"apt" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /æpt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-apt.ogg Forms: apter [comparative], more apt [comparative], aptest [superlative], most apt [superlative]
Rhymes: -æpt Etymology: From Old French apte, from Latin aptus, from obsolete apere (“to fasten, to join, to fit”), akin to apisci (“to reach, attain”); compare with Greek ἅπτειν (háptein, “to fasten”) and Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “fit”), from आप् (āp, “to reach, attain”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|apte}} Old French apte, {{der|en|la|aptus}} Latin aptus, {{cog|el|ἅπτειν||to fasten}} Greek ἅπτειν (háptein, “to fasten”), {{cog|sa|आप्त||fit}} Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “fit”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} apt (comparative apter or more apt, superlative aptest or most apt)
  1. Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited. Synonyms: appropriate, meet, suitable, pertinent, suitable Translations (fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate): مناسب (munāsib) (Arabic), уместен (umesten) (Bulgarian), подходящ (podhodjašt) (Bulgarian), 合適 (Chinese Mandarin), 合适 (héshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 妥當 (Chinese Mandarin), 妥当 (tuǒdang) (Chinese Mandarin), 恰當 (Chinese Mandarin), 恰当 (qiàdàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 適當 (Chinese Mandarin), 适当 (shìdàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 適宜 (Chinese Mandarin), 适宜 (shìyí) (Chinese Mandarin), 貼切 (Chinese Mandarin), 贴切 (tiēqiè) (Chinese Mandarin), 得體 (Chinese Mandarin), 得体 (détǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), egnet (Danish), passend (Dutch), gepast (Dutch), toepasselijk (Dutch), geschikt (Dutch), taŭga (Esperanto), sopiva (Finnish), omiaan (english: to sth) (Finnish), apte [feminine, masculine] (French), apto [masculine] (Galician), geeignet (German), passend (German), apta (Ido), tráthúil (note: of speech) (Irish), fóirsteanach (Irish), adatto (Italian), appropriato (Italian), idoneo [formal] (Italian), confacente [formal] (Italian), 適切 (tekisetsu) (alt: てきせつ) (Japanese), aptus (Latin), idōneus (Latin), по́годен (pógoden) (Macedonian), соо́дветен (soódveten) (Macedonian), у́месен (úmesen) (Macedonian), cooie (Manx), traaoil (Manx), tōtika (Maori), arotau (Maori), koi (Maori), egnet (Norwegian Bokmål), egna (Norwegian Bokmål), egna (Norwegian Nynorsk), apte (Occitan), apto (Portuguese), potrivit [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), apt [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), подходя́щий (podxodjáščij) (Russian), соотве́тствующий (sootvétstvujuščij) (Russian), уме́стный (uméstnyj) (Russian), vhodný (Slovak), príhodný [masculine] (Slovak), apto (Spanish), apropiado (Spanish), acertado (Spanish), oportuno (Spanish), passande (Swedish), доречний (dorečnyj) (Ukrainian), відповідний (vidpovidnyj) (Ukrainian), підходящий (pidxodjaščyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-apt-en-adj-xqpQsC2I Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate': 87 3 10
  2. (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards. Synonyms: disposed, inclined, liable, predisposed, tending towards, inclined Translations (having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards): склонен (sklonen) (Bulgarian), 傾向 (Chinese Mandarin), 倾向 (qīngxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 容易 (róngyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 易於 (Chinese Mandarin), 易于 (yìyú) (Chinese Mandarin), geneigd (Dutch), ema (Esperanto), omiaan (Finnish), geneigt (German), tendente (Italian), склон (sklon) (Macedonian), enclin (Occitan), apte (Occitan), capable (Occitan), portat (Occitan), dispausat (Occitan), скло́нный (sklónnyj) (Russian), náchylný [masculine] (Slovak), схильний (sxylʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-apt-en-adj-4wU~BxOn Disambiguation of 'having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards': 4 92 4
  3. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn. Synonyms: fit, prompt, expert, qualified, ready, skilled Translations (ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert): способен (sposoben) (Bulgarian), възприемчив (vǎzpriemčiv) (Bulgarian), 善於 (Chinese Mandarin), 善于 (shànyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 聰明 (Chinese Mandarin), 聪明 (cōngmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 聰穎 (Chinese Mandarin), 聪颖 (cōngyǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), 靈巧 (Chinese Mandarin), 灵巧 (língqiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), pienter (Dutch), fit (Dutch), slim (Dutch), pystyvä (Finnish), lahjakas (Finnish), kyvykäs (Finnish), 利発 (rihatsu) (alt: りはつ) (Japanese), ជំនាញ (cumniəñ) (Khmer), спо́собен (spósoben) (Macedonian), apte (Occitan), apto (Portuguese), спосо́бный (sposóbnyj) (Russian), поня́тливый (ponjátlivyj) (Russian), hotový [masculine] (Slovak), spôsobilý (Slovak), pripravený (Slovak), здібний (zdibnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-apt-en-adj-bdvHFY5i Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 2 46 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 9 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 14 4 54 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 3 56 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 22 8 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 22 8 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 17 6 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 8 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 22 5 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 9 69 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 7 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 22 9 69 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 8 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 21 5 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 21 8 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 24 6 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 24 6 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 19 8 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 24 6 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 19 9 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 29 8 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 21 8 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 21 8 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 23 10 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 16 3 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 23 9 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 6 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 22 9 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 24 6 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 19 9 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 6 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 8 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 21 8 71 Disambiguation of 'ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert': 4 3 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adapt, aptagram, aptly, aptness, aptonym, aptronym, overapt, unapt Related terms: adept, aptitude, attitude, inept
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /æpt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-apt.ogg Forms: apts [plural]
Rhymes: -æpt Head templates: {{en-noun}} apt (plural apts)
