Apt

a.	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. Live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die. - Shak. I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear. - Shak.
v. t.	1.	To fit; to suit; to adapt. That our speech be apted to edification. - Jer. Taylor.

Adj.	1.	apt - at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant; "he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to forget" Synonyms: liable
	2.	apt - mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker Synonyms: clever
	3.	apt - (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions" Synonyms: tending, disposed, minded, given
	4.	apt - being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply" Synonyms: apposite, pertinent, appropriate

1.	(language)	APT - Automatically Programmed Tools.
2.	(company)	APT - Audio Processing Technology.

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