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Definición y significado de apt
Definición
apt (adj.)
1.being of striking appropriateness and pertinence"the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images" "an apt reply"
2.(usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward"he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant" "I am not minded to answer any questions"
3.mentally quick and resourceful"an apt pupil" "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold" -Bram Stoker
4.at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant"he is apt to lose" "she is liable to forget"
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Merriam Webster
AptApt (ăpt), a. [F. apte, L. aptus, fr. obsolete apere to fasten, to join, to fit, akin to apisci to reach, attain: cf. Gr. � to fasten, Skr. āpta fit, fr. āp to reach attain.]
1. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
They have always apt instruments. Burke.
A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb. Jer. Taylor.
2. Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things.
My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit. Temple.
This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant. Lubbock.
3. Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons.
Apter to give than thou wit be to ask. Beau. & Fl.
That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers. F. Harrison.
4. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar. “An apt wit.” Johnson.
Live a thousand years,
I shall not find myself so apt to die. Shak.
I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear. Shak.
Syn. -- Fit; meet; suitable; qualified; inclined; disposed; liable; ready; quick; prompt.
AptApt, v. t. [L. aptare. See Aptate.] To fit; to suit; to adapt. [Obs.] “ To apt their places.” B. Jonson.
That our speech be apted to edification. Jer. Taylor.
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Diccionario analógico
apt (adj.)
inclined, -minded[Similaire]
apt (adj.)
clever, intelligent, shrewd[Similaire]
apt (adj.)
likely[Similaire]
Wikipedia
Apt
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Apt may refer to:
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- Places
- Apt, Vaucluse, a commune of the Vaucluse département of France
- Arrondissement of Apt, an arrondissement in the Vaucluse département of France
- Apt, Poland; Yiddish language designation for Opatow
- People
- Jerome Apt, Ph.D. (born 1949), an American astronaut
- Leonard Apt, inventor of the Apt test
- Other
- Apt Records, a subsidiary record label of ABC-Paramount Records
- Apt test, a medical test used to differentiate fetal or neonatal blood from maternal blood
- Apartment, a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building
- Apt meteorite of 1803, which fell in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (see Meteorite falls)
- Apt. (album), an album by Chilean singer Nicole
- Airport, abbreviated to apt
See also
- APT, disambiguation page
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