APT : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: APT	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for APT
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apt adj (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions" Synonym(s): apt(p), disposed(p), given(p), minded(p), tending(p) at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant; "he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to forget" Synonym(s): apt(p), liable(p) mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker Synonym(s): apt, clever being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply" Synonym(s): apposite, apt, pertinent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apt \Apt\, v. t. [L. aptare. See {Aptate}.] To fit; to suit; to adapt. [Obs.] [bd] To apt their places.[b8] --B. Jonson. That our speech be apted to edification. --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apt \Apt\, a. [F. apte, L. aptus, fr. obsolete apere to fasten, to join, to fit, akin to apisci to reach, attain: cf. Gr. [?] to fasten, Skr. [be]pta fit, fr. [be]p 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. [bd]An apt wit.[b8] --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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
APT 1. {Automatically Programmed Tools}. 2. {Audio Processing Technology}. (1996-01-15)