apt
/æpt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.69 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
noun
noun
noun
Abbreviation of apartment, preferred by the United States Postal Service; compare Apt. and apt..
American usage
noun
Example Sentences
- "an apt metaphor"
- "apt punishment"
- "a river […] apt to be forded by a lamb"
- "While we to Jove the pure libations pay, / Than Jove what apter claims the hallow'd lay?"
- "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"
Etymology
From Old French apte, from Latin aptus (“suitable, fitting”). Either from obsolete apere (“to fasten, to join, to fit”), akin to apisci (“to reach, attain”) (compare with Greek ἅπτειν (áptein, “to fasten”) and Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “fit”), from आप् (āp, “to reach, attain”)) or from *h₂ep- (“to join, fit (in)”).
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /æpt/
- British English: /æpt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
apter (comparative)
more apt (comparative)
aptest (superlative)
most apt (superlative)
apts (plural)
apt. (alternative)