  1. Abbreviation of apartment. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: apartment Synonyms: apt.
    Sense id: en-apt-en-noun-8SMXdVO4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "apt punishment",
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          "ref": "1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "a river […] apt to be forded by a lamb",
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          "ref": "1755, Callimachus, “The First Hymn of Callimachus. To Jupiter.”, in William Dodd, transl., The Hymns of Callimachus, […], London: […] The translator [William Dodd], […], →OCLC, page 1:",
          "text": "While we to Jove the pure libations pay, / Than Jove what apter claims the hallow'd lay?",
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          "word": "уместен"
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          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "合適"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "héshì",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "合适"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "妥當"
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          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tuǒdang",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "妥当"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "恰當"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qiàdàng",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "roman": "shìdàng",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "適宜"
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          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shìyí",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "适宜"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "貼切"
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          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tiēqiè",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "贴切"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "得體"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "détǐ",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "得体"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "egnet"
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          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "passend"
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          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "gepast"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "toepasselijk"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "geschikt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "taŭga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "sopiva"
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          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "to sth",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "omiaan"
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          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "apte"
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          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "apto"
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          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "geeignet"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "passend"
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          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "apta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "note": "of speech",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "tráthúil"
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          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "fóirsteanach"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "adatto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "appropriato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "idoneo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "confacente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "alt": "てきせつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tekisetsu",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "適切"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "aptus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "idōneus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pógoden",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "по́годен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "soódveten",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "соо́дветен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "úmesen",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "у́месен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "cooie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "traaoil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "tōtika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "arotau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "koi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "egnet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "egna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 3 10",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
          "word": "egna"
        },
        {
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          "ref": "1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:",
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          "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
          "word": "способен"
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          "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
          "word": "善於"
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      "word": "подходя́щий"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "word": "vhodný"
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      "word": "apto"
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      "code": "es",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
      "word": "acertado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
      "word": "oportuno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
      "word": "passande"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dorečnyj",
      "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
      "word": "доречний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidpovidnyj",
      "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
      "word": "відповідний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidxodjaščyj",
      "sense": "fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate",
      "word": "підходящий"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sklonen",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "склонен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "傾向"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qīngxiàng",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "倾向"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "róngyì",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "容易"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "易於"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìyú",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "易于"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "geneigd"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "ema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "omiaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "geneigt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "tendente"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sklon",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "склон"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "enclin"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "apte"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "capable"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "portat"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "dispausat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sklónnyj",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "скло́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "náchylný"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sxylʹnyj",
      "sense": "having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards",
      "word": "схильний"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sposoben",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "способен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzpriemčiv",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "възприемчив"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "善於"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shànyú",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "善于"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "聰明"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cōngmíng",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "聪明"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "聰穎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cōngyǐng",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "聪颖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "靈巧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "língqiǎo",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "灵巧"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "pienter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "fit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "slim"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "pystyvä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "lahjakas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "kyvykäs"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りはつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rihatsu",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "利発"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cumniəñ",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "ជំនាញ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "spósoben",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "спо́собен"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "apte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "apto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sposóbnyj",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "спосо́бный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ponjátlivyj",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "поня́тливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hotový"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "spôsobilý"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "pripravený"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zdibnyj",
      "sense": "ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert",
      "word": "здібний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apt"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English three-letter words",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
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    "Rhymes:English/æpt",
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  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "apts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "apartment"
        }
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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          "ref": "2010, David Dondero, Just a Baby in Your Momma's Eyes:",
          "text": "Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise.\nWhich at a lowly income none of us could ever really quite afford.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of apartment."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "apartment",
          "apartment#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/æpt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "En-us-apt.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/28/En-us-apt.ogg/En-us-apt.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/En-us-apt.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æpt"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "apt."
    }
  ],
  "word": "apt"
}

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