apt

Everyday

1. Apt means suitable or just right for the situation. tree →
2. If someone is apt to do something, they often tend to do it. tree →
3. (old-fashioned) An apt pupil learns quickly. tree →

In the lessons

Used in English lessons («an apt word», «an apt description») and everyday speech («He is apt to forget»).

Examples

• «Busy as a bee» is an apt description of my mum. tree →
• That was an apt name for such a fast dog. tree →
• The old door is apt to stick in wet weather. tree →
• Little brothers are apt to copy everything you do. tree →
• She was an apt pupil and learned to read quickly. tree →
• It is apt that the gardening club meets in spring. tree →
• The strong are apt to settle questions to their own advantage. tree →

Note

Short and a bit formal. Noun «aptness», «aptitude» (natural talent). «Apt to» means «likely to» and usually is about a habit, often a bad one.

In Jewish tradition

Used in English lessons («an apt word», «an apt description») and everyday speech («He is apt to forget»).

Examples

• The various commentaries upon it are more apt to bewilder the student than to enlighten him. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. (Prophets 2KI.24.16, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Short and a bit formal. Noun «aptness», «aptitude» (natural talent). «Apt to» means «likely to» and usually is about a habit, often a bad one.