† aptn.1
Obsolete. rare.
Natural tendency.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun]
kinda1200
disposingc1380
disposition1393
aptc1400
hieldc1400
remotiona1425
inclination?a1439
incliningc1450
taste1477
intendment1509
benta1535
swing1538
approclivity1546
aptness1548
swinge1548
drift1549
set1567
addiction1570
disposedness1583
swaya1586
leaning1587
intention1594
inflection1597
inclinableness1608
appetite1626
vogue1626
tendency1628
tendence1632
aptitude1633
gravitation1644
propension1644
biasing1645
conducement1646
flexure1652
propendency1660
tend1663
vergencya1665
pend1674
to have a way of1748
polarity1767
appetency1802
drive1885
overleaning1896
c1400 Test. Love (1560) iii. 301 b/1 They have as well divers aptes, and divers manner usings, and thilke aptes mowen in will been cleaped affections.
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apt.n.2
Originally North American.
Chiefly in classified advertisements: an apartment; (also) apartments.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > flat or apartment
mansion?c1400
tenement1593
apartmenta1645
basement storey1743
flat1824
house1885
basement flat1894
apt.1901
home unit1929
triplex1932
housing unit1935
1901 R. Hunter Tenement Conditions in Chicago App. 185 (table) Average rent... Per apt... Per room.
1908 Chicago Tribune 29 Aug. 13/2 (advt.) To rent—1435 Addison-Av., 2D apt.
1920 Reform Advocate 22 May 376/2 Elmore Stelzer, 23 Courtland Apt.
1973 Toronto Star 5 Mar. 45/1 (advt.) Parkdale, 1 bedroom apt. $130.
1990 Amsterdam News (N.Y.) 24 Mar. 50/2 (advt.) Lovely furn'd 1 bdrm apt., block from Subway.
2002 Daily Express (E. Malaysia) 21 Nov. 27/2 (advt.) Hilltop 3 rooms apt. for sale... RM178,000.00.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
aptadj.
/apt/, U.S. /æpt/ Const. to, for, or infinitive.
1. Fitted (materially), fitting. rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > that fits in specific way
apt1791
fitting1866
hip-hugging1907
high-rise1908
hipster1949
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iii. 393 His brother's corslet..apt to his own shape and size.
2. Suited, fitted, adapted (to (obsolete) or for a purpose); having the requisite qualifications; fit.
a. of things. archaic.
ΚΠ
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 163 Thei toke places apte to make cites.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvii. clvii. sig. Tviii/2 And many men gader this stoble: that is apt [a1398 BL Add. þacch] to many dyuerse vses.
1526 W. Tyndale Prol. to N.T. Addr. To make it more apte for the weake stomakes.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xxix. 170 States..apt to be the Foundations of Great Monarchies.
1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. x. 181 The Workman chuses such sizes as are aptest for his Work.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. ii. ii. 76 Tracts of Preussen are..frugiferous, apt for the plough.
b. of persons: Fit, prepared, ready. archaic.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready
i-radc888
yarec888
i-redec1000
i-redya1175
boundc1175
graith?c1225
aready1250
alreadyc1275
readyc1275
armedc1300
prestc1300
bentc1330
ripec1330
purveyed1435
mature?1440
apt1474
habile1485
in (a) case to (also for)1523
provided1533
in procinct1540
weeping-ripe1548
furnished1553
fit1569
preta1600
expedite1604
predy1613
procinct1618
foreprepared1642
presto1644
apparated1663
(ready) in one's gears1664
fallow1850
standby1893
organized1926
(to be) all set1949
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iii. 38 Whiche of hem..were most apte for to sende to gouerne and Iuge the contre of spayne.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke ix. f. xcij No man that..loketh backe, is apte to the kingdom of god.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 161 Liue a thousand yeeres, I shall not finde my selfe so apt to dye. View more context for this quotation
c1665 L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) To Children 3 He was apt for any bodily exercise.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 20 Tall was he, slim, made apt for feats of war.
3.
a. elliptical. Suited to its purpose; suitable, becoming, appropriate.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective]
goodeOE
rightOE
queemlOE
belonglOE
behovingc1175
limplyc1200
tidefula1300
avenantc1300
mackc1330
worthy1340
hemea1350
convenientc1374
seemlya1375
shapelyc1374
ablea1382
cordant1382
meetc1385
accordable1386
accordinga1387
appurtenantc1386
pertinentc1390
accordanta1393
likea1393
setea1400
throa1400
agreeablec1425
habilec1425
suitly1426
competentc1430
suiting1431
fitc1440
proportionablec1443
justc1450
congruent?a1475
cordinga1475
congruec1475
afferant1480
belonging1483
cordable1485
hovable1508
attainanta1513
accommodate1525
agreeing1533
respondent1533
opportunate?1541
appropriate1544
commode1549
familiar1553
apt1563
pliant1565
liable1570
sortly1570
competible1586
sortable1586
fitty1589
accommodable1592
congruable1603
affining1606
feated1606
suity1607
reputable1611
suited1613
idoneousa1615
matchable1614
suitablea1616
congruous1631
fitten1642
responsal1647
appropriated1651
adapt1658
mack-like1672
squared1698
homogeneous1708
applicable1711
unforeign1718
fitted1736
congenial1738
assorted1790
accommodatable1874
OK1925
1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Blacke Smyth xix The Plowman fyrst his land doth dresse and torne And makes it apte.
