apt
adjective (LIKELY) /æpt/Definition
be apt to do sth/be apt to be sth › to be likely to do something or to often do something: The kitchen roof is apt to (= likely to) leak when it rains. She's in her eighties now and apt to be a bit forgetful.Impossible and improbable aptly /ˈæptli/ adverb › We spent a week at the aptly named Grand View Hotel.Suitable and acceptableQuite good, or not very good aptness /-nəs/ noun [U] › the aptness of his commentold-fashioned formal an aptness for/at drawingSkill, talent and abilitySuitable and acceptableQuite good, or not very good
(Definition of apt adjective (LIKELY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be out of the question idiom
- beggar belief/description idiom
- castles in the air idiom
- catch verb (NOTICE)
- don't hold your breath idiom 1
- doubt noun
- dream verb (HOPE)
- elusive adjective
- fear noun
- goodbye to sth idiom
- I should be so lucky! idiom
- impossible adjective
- impossible noun
- improbable adjective
- nailing jelly to the wall idiom
- one in a million idiom
- pigs might fly idiom
- that'll be the day idiom
- there's no danger of that! idiom
- unlikely adjective (NOT PROBABLE)
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