Apt

Definition: Apt

Apt

Adjective

1. (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions".

2. At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant; "he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to forget".

3. Mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker.

4. Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply".

Date "apt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	APT 1. Automatically Programmed Tools. 2. Audio Processing Technology. (1996-01-15). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
APT	Danish	Adressedelsafslutter	Post & Telecom
APT	Dutch	Adresveldafsluiting	Post & Telecom
APT	English	Attached Proton Test	N/A
APT	Finnish	Osoitteen osion loppu	Post & Telecom
APT	French	Point de terminaison de la partition d'adresse	Post & Telecom
APT	German	Adressteilendewort	Post & Telecom
APT	Greek	τερματιστής διαμέρισης διευθύνσεων	Post & Telecom
APT	Italian	Teoria APT	Finance
APT	Portuguese	Terminador de partição de endereço	Post & Telecom
APT	Spanish	Teoría de los precios en operaciones de arbitraje	Finance
APT	Swedish	Adressdelsslut	Post & Telecom
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Apt

Synonyms: apposite (adj), appropriate (adj), apt(p) (adj), clever (adj), disposed(p) (adj), given(p) (adj), liable(p) (adj), minded(p) (adj), pertinent (adj), tending(p) (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Agreement	Apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible.
Intelligence Wisdom	Adjective: intelligent, quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, bright, quick, sharp; quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp- eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted; wide-awake; canny, shrewd, astute; clear-headed; farsighted; discerning, perspicacious, penetrating, piercing; argute; quick-witted, nimble-witted, needle-witted; sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack; alive to; (cognizant); clever; (apt); arch; (cunning); pas si bete; acute.
Learning	Adjective: studious; scholastic, scholarly; teachable; docile; (willing); apt; industrious.
Liability	Adjective: liable, subject; in danger; open to, exposed to, obnoxious to; answerable; unexempt from; apt to; dependent on; incident to.
Relation	In the same category; like; relevant; (apt); applicable, equiparant.
Skill	Adjective: skillful, dexterous, adroit, expert, apt, handy, quick, deft, ready, gain; slick, smart; (active); proficient, good at, up to, at home in, master of, a good hand at, au fait, thoroughbred, masterly, crack, accomplished; conversant; (knowing).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Apt

English words defined with "apt": apposite, appropriate ♦ Blind beetle, Breachy, Butter-fingered ♦ China ware, clever, Clingy, Compliable, Conceptious, crumbly ♦ disposed ♦ Evolatical, Exceptious ♦ Findfaulting ♦ given ♦ Habile ♦ Inhabile ♦ liable ♦ Mimetical, minded ♦ pertinent, Proditorious ♦ Quarreling, Quermonious ♦ Smell-feast, Somniloquous, Startful, Startish, Startlish, Suspectful ♦ tending, To make ready, Toward ♦ uncontrived, unstudied ♦ Volacious. (references)

Specialty definitions using "apt": Annoy, Automatically Programmed Tools ♦ BIRDIE ♦ DAISY CUTTER, defensive security ♦ effective terrestrial radiation, exabyte, EXAPT ♦ Fairy Money, fat electrons, FOD ♦ LIGHT-FINGERED ♦ RELIGIOUS HORSE ♦ SHORT-HEELED WENCH ♦ TLAs ♦ UPPISH ♦ WATERY-HEADED, WHITHER-GO-YE. (references)

