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adj/æpt/
  1. 1

    Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.

    • an apt metaphor
    • apt punishment
  2. 2

    Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.

    • 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
  3. 3

    Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.

    • a pupil apt to learn
    • an apt scholar
noun
  1. 1

    Abbreviation of apartment.abbreviationalt-of

    • Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise. Which at a lowly income none of us could ever really quite afford.

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