apt

approprié, pertinent

Qui convient bien à une situation ou à un but précis.

En anglais simple : Suitable for a particular situation or purpose.

• That is an apt description.
• Her choice of music was particularly apt for the occasion.
• Can you think of a more apt title?

Synonymes : appropriate, suitable, fitting

Contraires : inappropriate, unsuitable

Expressions courantes : an apt description, an apt comparison, particularly apt

enclin, susceptible

Qui risque de faire quelque chose ou de subir un événement, souvent indésirable.

En anglais simple : Likely to do something or for something to happen, often something unwanted.

• He is apt to lose his keys.
• Small children are apt to ask unexpected questions.
• Prices are apt to rise during the holidays.

Comment l'utiliser : apt to do something (These paths are apt to flood after heavy rain.)

Synonymes : likely, liable, prone

Contraires : unlikely

Expressions courantes : apt to forget, apt to change, apt to happen

doué

Qui apprend ou fait quelque chose facilement grâce à ses capacités naturelles.

En anglais simple : Naturally good at learning or doing something.

• She was an apt pupil.
• His teacher found him apt and eager to learn.
• An apt student can quickly master these basic techniques.

Synonymes : gifted, quick, able

Expressions courantes : an apt pupil, an apt student, an apt learner