be apt to meaning and examples
Meaning
- Be apt to means to have a tendency to do something or to be likely to do something.
- It often implies that something happens naturally, frequently, or even unintentionally.
Grammar and Usage
- Structure: be apt to + verb (base form)
- Subject + be + apt to + verb
- Example: He is apt to forget names.
- Used in both formal and informal contexts.
- Part of speech: idiomatic expression (verb phrase).
Common Phrases
- be apt to forget – often forget something
- be apt to happen – likely to occur
- be apt to make mistakes – tends to make errors
Collocations
- apt to forget / overlook / ignore
- apt to make / commit / cause
- apt to happen / occur / arise
Examples
- Children are apt to copy the behavior of their parents.
- He is apt to get nervous before presentations.
- This old machine is apt to break down if used too much.
- People are apt to believe rumors without checking the facts.
- She is apt to be late when the trains are crowded.
- New students are apt to feel anxious at the beginning of the term.
- Without proper planning, mistakes are apt to happen.
- likely to
- prone to
- liable to
- inclined to
- tend to
Antonym
- unlikely to
- not prone to
- resistant to
