An apt remark, description, or choice is especially suitable.
The words of this report are as apt today as in 1929.
...an apt description of the situation.
Synonyms: appropriate, timely, right, seemly More Synonyms of apt
aptlyadverb
...the beach in the aptly named town of Oceanside.
2. adjective
If someone is aptto do something, they often do it and so it is likely that they will do it again.
She was apt to raise her voice and wave her hands about.
This type of weather is apt to be more common in winter.
Synonyms: inclined, likely, ready, disposed More Synonyms of apt
More Synonyms of apt
apt in British English
(æpt)
adjective
1.
suitable for the circumstance or purpose; appropriate
2. (postpositive; foll by an infinitive)
having a tendency (to behave as specified)
3.
having the ability to learn and understand easily; clever (esp in the phrase an apt pupil)
Derived forms
aptly (ˈaptly)
adverb
aptness (ˈaptness)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Latin aptus fitting, suitable, from apere to fasten
apt. in British English
Word forms: pluralapts.abbreviation for
apartment
apartment in British English
(əˈpɑːtmənt)
noun
1. (often plural)
any room in a building, usually one of several forming a suite, esp one that is spacious and well furnished and used as living accommodation, offices, etc
2.
a. another name (esp US and Canadian) for flat2 (sense 1)
b.
(as modifier)
apartment building
apartment house
apt in American English1
(æpt)
adjective
1.
suited to its purpose; appropriate; fitting
an apt remark
2.
tending or inclined; likely
apt to rain
3.
quick to learn or understand
an apt student
4. Archaic
ready; prepared
SIMILAR WORDS: fit, ˈlikely, quick
Derived forms
aptly (ˈaptly)
adverb
aptness (ˈaptness)
noun
Word origin
ME & OFr apte < L aptus, pp. of apere < IE base *ap-, to grasp, reach > Gr haptein, to fasten
apt in American English2
apartment
Examples of 'apt' in a sentence
apt
It is an apt choice for the company.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That may be an apt description for ministry aimed at young people.
Christianity Today (2000)
It was an apt turn of phrase.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Which is a pretty apt description.
Ben Nimmo IN FORKBEARD'S WAKE: Coasting Round Scandinavia (2003)
The description is an apt one.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It seems an oddly apt choice of artwork for the world's biggest software company.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
An apt choice, she needs help.
The Sun (2010)
This couldn't be more apt today.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The image is especially apt for Cooper.
John Fisher Tommy Cooper: Always Leave Them Laughing (2006)
It was an apt choice.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Yet the description seems apt.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
My father's description is apt.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The last of these seems especially apt for a book which concerns itself with the unity of the library and the diversity of its composite parts.
The Times Literary Supplement (2008)
Yet the urge to compose verse and then to publish it had long gripped apt pupils in the schools and university of Ireland.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
In fact, it's an apt description of his own home.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The car's name is as apt today as it was more than 30 years ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The phrase was apt because it captured the twin aspects of the Swiss, the aesthetic and the forensic.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I thought this stanza was particularly apt for last week's budget as we all wonder where exactly we are going to feel the pinch.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The most apt description of it I've heard.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Which is ironic given the opposite - significant and rapid - is an apt description of the decline in the credibility of his policy of forward guidance.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
apt
British English: apt ADJECTIVE
An apt remark, description, or choice is especially suitable.
The words of this report are as apt today as when they were written.