aptness


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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.

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

apt′ly adv.
apt′ness n.
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Noun 1. aptness - a disposition to behave in a certain way; "the aptness of iron to rust"; "the propensity of disease to spread"
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"
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:
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Translations
مُلائَمَة
vhodnost
egnethedskarphed
réttleiki, viîeiganleiki; hnyttni
uygunluk

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 obviousder Name war offensichtlich passend
(= aptitude)Begabung f
(= liability, likelihood)Neigung f
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aptness

[ˈæptnɪs] nopportunità 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 de עלול प्रवृत्ति uvredljiv hajlamos mungkin líklegur til soggetto a, capace 〜しがちで ...하기 쉬운 linkęs, greitas disponēts; ar noslieci besar kemungkinan geneigd tilbøyelig skory, 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, εύστοχος apropiado, oportuno asjakohane بجا؛ مناسب osuva pertinent מַתְאִים उपयुक्त prikladan megfelelő tepat viðeigandi pertinente, adeguato 適切な 적절한 vykęs piemērots sesuai toepasselijk slående, passende trafny 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 έξυπνος listo; talentoso taibukas تیزهوش؛ مستعد oppivainen doué מוכשר प्रवण dosjetljiv gyors felfogású cerdas greindur intelligente 利発な 영리한 gabus, pagavus spējīgs; apdāvināts pintar goedleers flink, skarp zdolny 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 pertinemment כיאות उपयुक्त ढंग से uvredljivo megfelelően dengan tepat á viðeigandi hátt con pertinenza 巧みに 적절히 vykusiai piemēroti; spējīgi dengan pintar toepasselijk slående, 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 ορθότητα propiedad, pertinencia asjakohasus شایستگی؛ احتمال alttius à-propos, justesse התאמה उपयुक्तता uvredljivost helyesség ketepatan réttleiki, viðeiganleiki; hnyttni appropriatezza 適切さ 적절성 sugebėjimas nosliece; piemērotība; spējas kepintaran toepasselijkheid egnethet, skarphet trafność 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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It is true, that if the affection or aptness of the children be extraordinary, then it is good not to cross it; but generally the precept is good, optimum elige, suave et facile illud faciet consuetudo.
I despaired of ever expressing myself with such aptness or with such fluency.
Now there is no one circumstance in which the distempers of the mind bear a more exact analogy to those which are called bodily, than that aptness which both have to a relapse.
"Jean, if monsieur pleases," replied the newcomer, "Jean Passepartout, a surname which has clung to me because I have a natural aptness for going out of one business into another.
His friends were those of his own blood or those whom he had known the longest; his affections, like ivy, were the growth of time, they implied no aptness in the object.
"I consider one American," said he, "equal to three Canadians in point of sagacity, aptness at resources, self-dependence, and fearlessness of spirit.
Hunt, who first descried them, checked the eagerness of his companions, knowing the unwillingness of these Indians to part with their horses, and their aptness to hurry them off and conceal them, in case of an alarm.
It was for herself that he loved Tess; her soul, her heart, her substance--not for her skill in the dairy, her aptness as his scholar, and certainly not for her simple formal faith-professions.
She had been jealous of her at college, where she had esteemed herself the better bred of the two; but that opinion had hardly consoled her for Agatha's superior quickness of wit, dexterity of hand, audacity, aptness of resource, capacity for forming or following intricate associations of ideas, and consequent power to dazzle others.
Mr Verloc was not a well-read person; his range of allusive phrases was limited, but there was a peculiar aptness in circumstances which made him think of rats leaving a doomed ship.
The descriptive aptness of the phrase caught the house, and a mighty burst of laughter followed.
I marvelled at its aptness, and also that it should have come to me so pat.