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apt
What does apt mean?
apt (adjective): being of striking appropriateness and pertinence.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce apt?
/æpt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does apt come from?
From Old French apte, from Latin aptus (“suitable, fitting”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of apt?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “apt” mean?
being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
Right! That's what “apt” means.
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
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having a large physical extent from side to side
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enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
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Which word is closest in meaning to “apt”?
different
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pertinent
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important
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available
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