apt

Modifying Another Word

• strangely: So the Saturday night screening would have been exciting anyway but it was made even more so by a strangely apt journey there.
• particularly: The moon in Leo is particularly apt to be slow to get pregnant.
• especially: It is especially apt that this year marks the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
• perfectly: The totally unexpected resolution is both shocking and perfectly apt.
• rather: Grade II listed " With the rain pouring down my neck at the time, the drinking fountain seemed rather apt.
• quite: Most of friends think that my interest is quite apt, most of them think I'm away with the fairies anyway!

Infinitive complement

• mislead: The use of it, we might suppose, must be apt to mislead, or to be a stumbling-block.
• forget: I am naturally a keen sportsman, and apt to forget both time and distance when pursuing game.
• imagine: In his vanity, he is apt to imagine that all were made for him!
• occur: Try to determine where errors are most apt to occur and how to avoid any trouble. i. Use a Logbook.
• think: If a test fails the patient is only too apt to think that hypnosis will fail also.
• fall: The one post ones are less reliable because they're more apt to fall over or change direction than these two post ones.

Modifies a noun

• metaphor: It is an apt metaphor in which the whole concept of death is transformed.
• analogy: A more apt analogy would be an aquarium or a zoo: a place for special trips.
• description: What is the apt description of a human being?
• quotation: These crucial sources are described and explained with the help of apt quotations from old documents and reproductions of maps, plans and pictures.
• illustration: As a bonus, the points are illustrated through delightfully witty and apt illustration by Florence Clerc.
• phrase: Somebody, to use an apt phrase adopted by Mr Roscoe, needed to hold the ring in managing the various interests.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Grade II listed " With the rain pouring down my neck at the time, the drinking fountain seemed rather apt.
• prove: The focus on Ireland proved apt given that so much of what has gone on there provides lessons for elsewhere.