Etymologies containing "apt": Monoptote. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Apt" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (address partition terminator), Romanian (able, able bodied, capable, effective).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You were a very apt pupil too, weren't you (Vertigo; writing credit: Pierre Boileau; Thomas Narcejac) A woman's love is like the morning dew: it's as apt to settle on a horse turd as it is a rose (Lovin' Molly; writing credit: Stephen J. Friedman; Larry McMurtry)
Clever	He who has a thing to sell and goes and whispers in a well is not as apt to get the dollars as he who climbs a tree and hollers. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Apt. 2F (1997) Joe's Apt. (1992)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	APT Satellite Holdings Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	40 Apt Pithy Truths: A Self-Analysis Test (reference) Apt Pupil : A Novella in Different Seasons (reference) Apt. 3 (Picture Books) (reference) Beginnings Physical Therapy and the Apt (reference) Being Apt to Teach and Holding the Mystery of the Faith (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Apt Newsletter (reference) Apt Viewer Guide (reference) Apt Yearbook (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Apt Pupil (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Apt #6S (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Hurricane Alma off the west coast of Florida. Highly reflective water off west coast indicated by arrow. Probably caused by coastal waters being agitated by hurricane. NIMBUS II, pass 338, APT. From Picture of the Month, "Monthly Weather Review," August 1966. Credit: NOAA in Space.		An apt pupil. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Dr. Waksmundzka, 1200 16th St., Apt. 414. Vacuum cup treatment I. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Aaron Hill	Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme.
Charles Churchill	Who often, but without success, have prayed for apt Alliteration's artful aid.
Jeremy Taylor	Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne	Men are most apt to believe what they least understand.
Nathaniel Hawthorne	Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
Niccolo Machiavelli	Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree	People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.
William Shakespeare	How apt the poor are to be proud.
	O world, how apt the poor are to be proud!
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	People are not so easily got out of their old forms, as some are apt to suggest. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	When an uninstructed multitude attempts to see with its eyes, it is exceedingly apt to be deceived
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	Neither have I forgot how apt some travelers are to boast of extraordinary favors they have received
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		A person with P. falciparum malaria, however, is apt to feel miserable even between attacks and, without treatment, is in danger of dying. (references)
		For example, a young infant suffering from diarrhea, pneumonia, and thrush, and exhibiting "failure to thrive," may well have SCID. A 4-year-old with swollen lymph glands, skin problems, pneumonia, and bone infections may have Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD). A 10-year old with sinus and respiratory infections, an enlarged spleen, and signs of autoimmune problems is apt to have Common Variable Immunodeficiency. (references)
Business		In recent years, Japan has been raising its prices on equipment, and there is not as much tied aid money available due to Japan’s domestic financial concerns and international pressure on the country to refrain from tied aid. When tied aid is not a factor, China is much less apt to import from Japan. (references)
		Industry experts predict that Saudi Arabia is likely to issue special foreign investment guidelines for its multibillion dollar gas projects as the investment law is apt to exclude upstream oil and gas. Saudi Arabia's investment framework, unveiled in April 2000 might pose problems for the integrated Gas Initiative Projects - especially for the upstream and midstream. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John Adams	1797-1801	A single assembly is apt to grow ambitious, and after a time will not hesitate to vote itself perpetual.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	To suppose that because our Government has been instituted for the benefit of the people it must therefore have the power to do what ever may seem to conduce to the public good is an error into which even honest minds are too apt to fall.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Apt" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.73% of the time. "Apt" is used about 627 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	98.73%	619	10,440
Noun (singular)	1.27%	8	124,375
Total	100.00%	627	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "apt" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Apt	Last name	170	48,443
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Country	Name
Hong Kong	APT Satellite Holdings Limited
	(more examples...)

Expressions using "apt": a very apt child ♦ apt pupil ♦ apt to ♦ apt to break ♦ be apt to ♦ be apt to forget. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "apt"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		geneig (inclined). (various references)

Albanian		me vend (apposite, appositely, happy, Pat, pertinent, proper, reasonable, right, seemly, suitable, to the point, welcome), i zgjuar (artful, astir, awake, awaken, bright, cagey, cagy, clever, exalted, ingenious, intelligent, nimble, quick, quick-witted, ready-witted, reasonable, responsible, sagacious, sharp, sharp-witted, sleepless, smart, wakeful, waking), i prirur (disposed, inclined). (various references)

