'she is liable to forget' .
Editor: Rosanne--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
(a.) Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things.
(a.) Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons.
(a.) Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
(v. t.) To fit; to suit; to adapt.
Checker: Mimi
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Apposite, pertinent, suitable, fit, fitting, meet, befitting, germane, applicable, appropriate, APROPOS, to the point, to the purpose.[2]. Inclined, liable, prone, disposed.[3]. Quick, sharp, ready, prompt, expert, dexterous, able, clever, happy, adroit, handy, skilful.[4]. Docile, teachable.
Checked by Alfreda
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fit, apposite, clever, meet, liable, becoming, appropriate, ready, fitting,suitable, pertinent, qualified, prompt, adapted, likely
ANT:Unfitted, ill-timed, awkward, unlikely, inapt
Typist: Stacey
Definition
adj. liable: ready for or prone to anything: prompt open to impressions (with at).—adv. Apt′ly.—n. Apt′ness.
Typist: Portia
Examples
- He is apt to denominate, however, his whole gain, profit, and thus confounds rent with profit, at least in common language. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We are not apt to imagine our posterity will excel us, or equal our ancestors. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The utilitarian principle is valuable as a corrective of error, and shows to us a side of ethics which is apt to be neglected. Plato. The Republic.
- All that can be said against mead is that 'tis rather heady, and apt to lie about a man a good while. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Everybody is ill now, I think,' said Mrs. Hale, with a little of the jealousy which one invalid is apt to feel of another. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- We are perhaps apt to emphasize the control of the body at the expense of control of the environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We are not much satisfyed with the thing itself; and are still less apt to feel any new degrees of self-satisfaction upon its account. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
Editor: Vlad