apt
31
4.0
- adjective
- /æpt/
:
adecuado
- He gave an apt summary of the main events that led to the decision.
- particularly apt
- an apt description
- an apt metaphor
But I think the analogy is still apt.
- But I think the analogy is still apt.
- Maybe a more apt metaphor to capture this very, very common experience.
Examples
-
Maybe a more apt metaphor to capture this very, very common experience.
-
The analogy with the Geneva Convention is more apt than he realizes.
Academic text (2008) -
Is this structure apt for our use?
-
Am I not then an apt partner for you to sit with?
-
But "thug" might be a more apt description.
-
It's the most apt prediction Flora has made in years.
-
Delayed gratification is an apt description of a good deal of the research experience.
Academic text (1992) -
Both interpretations are apt descriptions of the state of intellectual freedom in school library media centers today.
Academic text (2011) -
The gift was poignantly apt, for my mother loved melodic music, Puccini arias in particular.
Fiction book (1999) -
This tool is apt for making detailed adjustments in small areas.
Synonyms
962
3.5
Right for a particular situation, person, or purpose
172
1.8
Right for a certain purpose, person, or situation
168
2.6
Suitable for a person, purpose, or event
58
4.9
Connected to the main topic or situation
1
8.0
Very suitable and relevant to a particular situation
Antonyms
How Suitable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Apt comes from Latin aptus meaning 'fit' or 'suitable', the same root as adapt and aptitude. That's why an apt remark is one that 'fits' the situation and feels just right.