Arabic		‏ميال (prone), ‏مناسب (adequate, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, becoming, conformable, congruent, congruous, convenient, due, expedient, favorable, favourable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitting, harmonious, in agreement, in conformity, in harmony, opportune, pat, proper, right, seasonable, seemly, suitable, suited, timely), ‏ملائم (acceptable, accordant, adapted, adequate, advantageous, agreeable, agreeing, appropriate, becoming, click, compatible, concordant, conformable, conforming, congruent, congruous, consistent, consonant, convenient, expedient, favorable, favourable, feasible, fit, fitting, harmonious, in accord, in agreement, in conformity, in harmony, matching, opportune, proper, propitious, right, seasonable, seemly, suitable, suited, timely), ‏حرى, ‏عرضة (amenability, liable, susceptible), ‏شديد الذكاء (brains). (various references)

Bulgarian		схватлив (apprehensive, comprehensive, docile, nimble, prehensile, quick, quick-witted, receptive, teachable), подходящ (adaptable, adequate, agreeable, answerable, apposite, appropriate, becoming, congenial, congruent, congruous, convenient, correct, correspondent, fit, fitting, germane, god given, likely, opportune, pointful, proper, propitious, sensible, suitable, suited, sympathetic, worthy), податлив (accessible to, amenable, ductile, flexible, malleable, manageable, pervious, pliable, pliant, supple, susceptible, yielding). (various references)

Chinese		�"于 (Aptly). (various references)

Czech		zpùsobilý (eligible, fit, qualified), vysokorychlostní vlak, vhodný (adequate, advisable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, becoming, convenient, desirable, eligible, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitting, good, happy, matching, opportune, presentable, proper, propitious, right, sufficient, suitable, suited), výstižný (accurate, cogent, felicitous, snappy), trefný (fitting, incisive, snappy), schopný (able, adroit, capable, competent, efficient, fit, sailorly, teachable, workable), naklonìný (inclinable, inclined, partial, prone, shelved, slanting), nadaný (able, gifted, talented). (various references)

Danish		APT-forsoegstog (APT-E), oliesand med vand nedenunder er egnet til at optraede som vanddrevne reservoirer (oil sands underlain by water are apt to perform as water drive reservoirs), Luederske linier kan paany optraede paa staal, der foerst koldpresses og derefter aeldes (stretcher strains are apt to recur on steel when pressed after initial cold-working followed by ageing). (various references)

Dutch		gezind (inclined), geneigd (inclined), genegen (inclined). (various references)

Farsi		مناسب (Able, Adaptable, Adequate, Apposite, Appropriate, Becoming, Convenient, Expedient, Fit, Material, Meet, Moderate, Opportune, Pertain, Proper, Relevant, Suitable, Winsome), محتمل (Likely, Plausible, Probable, Soso), متمایل (Avid, Like, Prone, Swept, Tendentious), مستعد (Capable, Prone, Susceptible), قابل (Able, Capable, Good), زرنگ (Adroit, Agile, Bright, Clever, Dapper, Jaunty, Nimble, Pawky, Shifty, Shrewd, Slicker, Smart, Snide, Spry), اماده (Able, Beforehand, Fresh, Handy, Lief, Present, Prompt, Provided, Ready, Stock, Yare), شایسته (Able, Apropos, Becoming, Competent, Fit, Good, Intrinsic, Meet, Meritorious, Proper, Seemly, Suitable, Worthy), درخور (Apposite, Appropriate, Becoming, Fit, Meet, Opportune, Proportionate). (various references)

Finnish		taipuvainen (disposed, inclined, inclined willing, liable, prone, ready), sattuva (appropriate, telling, to the point, triking), osuva (appropriate, pertinent, to the point), onnistunut (appropriate, successful), herkkä (impressionable, inclined, sensitive, susceptible). (various references)

French		apte, approprié (appropriate, appropriated), susceptible, intelligent, enclin, doué (aptly), convenable (apposite, appropriate), � propos (aptly). (various references)

German		begabt (able, accomplished, aptly, capable, dowered, gifted, talented). (various references)

Greek		κατάλληλοσ (appropriate, convenient, expedient, fit, proper, right, suitable), κατάλληλος (appropriate, eligible, suitable), ικανόσ (able, able bodied, capable, competent, efficient, fit, potent, shifty, skilful, sufficient), επιρρεπήσ (addicted, prone to), επιρρεπής (inclined to, prone to). (various references)