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. ¶ Musicke..is..a disposition of proportionable soundes deuided by apt distances.
1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore i. i. 107 Pray the good woman take some apter time.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 8. ⁋1 Recommending the apt Use of a Theatre as the most agreeable..Method of making a..moral Gentry.
1827 W. Wordsworth Resolution & Independence (new version) in Poet. Wks. II. 130 To give me human strength, by apt admonishment.
b. esp. of language: Suitable or appropriate to express ideas; apposite, expressive.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > apt or apposite
happya1400
germanea1525
conferent?1541
well-applieda1586
nicking1598
apt1600
punctual1609
apposite1621
collineant1638
pat1647
apropos1691
felicitous1789
treffend1850
bang on1936
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > apt or felicitous
exquisite?a1505
exquised1521
well-chosen1561
well-chose1595
apt1600
lucky1670
felicitous1867
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 65 In all the Play, There is not one word apt . View more context for this quotation
1694 Ld. Delamere Wks. 20 Apt words and quaint Phrases are very good adornments of Speech.
1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty v. 57/1 What in the apt language of Bentham is called pre-appointed evidence.
c. of thoughts, remarks, etc. Appropriate to the occasion, apposite.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > apt or felicitous > of thoughts or remarks
apt1844
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby II. v. vii. 298 The prompt reply or the apt retort.
1849 W. Irving Mahomet (1853) xiv. 63 The smoke was an apt thought, and saved his camp from being sacked.
1877 W. Sparrow Serm. xxi. 284 The apt reply of the little Sunday-school scholar, who, when asked what eternity was, replied, ‘The life-time of God.’
4.
a. Having a habitual tendency or predisposition (to do something).
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1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ci/2 Apte, aptus..idoneus..is also the signe of verballes in bilis, and participials in dus. Apt to be taught, docilis... Apt to be red, legibilis.
b. of things: Calculated, likely; habitually liable, ready.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective]
likelya1400
seemlya1400
probable?a1425
allowablec1443
seeming?c1450
apt1528
topical1594
liking1611
suspicable1651
presumable1655
feasible1656
suspected1706
in the cards1764
on the cards1788
in the dice1844
liable1888
better-than-chance1964
1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 248/2 Yet be such workes..apte to corrupt and infect the reder.
1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 60 For fat is wondrous apt to burn.
1784 W. Cowper Let. 29 Feb. (1981) II. 219 Nothing is so apt to betray us into absurdity, as too great a dread of it.
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. vii. 12 Any kind of taxation is apt to be looked on as a grievance.
c. of persons: Customarily disposed, given, inclined, prone.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > that does something habitually > given or addicted to something
given1487
addict1530
addicted1546
apt?1550
prostitute1591
hooked (on)1925
?1550 R. Weaver Lusty Iuventus sig. A.iiiv That I may be apte thy holy preceptes to fulfyl.
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. i. 30 So apt to quarell. View more context for this quotation
1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiv. 530 For apt is Youth to err.
a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) i. 64 I perceive that I am apt to speak in the singular Number.
1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 26 We are a little apt..to act too immediately on our impulses.
d. Inclined, disposed (in a single instance).
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adjective]
disposedc1340
willed1417
affecta1425
willinga1425
affectionatec1487
mindedc1487
talenteda1500
well-minded1524
affectioned?1532
affectionated1561
mindful1565
aminded1571
ingineda1583
affected1584
pregnant1604
in the (also a) —— mooda1625
fond1666
apt1677
1677 R. Cary Palæologia Chronica ii. ii. i. iv. 195 I am apt to think, that..Vashti is meant.
1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 297 I am apt to think he has not consulted Books enough upon this occasion.
1899 E. E. Hale J. R. Lowell 126 I am apt to think that this modest man was the first person..to recognize [etc.].
e. Likely. U.S.
ΚΠ
1904 ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings iii. 52 ‘You will be apt to find Dr. Gregg at the hotel,’ said the consul.
