In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
APT
apposite, apt, pertinent
(adjective) being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; “the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images”; “an apt reply”
apt, clever
(adjective) mentally quick and resourceful; “an apt pupil”; “you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold”-Bram Stoker
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
apt (comparative apter or more apt, superlative aptest or most apt)
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
Synonyms: appropriate, meet, suitable, Thesaurus:pertinent, Thesaurus:suitable
(of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
Synonyms: disposed, inclined, liable, predisposed, tending towards, Thesaurus:inclined
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
Synonyms: fit, prompt, expert, qualified, ready, Thesaurus:skilled
Etymology 2
Noun
apt (plural apts)
An apartment; a flat.
Anagrams
• ATP, PAT, PTA, Pat, TAP, TPA, pat, tap
Noun
APT (plural APTs)
Initialism of automation presses tooling.
Initialism of advanced packaging tool.
(UK, rail transport) Initialism of advanced passenger train.
(US) Abbreviation of apartment. (APT is preferred by the United States Postal Service; compare Apt. and apt.)
Initialism of arbitrage pricing theory.
Initialism of automatically programmed tool.
(UK, healthcare) Initialism of anatomical pathology technologist.
(biochemistry) Initialism of acyl protein thioesterase.
Proper noun
APT
Initialism of Alabama Public Television.
Initialism of American Public Television.
Anagrams
• ATP, PAT, PTA, Pat, TAP, TPA, pat, tap
Source: Wiktionary
Apt, a Etym: [F. apte, L. aptus, fr. obsolete apere to fasten, to join, to fit, akin to apisci to reach, attain: cf. Gr. apta fit, fr. ap to reach attain.]
1. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate. They have always apt instruments. Burke. A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb. Jer. Taylor.
2. Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things. My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit. Temple. This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant. Lubbock.
3. Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons. Apter to give than thou wit be to ask. Beau. & Fl. That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers. F. Harrison.
4. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar. "An apt wit." Johnson. Live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die. Shak. I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear. Shak.
Syn.
– Fit; meet; suitable; qualified; inclined; disposed; liable; ready; quick; prompt.
Apt, v. t. Etym: [L. aptare. See Aptate.]
Definition: To fit; to suit; to adapt. [Obs.] " To apt their places." B. Jonson. That our speech be apted to edification. Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
13 November 2024
OSTENSIBLE
(adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so; “for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent”; “the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies”; “the ostensible truth of their theories”; “his seeming honesty”
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