Apt

apt
    adj 1: (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he
           is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am
           not minded to answer any questions" [syn: {apt(p)},
           {disposed(p)}, {given(p)}, {minded(p)}, {tending(p)}]
    2: at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually
       unpleasant; "he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to forget"
       [syn: {apt(p)}, {liable(p)}]
    3: mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a
       clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram
       Stoker [syn: {apt}, {clever}]
    4: being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the
       successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative
       verbal images"; "an apt reply" [syn: {apposite}, {apt},
       {pertinent}]
    

Apt \Apt\ ([a^]pt), 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. [=a]pta fit, fr. [=a]p to reach
   attain.]
   1. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
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            They have always apt instruments.     --Burke.
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            A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.
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   2. Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely;
      -- used of things.
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            My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot
            or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit. --Temple.
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            This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of
            the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.     --Lubbock.
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   3. Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of
      persons.
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            Apter to give than thou wit be to ask. --Beau. & Fl.
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            That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt
            to remember their grandfathers.       --F. Harrison.
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   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.
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            Live a thousand years,
            I shall not find myself so apt to die. --Shak.
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            I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear. --Shak.
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   Syn: Fit; meet; suitable; qualified; inclined; disposed;
        liable; ready; quick; prompt.
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Apt \Apt\, v. t. [L. aptare. See {Aptate}.]
   To fit; to suit; to adapt. [Obs.] " To apt their places."
   --B. Jonson.
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         That our speech be apted to edification. --Jer. Taylor.
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APT

   1. <language> {Automatically Programmed Tools}.

   2. <company> {Audio Processing Technology}.
    

APT
       Address Pass Through
       
    

APT
       Advanced Package Tool (Linux, Debian)
       
    

APT
       Advanced Photoscale Technology (Brother)
       
    

APT
       Automatically Programmed Tools
       
    

171 Moby Thesaurus words for "apt":
      Daedalian, a propos, ad rem, adapted, adept, adroit, alert,
      applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, artistic,
      authoritative, becoming, befitting, bent, brainy, bravura, bright,
      brilliant, clean, clever, comely, compelling, convincing,
      coordinated, correct, crack, crackerjack, cunning, cute, daedal,
      decisive, deft, dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, disposed,
      dispositioned, docile, dovetailing, educable, exact, excellent,
      expeditious, expert, facile, fair, fancy, felicitous, fit, fitted,
      fitting, foreseeable, formable, geared, gifted, given, good,
      goodish, graceful, handy, happy, hopeful, immediate,
      impressionable, in the cards, in the mood, inclined, ingenious,
      inspired, instant, instantaneous, instructable, intelligent, just,
      just right, keen, keen-witted, liable, likely, magisterial,
      malleable, masterful, masterly, meet, meshing, minded, moldable,
      motivated, neat, nice, nimble, nimble-witted, no dumbbell, no mean,
      not born yesterday, odds-on, on the button, opportune, pat,
      pertinent, plastic, pliable, politic, precise, predictable,
      predictable within limits, predisposed, presumable, presumptive,
      probable, professional, proficient, promising, prompt, prone,
      proper, punctual, qualified, quick, quick-thinking, quick-witted,
      quite some, ready, receptive, relevant, resourceful, right,
      ripe for instruction, schoolable, scintillating, seasonable,
      seemly, sharp, sharp-witted, skillful, slick, smart, some,
      sortable, speedy, statesmanlike, statistically probable,
      steel-trap, stylish, suitable, suited, suiting, summary,
      susceptible, swift, tactful, tailored, talented, teachable,
      telling, the compleat, the complete, thirsty for knowledge,
      to the point, to the purpose, trainable, verisimilar, virtuoso,
      well-chosen, well-done, well-expressed, well-put, willing,
      workmanlike