apt

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
  2. adjective at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
  3. adjective mentally quick and resourceful; ; -Bram Stoker

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)”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

disposed, given, minded, tending

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