Hebrew		מתאים (applicable, apposite, appropriate, concurrent, congruous, convenient, fit, fitting, germane, likely, meet, proper, propitious, suitable), מוכשר (able, capable, competent, gifted, qualified, skilled, talented, up and coming), מסו�'ל (able, adept, capable, qualified, suited), � מצא במקומו (apposite, appropriate), � וט�" (bent, given, inclined, prone, subject). (various references)

Hungarian		talpraesett (adroit, expeditious, neat, pointful, smart, snappy, spirited), megfelelő (adequate, analogous, apposite, appropriate, at the proper time, competent, congruous, convenient, correct, decent, due, eligible, equivalent, fair enough, good, respective, to answer the purpose), jó eszű (to be quick on the uptake), gyors felfogású (bright, keen-witted, nimble, nimble-minded, nimble-witted, quick child, sharp-witted, smart, to be quick on the uptake), alkalmas (able, applicable, appropriate, capable, competent, congenial, convenient, eligible, expedient, feasible, fit, fitting, friendly, handy, of use, opportune, practical, qualified, right, suitable, susceptible, the ground plays well, timely). (various references)

Indonesian		mampu (adequate, efficient, fit, good), kena, cocok (acceptable, agree, appropriate, befit, come true, compatible, corespond, correct, jibe, like, palatable, pin, suit, suitable, tally). (various references)

Italian		atto (act, action, certificate, deed, diploma, document, feat, gesture, motion, record), adatto (able, appropriate, becoming, befitting, capable, convenient, correct, due, fit, fitted, fitting, made, of use, proper, right, suitable, suited), soggetto (dependant, dependent, liable, matter, prone, subject, theme, topic), propenso (bent, disposed, inclined, prone), pronto (alert, finished, fit, game, hallo, hello, hullo, inclined, Pat, prepared, prompt, quick, ready, ripe, set, speedy, through), intelligente (brainy, clever, intelligent, knowing, smart), disposto (affected, disposed, inclined, minded, prepared, prone, ready, willing), convenévole (apposite, appropriate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		適評 (apt criticism), 手筋 (apt move, aptitude, handwriting, lines of the palm, standard method), 極端に走り勝ち� (be apt to go to extremes), 兎�' (anyhow, anyway, be apt to, generally speaking, in any case, many, somehow or other, this and that), 動もすれば (being apt to, being inclined to, being liable to), 動ともすれば (being apt to, being inclined to, being liable to). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		きょくた�"にはしりがち� (be apt to go to extremes), ややもすれば (being apt to, being inclined to, being liable to), ややともすれば (being apt to, being inclined to, being liable to), とかく (anyhow, anyway, be apt to, generally speaking, in any case, many, somehow or other, this and that), てすじ (apt move, aptitude, handwriting, lines of the palm, standard method), てきひょう (apt criticism). (various references)

Korean		� �� 한. (various references)

Manx		traaoil (apposite, apropos, felicitous, fitting, fortunate, opportune, punctual, seasonable, timely, topical), cooie (applicable, befit, competent, congruent, decent, decorous, hereditary, opportune, suitable, timely). (various references)

Pig Latin		aptay.(various references)

Portuguese		apto (able, apposite, capable, fit, likely, of use, ready, sufficient, suitable), adequado (apposite, appropriate, conforming, congruous, due, fit, fitting, good, meet, proper, rightdown, seasonable, seemly, suitable), inteligente (adroit, apprehensive, brainy, clearheaded, clever, informed, intellectual, knowing, knowledgeable, penetrative, quick-witted, sagacious, sensitive, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, understanding), inclinado (aslope, atilt, biased, canted, declivous, downhill, inclinable, incumbent, leaning, minded, oblique, pendulous, prone, ready, slanting, sloping, superabundant), competente (able, adept, authoritative, authority, capable, cognizant, competent, efficient, expert, proficient, qualified, sufficient, useful). (various references)