1904 Chicago Tribune 22 June 6 Are the republicans apt to dodge that issue,..or will they meet it?
1906 N.Y. Evening Post 9 Jan. 2 The incident is not apt to be followed by international complications.
5. Susceptible to impressions; ready to learn; intelligent, quick-witted, prompt. In modern use with at.
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the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > clever or capable > apt or quick to learn
towardc1290
aspert1423
towardly1528
apt1535
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective]
sharpc888
yepec1000
spacka1200
yare-witelc1275
fellc1300
yap13..
seeinga1382
far-castinga1387
sightya1400
perceivinga1425
snellc1425
politic?a1439
quickc1449
pregnant?a1475
pert1484
quick-wittedc1525
apt1535
intelligentc1540
queemc1540
ready-witted1576
political1577
of (a) great, deep, etc., reach1579
conceited1583
perspicuous1584
sharp-witteda1586
shrewd1589
inseeing1590
conceived1596
acute1598
pregnate1598
agile1599
nimble-headed1601
insighted1602
nimble1604
nimble-witted1604
penetrant1605
penetrating1606
spraga1616
acuminous1619
discoursing1625
smart1639
penetrativea1641
sagacious1650
nasute1653
acuminate1654
blunt-sharpa1661
long-headed1665
smoky1688
rapid1693
keen1704
gash1706
snack1710
cute1731
mobile1778
wide awake1785
acuminated1786
quick-minded1789
kicky1790
snap1790
downy1803
snacky1806
unbaffleable1827
varmint1829
needle-sharp1836
nimble-brained1836
incisivea1850
spry1849
fast1850
snappy1871
hard-boiled1884
on the spot1903
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xxxvii. 22 Some man is apte and well instructe in many thinges.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) v. iii. 67 O hatefull Error..Why do'st thou shew to the apt thoughts of men The things that are not. View more context for this quotation
1660 S. Pepys Diary 28 Aug. (1970) I. 232 Beginning to teach my wife some skill in Musique, and find her apt beyond imagination.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 249 He was the aptest Schollar that ever was.
1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds vi. 77 Men..are..apt at devising ways of easing their toils.
6. quasi-adv., as in apt-deceiving, apt-divided.
ΚΠ
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres v. cxvi. sig. Ee4v Such apt deceiuing clemencie And seeming-order.
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. lxxii. sig. E Intestine strife..The apt-deuided state intangle would.
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† aptv.
Obsolete.
1.
a. To make fit, adapt (to), prepare suitably (for).
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (transitive)]
afaite?c1225
ablea1400
reducec1450
fashion1526
adapt1531
framec1537
handsome1555
accommode1567
apt?1578
square1578
fit1580
coapt1586
commodate1595
suit1595
dispose1602
adjust1611
agence1633
adaptate1638
plya1657
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suit or be suitable for [verb (transitive)] > make or select as appropriate to > make suitable
adapt1531
apt?1578
coapt1586
appropriate1594
suit1595
fit1600
dispose1602
adaptate1638
meeten1807
?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 43 A song wel apted too a melodioous noiz.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 18 In mydst of chaumber thee roume for bancket is apted.
1616 B. Jonson Poëtaster (rev. ed.) i. ii, in Wks. I. 281 Hee shall follow and obserue, what I will apt him too.
1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal ii. 19 Composing this Air, and apting it for the business.
b. reflexive.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > adaptability to circumstances > adapt to circumstances [verb (reflexive)]
applya1500
apt1545
lend1854
adjust1874
reorient1914
reorientate1914
fit1919
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (reflexive)]
apt1545
adjust1874
1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. 6 The matter..enclininge, & apting it selfe..to ye..nature of the vessels.
1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts iii. ii. sig. F4 Apt thy selfe To the noble state I labour to aduance thee.
2. intransitive (for reflexive). To suit, be suitable or fitting.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > be suitable, appropriate, or suit [verb (intransitive)]
fayc1300
sita1393
applya1450
fadec1475
frame?1518
agree1534
compete?1541
fadge1578
suit1589
apt1596
suit1601
quadrate1670
gee1699
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. xliiii. 214 Heere occasion apteth that we catalogue awhile.
1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 351 Out of which, I..haue gleaned not a little apting to this our abridged Historie.
3. transitive. To incline, dispose to.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (transitive)] > tend, lead, or conduce to
forwenda1325
tend1560
sway1570
affect1612
to trench on or upon1622
apta1640
predeterminea1667
to go far to1668
to run into ——1753
orient1952
tilt1976
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Loves Pilgrimage ii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbbbbbb2/2 They are things ignorant, And therefore apted to that superstition Of doting fondnesse.
1642 J. Denham Sophy ii. 12 The King is melancholy, Apted for any ill impressions.
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> as lemmas
APT
APT n. advanced passenger train.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > high-speed
bullet train1966
advanced passenger train1967
APT1967
Shinkansen1968
Metroliner1969
TGV1980
sprinter1984
1967 Times 12 Sept. 9/5 If the hovertrain looks promising, the A.P.T. looks equally so, and poor old deficit-ridden B.R. should not be kept waiting for the funds.
2001 Mod. Railways Feb. 36/3 This is a live question for Railtrack in Britain, where we have negligible experience from the ill-fated APT, but a major construction programme for Virgin Trains presently under way.
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