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1. [sypat] uygun [Umumy]

2. [sypat] yerinde [Umumy]

3. [sypat] eğilimli [Umumy]

4. [sypat] zeki [Umumy]

5. [sypat] eğimli [Umumy]

Webster's English Dictionary

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. pta fit, fr. 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. (Johnson.)

Live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die. (Shak.)

I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear. (Shak.)

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v. t. [L. aptare. See Aptate.] To fit; to suit; to adapt. (B. Jonson.)

That our speech be apted to edification. (Jer. Taylor.)