Romanian		abil (adroit, artful, artistic, artistical, astute, clean, clever, competent, crafty, cunning, deep, deft, dexterous, fit, handy, industrious, knowing, natty, qualified, ready, resourceful, sharp, shifty, skilful, skilfully, skilled, skillful, skillfully, sly, smart, subtle, swift-handed, versatile), vrednic (active, dignified, diligent, fit, hard working, worthy), reuşit (able, felicitous, good, Pat, successful, successfully, well), potrivit (according, according to, adequate, ample, apposite, appropriate, apropos, assorted, average, becoming, befitting, commensurate, condign, congenial, congruous, conservative, correct, corresponding, decorous, due, duly, eligible, felicitous, fit, fitting, in point, likely, middling, moderate, moderately, opportune, Pat, proper, pursuant to, right, seemly, suitable, suited, to), nimerit (adequate, convenient, fit, good, likely, opportune, Pat, successful), iscusit (able, adroit, argute, clean, clever, cute, daedal, deft, ingenious, learned, ready, sharp-sighted, skilful, skilled, skillful, workmanlike), competent (able, ably, capable, competent, conversant, efficient, fit, proficient, responsible, salted, scholarly, useful), în stare sã. (various references)

Russian		удачный;способный, склонный (addicted, disposed, inclinable, inclined, prone), способный (able, able to, adept, brainy, capable, clever, gifted), подходящий (apposite, appropriate, appropriative, assorted, congenial, congruous, convenient, correct, eligible, favorable, favourable, felicitous, fit, germane, in point, likely, opportune, pertinent, pointful, propitious, suitable, suited, well-becoming, well-matched). (various references)

Scottish		teòma (dexterous, expert, skilful). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zgodan (appropriate, attractive, comely, convenient, felicitous, good looking, handsome, nice-looking, occasional, opportune, pat, suitable), pogodan (conducive, convenient, favorable, favourable, fit, fitting, likely, proper, serviceable, suitable). (various references)

Spanish		apropiado (apposite, appropriate, becoming, just, likely, proper, relevant, right, suitable). (various references)

Swedish		träffande (apposite, appropriate, happy, hitting, pertinent, to the point), som har lätt för att fatta, passande (appropriate, apropos, becoming, competent, decent, decently, due, eligible, fit, fitting, good, likely, meet, opportune, pass, seemly, suitable, suited), läraktig (teachable), lämplig (adaptable, adequate, appropriate, apropos, competent, convenient, due, eligible, expedient, fit, fitted, fitting, likely, opportune, reasonable, seasonable, suitable, timely, useful), benägen (disposed, inclinable, inclined, kind, liable, prone, willing), böjd (arched, bended, bent, bowed, crooked, curved, disposed, hooked, inclinable, inclined, inclined to do, inflected). (various references)

Thai		เฉลียวฉลา�" (dexterous), เหมาะสม (become, becoming, befit, due, expedient, good, just, likely, meet, neat, seemly, suitable), เป็นไปไ�"้ (likely). (various references)

Turkish		zeki (as fresh as paint, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, clear, clever, cute, discerning, ingenious, intellectual, intelligent, keen, keen-witted, longheaded, luminous, neat, nifty, nimble-witted, penetrating, penetrative, perceptional, perspicacious, quick of comprehension, quick on the trigger, quick-witted, sapient, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, smart, sparkling, spiritual, subtile, subtle, understanding), yerinde (answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, becoming, befitting, calculated, condign, conformable, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitted, grandiloquent, in, in one's stead, in place, just, legitimate, on the premises, opportune, Pat, pertinent, pointed, pro-, proper, pursuant, rightful, snappy, sound, suitable, valid, well, well-judged), uygun (acceptable, accommodating, adaptable, adequate, advisable, agreeable, allowable, answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, becoming, befitting, calculated, comely, commensurate, comparative, compatible, concordant, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, consistent, convenient, cool, correct, decent, done, due, eligible, enjoyable, equal, expedient, fair, fair enough, favorable, favourable, felicitous, fine, fit, fitted, fitting, for, in place, keen, likely, lovely, made to order, matching, meet, nice, opportune, permitting, pertinent, pleasant, proper, propitious, proportional, prosperous, pursuant, relevant, ripe, seasonable, seemly, Square, suitable, suited, tailormade, up to, well, well-matched), eğimli (curved, declivitous, inclined, prone, slant, sloping, tilting), eğilimli (affected, disposed, inclinable, inclined, liable, slant, slanting, vulnerable). (various references)

