Usually means: Suitable, appropriate for the circumstances.
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We found 51 dictionaries that define the word apt:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. apt: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. apt, apt: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. APT, apt, apt: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. apt, apt: Collins English Dictionary
  5. apt: Vocabulary.com
  6. Apt, apt: Wordnik
  7. apt: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. APT, ap't, apt: Wiktionary
  9. apt: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. apt, apt: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. apt: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. APT, apt: Dictionary.com
  13. apt: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. apt: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. APT (Debian), APT (Package Manager), APT (disambiguation), APT (film), APT (package manager), APT (programming language), APT (software), APT, Apt. (album), Apt. (disambiguation), Apt. (film), Apt (Egyptian), Apt: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Apt: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. apt: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. apt: Rhymezone
  19. apt: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. apt: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. APT: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. apt: Free Dictionary
  23. apt: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. apt: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. APT, apt: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. apt-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Numa DERIVATIVES ACRONYMS (No longer online)
  4. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  5. APT: bizterms.net
  6. APT: Glossary of research economics
  7. APT: Management Dictionary
  8. APT: Investopedia
  9. apt, apt: Legal dictionary
  10. APT, apt: Financial dictionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. APT: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  3. APT, apt: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. APT: Acronym Finder
  2. APT: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. United States Postal Service Official Abbreviations (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Apt, a.p.t: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. APT: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

(Note: See aptly as well.)

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

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