APT

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apt adjectiv

1. potrivit, nimerit, oportun; propriu;

an apt quotation un citat bine ales;

an apt remark o remarcă potrivită.

2. apt; destoinic, priceput, îndemânatic.

3. apt at priceput Ia;

he is apt at arithmetic se pricepe la aritmetică;

apt in capabil de, bun pentru;

apt to a) capabil de (a), în stare să; expus Ia;

apt to take fire inflamabil; b) predispus la, înclinat să, aplecat spre;

(fam.) apt to tipple aplecat spre beţie; c) care poate să;

he is apt to succeed s-ar putea să izbutească;

such statements are apt to mislead astfel de afirmaţii pot induce lesne în eroare.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

He had been apt to gain hearts too easily.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Weston and Cole will be there too; but one is apt to speak only of those who lead.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Would it be right for me to do so too? asked Amy, who in her loneliness felt the need of help of some sort, and found that she was apt to forget her little book, now that Beth was not there to remind her of it.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

This is just the time, Meg, when young married people are apt to grow apart, and the very time when they ought to be most together, for the first tenderness soon wears off, unless care is taken to preserve it.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

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