apt+to+learn

  • 11apt — /æpt / (say apt) adjective 1. unusually intelligent; quick to learn: an apt pupil. 2. suited to the purpose or occasion: an apt metaphor. 3. Archaic prepared; ready; willing. –phrase 4. apt to, inclined or disposed to: the baby is apt to cry when …

  • 12apt — adjective 1 apt to do something having a natural tendency to do something: Some of the staff are apt to arrive late on Mondays. 2 exactly right for a particular situation or purpose: an apt and telling remark 3 formal quick to learn and… …

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  • 13apt — adjective 1》 appropriate; suitable. 2》 (apt to do something) having a tendency to do something. 3》 quick to learn. Derivatives aptly adverb aptness noun Origin ME: from L. aptus fitted , from apere fasten …

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  • 14apt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. suitable, appropriate, fitting; quick, clever; likely. See agreement, skill, tendency.Ant., unsuitable, unlikely. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Quick to learn] Syn. adept, quick, clever, bright; see… …

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  • 15apt — æpt adj. suitable, appropriate; able to learn quickly, intelligent …

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  • 16un|apt´ness — un|apt «uhn APT», adjective. 1. not fit or appropriate; unsuitable: »an unapt remark. 2. not normally likely or inclined; not prone by habit or nature: »a mind unapt to wander. 3. not skillful or dexterous; awkward; clumsy: »to be unapt with a… …

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  • 17un|apt´ly — un|apt «uhn APT», adjective. 1. not fit or appropriate; unsuitable: »an unapt remark. 2. not normally likely or inclined; not prone by habit or nature: »a mind unapt to wander. 3. not skillful or dexterous; awkward; clumsy: »to be unapt with a… …

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  • 18un|apt — «uhn APT», adjective. 1. not fit or appropriate; unsuitable: »an unapt remark. 2. not normally likely or inclined; not prone by habit or nature: »a mind unapt to wander. 3. not skillful or dexterous; awkward; clumsy: »to be unapt with a hammer …

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  • 19teachable — a. Docile, apt, apt to learn …

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  • 20Teachable — Teach a*ble, a. Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile. [1913 Webster] We ought to bring our minds free, unbiased, and teachable, to learn our religion from the Word of God. I. Watts. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English