different between apt vs valid

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /æpt/
• Rhymes: -æpt

Etymology 1

From Old French apte, from Latin aptus, from obsolete apere (“to fasten, to join, to fit”), akin to apisci (“to reach, attain”); compare with Greek ?????? (?ptein, “to fasten”) and Sanskrit ???? (?pta, “fit”), from ??? (?p, “to reach, attain”).

Adjective

apt (comparative apter or more apt, superlative aptest or most apt)

1. Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.

   Synonyms: appropriate, meet, suitable; see also Thesaurus:pertinent, Thesaurus:suitable

   • a river […] apt to be forded by a lamb
2. (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.

   Synonyms: disposed, inclined, liable, predisposed, tending towards; see also Thesaurus:inclined

   • 1874, John Lubbock, Scientific Lectures / On Plants and Insects

     This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of its leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.

   • 1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books

     that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers

3. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.

   Synonyms: fit, prompt, expert, qualified, ready; see also Thesaurus:skilled

Derived terms

• aptly
• aptness

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of apartment.

Noun

apt (plural apts)

1. An apartment; a flat.
   • 2010, David Dondero, Just a Baby in Your Momma's Eyes

     Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise.
     Which at a lowly income none of us could ever really quite afford.

Anagrams

• ATP, PAT, PTA, Pat, TAP, TPA, pat, tap

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• apa, apet

Verb

apt

1. past participle of ape

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin aptus, likely through English apt.

Adjective

apt (indefinite singular apt, definite singular and plural apte, comparative aptare, indefinite superlative aptast, definite superlative aptaste)

1. apt

Romanian

Etymology

From French apte, from Latin aptus.

Adjective

apt m or n (feminine singular apt?, masculine plural ap?i, feminine and neuter plural apte)

1. apt

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French valide (“healthy, sound, in good order”), from Latin validus, from vale? (“I am strong, I am healthy, I am worth”) +? -idus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?welh?- (“be strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?væl?d/

Adjective

valid (comparative more valid, superlative most valid)

1. Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.

2. Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.

3. Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
4. (logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
5. (logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.

6. (Christianity, theology) Effective.

Antonyms

• invalid
• nonvalid

Hyponyms

• (in logic: argument whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are all true): sound

Related terms

• validate
• validation
• validator

Translations

Anagrams

• Advil, davil

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin validus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?li?t/

Adjective

valid (not comparable)

1. valid

Declension

Further reading

• “valid” in Duden online

Indonesian

Etymology

From English valid, from Middle French valide (“healthy, sound, in good order”), from Latin validus, from vale? (“I am strong, I am healthy, I am worth”) +? -idus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?welh?- (“be strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?val?t?]
• Hyphenation: va?lid

Noun

valid (first-person possessive validku, second-person possessive validmu, third-person possessive validnya)

1. valid

   Synonyms: berlaku, sahih

Related terms

Further reading

• “valid” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin validus.

Adjective

valid (neuter singular valid, definite singular and plural valide)

1. valid

References

• “valid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin validus.

Adjective

valid (neuter singular valid, definite singular and plural valide)

1. valid

References

• “valid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French valide

Adjective

valid m or n (feminine singular valid?, masculine plural valizi, feminine and neuter plural valide)

1. valid

Declension

Related terms

• validitate