aptness

apt

 (ăpt)

adj.

1. Exactly suitable; appropriate: an apt reply.

2. Having a natural tendency; inclined: She is apt to take offense easily. See Usage Note at liable.

3. Quick to learn or understand: an apt student.

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[Middle English, from Old French apte, from Latin aptus, past participle of apere, to fasten.]

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apt′ly adv.

apt′ness n.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	aptness - a disposition to behave in a certain way; "the aptness of iron to rust"; "the propensity of disease to spread" propensity disposition - a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture"
	2.	aptness - appropriateness for the occasion; "the phrase had considerable aptness" appositeness appropriateness - the quality of being specially suitable inappositeness, inaptness - inappropriateness; "greater inaptness of expression would be hard to imagine"

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aptness

noun

An innate capability:

aptitude, bent, faculty, flair, genius, gift, head, instinct, knack, talent, turn.

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Translations

مُلائَمَة

vhodnost

egnethedskarphed

AngemessenheitBegabungNeigung

aptitud

à-propos

réttleiki, viîeiganleiki; hnyttni

appropriatezzasorte

egnethet

uygunluk

恰当灵巧

aptness

[ˈæptnɪs] N [of name, description] → lo acertado, lo apropiado; [of remark] → lo acertado, lo oportuno

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aptness

n

(= suitability) the aptness of the name was obvious → der Name war offensichtlich passend

(= aptitude) → Begabung f

(= liability, likelihood) → Neigung f

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aptness

[ˈæptnɪs] n → opportunità f inv

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apt

(ӕpt) adjective

1. (with to) likely. He is apt to get angry if you ask a lot of questions. geneig مَيّال إلى، قابِل لِ уместен capaz pravděpodobný dazu neigen (zu) tilbøjelig που έχει τάση να susceptible de, propenso a kergesti kalduv (midagi tegema) احتمالاً altis susceptible deעלול प्रवृत्ति uvredljiv hajlamos mungkin líklegur til soggetto a, capace ～しがちで ...하기 쉬운 linkęs, greitas disponēts; ar noslieci besar kemungkinan geneigdtilbøyeligskory, skłonny احتمالاُ capaz în stare (să) склонный pravdepodobný dovzeten za sklon benägen เป็นไปได้ eğilimli, yatkın 易於...的, 可能...的 схильний امکان ہونا dễ 易于...的

2. suitable. an apt remark. geskik مُلائِم، مُناسِب подходящ adequado vhodný treffend rammende; velvalgt; træffende ταιριαστός, εύστοχοςapropiado, oportuno asjakohane بجا؛ مناسب osuva pertinent מַתְאִים उपयुक्त prikladan megfelelő tepat viðeigandi pertinente, adeguato 適切な 적절한 vykęs piemērots sesuai toepasselijkslående, passendetrafny پرځآی ، مناسب adequado pertinent, potrivit подходящий trefný, vhodný umesten prikladan träffande, lämplig เหมาะสม yerinde, uygun 恰當的 відповідний; доречний بر جستہ ، بر محل ،مناسب thích hợp 恰当的

3. clever; quick to learn. an apt student. knap شَديد الذَّكاء схватлив esperto schopný, bystrý begabt dygtig; skarp έξυπνοςlisto; talentoso taibukas تیزهوش؛ مستعد oppivainen douéמוכשר प्रवण dosjetljiv gyors felfogású cerdas greindur intelligente 利発な 영리한 gabus, pagavus spējīgs; apdāvināts pintar goedleersflink, skarpzdolny استعداد لرونکی، ځیرک esperto inte­ligent способный schopný nadarjen sposoban duktig, begåvad, skicklig เฉลียวฉลาด zeki, çabuk kavrar 聰明的 здібний ذہین ، ذکی có khả năng 聪明的

ˈaptly adverb

knap بِصورَة مُلائِمَه податливост adequadamente vhodně passend rammende; velvalgt; træffende ταιριαστά pertinentemente, adecuadamente asjakohaselt به موقع؛ بطور شایسته alttiisti pertinemmentכיאות उपयुक्त ढंग से uvredljivo megfelelően dengan tepat á viðeigandi hátt con pertinenza 巧みに 적절히 vykusiai piemēroti; spējīgi dengan pintar toepasselijkslående, flinkt trafnie په وخت، په موقع، په مناسب ډول adequadamente (în mod) corespunzător соответствующим образом vhodne umestno prikladno träffande, skickligt อย่างเหมาะสม uygun şekilde, isabetli olarak 恰當地，靈巧地 належним чином ٹھیک ، مناسب طور پر thông minh 恰当地，灵巧地

ˈaptness noun

knapheid مُلائَمَة схватлив adequação vhodnost die Angemessenheit; die Begabung; die Neigung egnethed; skarphed ορθότηταpropiedad, pertinencia asjakohasus شایستگی؛ احتمال alttius à-propos, justesseהתאמה उपयुक्तता uvredljivost helyesség ketepatan réttleiki, viðeiganleiki; hnyttni appropriatezza 適切さ 적절성 sugebėjimas nosliece; piemērotība; spējas kepintaran toepasselijkheidegnethet, skarphettrafność احتمال، مناسب والی adequação pricepere; adecvare склонность; способность vhodnosť umestnost sposobnost skicklighet, lämplighet, benägenhet ความเหมาะสม uygunluk 恰當，靈巧 доречність موزونیت sự thích hợp 恰当，灵巧

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