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      apt
      noun
      A surname.
      Abbreviation of apartment. [(chiefly Canada, US, Australia, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.]
      (US) Abbreviation of apartment, preferred by the United States Postal Service; compare Apt. and apt.. [(chiefly Canada, US, Australia, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.]
      (UK, rail transport) Initialism of advanced passenger train.
      Initialism of automation presses tooling.
      Initialism of arbitrage pricing theory. [(finance) A theory of asset pricing serving as a framework for the arbitrage pricing model.]
      (cybersecurity) Initialism of advanced persistent threat.
      (UK, healthcare) Initialism of anatomical pathology technologist.
      (biochemistry) Initialism of acyl protein thioesterase.
      (computing) Initialism of automatically programmed tool: a high-level language for numerically controlled machine tools.
      (computing) Initialism of advanced packaging tool: a package management system used by Debian and Debian-based distributions, also used by other Linux distributions.
      Initialism of Alabama Public Television.
      Initialism of American Public Television.
      adjective
      Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
      Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
      (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
      Roots
      aptusapt- · Latin · fitted, suited
      Synonyms for apt
      appositeadjpertinentadjcleveradjsuitableadjsuitedadjopportuneadjappropriateadjaproposadjadroitadjfelicitousadjfittingadjseemlyadjbefittingadjhandyadj
      Words related to apt
      unapthabileadvisableadjaptlyadvcondignadjdesirableadjconvenientadjinaptadjadvisablyadvappositelyadvconvenableadjamenableadjfitlyadvpatlyadvappositenessnaptnessnadequateadjgainlyadjamenablyadvbefittinglyadvinappositeadjunfittinglyadvinaptlyadvideallyadvunsuitedadjadvantageousadj

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