Dictionary Entry
apt
apt is a 3-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
- 2adjective
Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things.
- 3adjective
Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons.
- 4adjective
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
- 5transitive verb
To fit; to suit; to adapt.
- 6adjective
being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
"the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"
"an apt reply"
- 7adjective
(usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
"he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"
"I am not minded to answer any questions"
- 8adjective
mentally quick and resourceful-Bram Stoker
"an apt pupil"
"you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"
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- 9adjective
at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
"he is apt to lose"
"she is liable to forget"
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