adjective
- suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt: an apposite answer.
adjective
- well suited for the purpose; appropriate; apt
1620s, “well-put or applied, appropriate,” from Latin appositus “contiguous, neighboring;” figuratively “fit, proper, suitable,” past participle of apponere “apply to, put near,” from ad- “near” (see ad-) + ponere “to place” (see position (n.)).