Ukrainian		схильний (addicted, disposed, given, inclinable, inclined, liable, minded, predisposed, prone, rife, subject, tendent), сприйнятливий (acquisitive, adoptive, alive, apprehensive, cataleptic, facile, open minded, perceptive, pervious, receptive, recipient, sensitive, susceptive), виразний (appellative, articulate, audible, bold, clear, concise, eloquent, emphatic, emphatical, expressional, expressive, impressive, legible, meaningful, nervous, orotund, pronounced, pure, sharp, speaking, talking), ймовірний, можливий (affordable, conceivable, contingent, eventual, feasible, likely, possible, potential, presumable, presumptive, probable, prospective), здібний (bright, capable, clever, cunning), емоційний (emotive, expressive, pathologic, pathological, soulful), підхожий (acceptable, adapted, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, befitting, canny, eligible, feasible, fit, fitting, good, likely, meet, o.k., ok, okay, okey, opportune, proper, qualified, suitable), придатний (adapted, applicable, applicative, appointable, appropriate, available, calculated, convenient, fit, fitting, of avail), доречний (apposite, appropriate, appurtenant, apropos, felicitous, opportune, pertinent, relevant, well timed). (various references)

Vietnamese		thông minh thích hợp, t� i (consummate, talent), giỏi; nhanh trí, dễ có khả năng, có thể có năng khiếu; có năng lực, có khuynh hướng hay, đúng (actually, aptly, aright, correct, due, exact, fair, fitting, just, precise, precisely, proper, properly, right, rightly, true, very). (various references)

