apt phrase

collocation in English

meaningsofaptandphrase

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apt
adjective
uk
/æpt/us
/æpt/
suitable or right for a ...
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phrase
noun[C]
uk
/freɪz/us
/freɪz/
language
a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, ...
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(Definition ofaptandphrasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofapt phrase

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It is anaptphrasefor a fiasco that cost £13.5 billion, which still haunts the industry's reputation today.
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I hope that he has not claimed copyright on that singularlyaptphrase.
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It was, rather, a well-considered andaptphrase, describing the policy.
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That is a veryaptphrase, if one looks at the map.
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That seemed to me a veryaptphrase.
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No moreaptphrasehas ever been printed.
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I do not say that it is the mostaptphrase, but that is the group of people that is to be understood as being covered by the phrase.
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One of them had anaptphrase.
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A particularlyaptphrasehas been coined for them school phobic.
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This can range from borrowing without attribution a particularlyaptphrase, to paraphrasing someone else's original idea without citation, to wholesale contract cheating.
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He had many good and apt phrases.
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