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# apt

adjective (apt, apter/more apt, aptest/most apt)

«apt» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Apt means suitable or just right for the situation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apt/#m1)
2. If someone is apt to do something, they often tend to do it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apt/#m2)
3. (old-fashioned) An apt pupil learns quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apt/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apt/#x1)
- That was an apt name for such a fast dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apt/#x2)
- The old door is apt to stick in wet weather. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apt/#x3)
- Little brothers are apt to copy everything you do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apt/#x4)
- She was an apt pupil and learned to read quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apt/#x5)
- It is apt that the gardening club meets in spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apt/#x6)
- The strong are apt to settle questions to their own advantage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apt/#x7)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apt/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apt/#x2)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «apt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/apt.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «apt» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apt» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/apt.html) on Mova free.