Welsh		tueddol (inclined), parod (finished, prepared, prompt, ready, through), cymwys (exact, fit, proper, suitable). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	adposita, adpositae, adpositaque, adpositi, adpositis, adpositus, adpositusque, apta, aptas, apti, aptum, aptus, habilis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	2 Timothy Chapter 2, Verse 24
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Doulon de kuriou ou dei macesqai all hpion einai proV pantaV didaktikon anexikakon
Latin	405	Vulgate	Servum autem Domini non oportet litigare sed mansuetum esse ad omnes docibilem patientem
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	But it bihoueth the seruaunt of the Lord to chide not; but to be mylde to alle men, able to teche,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	But the servaunt of the lorde must not stryve: but must be peasable vnto all men and apte to teache and one that can suffre:
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And the servant of the Lord must not contend; but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient,
Basic English	1964	Ogden	For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	2 Timothy Chapter 2, Verse 24
Cebuano	Ug ang ulipon sa Ginoo kinahanglan dili palaaway kondili maaghop ngadto sa tanan, andam sa pagtudlo, mainantuson.
Chinese	然而主的僕人不可爭競、只要溫溫 �'� �'� 的待眾人、善於教導、存心忍耐、
Croatian	A sluga Gospodnji treba da se ne svaða, nego da bude nježan prema svima, sposoban pouèavati, zlo podnositi,
Danish	men en Herrens Tjener bør ikke strides, men være mild imod alle, dygtig til at lære, i Stand til at tåle ondt,
Dutch	En een dienstknecht des Heeren moet niet twisten, maar vriendelijk zijn jegens allen, bekwaam om te leren, en die de kwaden kan verdragen;
Finnish	Mutta Herran palvelijan ei sovi riidellä, vaan hänen tulee olla lempeä kaikkia kohtaan, kyetä opettamaan ja pahaa kärsimään;
French	Or, il ne faut pas qu`un serviteur du Seigneur ait des querelles; il doit, au contraire, avoir de la condescendance pour tous, être propre � enseigner, doué de patience;
German	Ein Knecht aber des HERRN soll nicht zänkisch sein, sondern freundlich gegen jedermann, lehrhaft, der die Bösen tragen kann
Haitian Creole	Yon moun k'ap sèvi Bondye pa fèt pou nan kont. Se pou l' viv byen ak tout moun, se pou l' konn ki jan yo fè enstriksyon moun, se pou l' gen pasyans.
Hungarian	Az Úr szolgájának pedig nem kell torzsalkodni, hanem legyen mindenkihez nyájas, tanításra alkalmas, türelmes.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Orang yang bekerja buat Tuhan tidak patut bertengkar; ia harus ramah terhadap semua orang, dan dapat mengajar orang dengan baik dan sabar.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Seorang hamba Tuhan tiada patut berkelahi, melainkan manis dan lemah lembut kepada orang sekalian, pandai mengajar orang, dan sabar atas kesukaran,
Italian	Un servo del Signore non dev'essere litigioso, ma mite con tutti, atto a insegnare, paziente nelle offese subite,
Maori	Na e kore e pai kia ririhau te pononga a te Ariki; engari kia ngawari ki nga tangata katoa, kia whai ngakau ki te whakaako, kia manawanui.
Norwegian	Men en Herrens tjener må ikke stride, han må være mild imot alle, duelig til å lære andre, i stand til å tåle ondt,
Portuguese	e ao servo do Senhor não convém contender, mas sim ser brando para com todos, apto para ensinar, paciente;
Rumanian	Wi robul Domnului nu trebuie sq se certe; ci sq fie blknd cu toyi, kn stare sq knveye pe toyi, plin de kngqduinyq rqbdqtoare,
Russian	ТБ�'Х ЦЕ зПУ� П�"Б ОЕ �"ПМЦОП УУПТЙФШУС, ОП �'ЩФШ � ТЙЧЕФМЙЧЩН ЛП ЧУЕН, ХЮЙФЕМШОЩН, ОЕЪМП�'ЙЧЩН,
Shuar	Ii uuntri Jesukrístu takarniuka Chíkich shuarjai nemasmanaikiashtiniaiti, antsu Ashí shuarjai pénker nawamnaikiatniuiti. Tura Waitnentáimturar pénker jintintiatniuiti.
Spanish	Pues el siervo del Señor no debe ser contencioso, sino amable para con todos, apto para enseñar y sufrido;
Swahili	Mtumishi wa Bwana asigombane. Anapaswa kuwa mpole kwa watu wote, mwalimu mwema na mvumilivu,
Uma	Pai' uma-hawo natao ane kita' to jadi' batua-na Pue' uma hintuwu' hante doo-ta. Kana tapoka'olu po'ingku-ta hi hawe'ea tauna, pante metudui', pai' mosabara.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "apt": apter, apteral, apteria, apterium, apterous, apteryx, apteryxes, aptest, aptitude, aptitudes, aptitudinal, aptitudinally, aptly, aptness, aptnesses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "apt": adapt, beleapt, bewrapt, chapt, clapt, coapt, enrapt, inapt, leapt, misadapt, outleapt, overapt, overleapt, periapt, preadapt, rapt, readapt, rewrapt, trapt, unapt, upleapt, wrapt. (additional references)
	Words containing "apt": adaptabilities, adaptability, adaptable, adaptation, adaptational, adaptationally, adaptations, adapted, adaptedness, adaptednesses, adapter, adapters, adapting, adaption, adaptions, adaptive, adaptively, adaptiveness, adaptivenesses, adaptivities, adaptivity, adaptor, adaptors, adapts, anabaptism, anabaptisms, baptise, baptised, baptises, baptisia, baptisias, baptising, baptism, baptismal, baptismally, baptisms, baptist, baptisteries, baptistery, baptistries, baptistry, baptists, baptize, baptized, baptizer, baptizers, baptizes, baptizing, captain, captaincies, captaincy. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Apt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aapt, aat, abp, Abpi, abt, Adprt, aet, afp, agpc, Ajp, akp, aot, ap, apa, apb, apd, apet, apeth, Apg, aph, api, Apiti, apity, apk, apn, appo, appp, appr, appts, appz, Aptc, apte, apth, apti, aptr, aptt, apu, apx, apy, apz, aspot, ast, Atpc, atpl, atps, Atq, atu, atv, aty, atz, avp, avt, awt, axt, cpt, dpt, ept, eptu, fpt, happt, ipt, mpt, npt, patt, utp, vapt, zapt. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "apt" (pronounced a"pt)
3	a" p t	adapt, capped, clapped, entrapped, flapped, lapped, mapped, napped, rapped, rapt, recapped, sapped, scrapped, slapped, snapped, strapped, tapped, trapped, untapped, unwrapped, wrapped, zapped.
2	-p t	abrupt, accept, adept, adopt, attempt, bankrupt, bumped, camped, caped, chipped, chopped, clamped, clasped, clipped, concept, conscript, contempt, cooped, coped, copped, corrupt, cramped, crept, crimped, cropped, crypt, damped, hyped, decamped, developed, dipped, disrupt, doped, draped, dripped, drooped, dropped, dumped, duped, encamped, encrypt, enveloped, equipped, erupt, escaped, except, excerpt, exempt, flipped, flopped, galloped, gasped, grasped, griped, gripped, groped, grouped, gulped, gypped, handicapped, harped, heaped, helped, hoped, hopped, humped, inept, intercept, interrupt, jumped, kept, kidnaped, kidnapped, landscaped, leaped, leapt, limped, lipped, looped, lopped, lumped, manuscript, mopped, nipped, nondescript, opt, outstripped, overlapped, overslept, overstepped, pinstriped, piped, plopped, plumped, pooped, popped, Postscript, precept, preempt, prepped, prompt, propped, pumped, quipped, raped, rasped, reaped, recouped, regrouped, reshaped, revamped, ripped, roped, scalloped, scalped, scooped, scraped, script, sculpt, seeped, Sept, shaped, shipped, shopped, sidestepped, sipped, skipped, slept, slipped, slumped, sniped, souped, stamped, steeped, stepped, stereotyped, stomped, stooped, stopped, striped, stripped, stumped, swamped, swapped, swept, swiped, swooped, taped, tempt, thumped, tipped.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: pat, tap.
	Words within the letters "a-p-t"
	-1 letter: at, pa, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-p-t"
	+1 letter: atap, atop, pact, pant, part, past, pate, path, pats, paty, peat, phat, pita, plat, prat, rapt, spat, tamp, tapa, tape, taps, tarp, tepa, trap.
	+2 letters: adapt, adept, adopt, apart, aport, apter, aptly, ataps, atopy, atrip, caput, chapt, clapt, coapt, epact, etape, expat, inapt, kaput, leapt, lepta, pacts, paint, palet, panto, pants, panty, parts, party, pasta, paste, pasts, pasty, patch, pated, paten, pater, pates, paths, patin, patio, patly, patsy, patty, peart, peats, peaty, petal, pieta, pinta, pitas, plait, plant, plate, plats, platy, pleat, prate, prats, pruta, septa, spait, spate, spats, splat, sprat, sputa, stamp, staph, strap, stupa, tamps, tapas, taped, taper, tapes, tapir, tapis, tarps, taupe, tepal, tepas, topaz, tramp, traps, trapt, typal, unapt, watap, wrapt.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
apt	476	apt fee no	7
apt mikes	195	apt tour	7
apt for rent	111	lease apt	7
apt rental	72	4 apt rent.com	7
apt guide	56	apt laptop	6
apt pupil	44	new york apt	6
apt finder	31	apt france	6
apt search	22	apt french les properties saint saturnin	6
get apt	19	apt les property saint saturnin	6
apt locator	15	apt foundation	6
apt rating	14	apt satellite	6
apt mike	13	apt michelin xcx	6
apt electronics	9	apt les rental saint saturnin	6
apt guide.com	9	apt florida rental	5
nyc apt	8	1 803 apt st swede	5
107 apt	8	apt holiday les rental saint saturnin	5
apt tutoring	8	apt house les saint sale saturnin	4
appliance apt	8	apt rpm	4
apt rent.com	7	apt center education	4
5 apt cosmetic	7	apt store	4
		apt studio	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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