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fit¹

  • /fɪt/

Rhymes with -ɪt

Where it comes from

Possibly from Middle English fit (“an adversary of equal power”), of uncertain further origin. The original sense appears to have been "to marshal or deploy troops", which shifted to "to suit (troops to a certain location" > "suitable", and may be further related to Icelandic fitja (“to web, knit, cast on”).

adjective fitter · fittest

  1. Suitable; proper You have nothing to say about it. I'll do exactly as I see fit.
  2. Adapted to a purpose or environment. survival of the fittest
  3. In good shape; physically well. You don't have to be a good climber for Kilimanjaro, but you do have to be fit.
  4. UK, informal, slang Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable. I think the girl working in the office is fit.
  5. obsolete Prepared; ready. So fit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel.

verb fits · fitting · fitted · fit

  1. transitive To be suitable for. It fits the purpose.
  2. ambitransitive To have sufficient space available at some location to be able to be there. Ten clowns fit in the car, but not a hundred.
  3. transitive To conform to in size and shape. The small shirt doesn't fit me, so I'll buy the medium size.
  4. intransitive To be of the right size and shape She's changed the lock on our front door / My door key don't fit no more
  5. transitive To make conform in size and shape. I want to fit the drapes to the windows.
  6. transitive To tailor; to change to the appropriate size. I had a suit fitted by the tailor.
  7. transitive To be in agreement with. These definitions fit most of the usage.
  8. transitive To adjust. The regression program fit a line to the data.
  9. transitive To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing. Williams had a problem fitting his left rear tyre and that left Alonso only 3.1secs adrift when he rejoined from his final stop three laps later.
  10. transitive To equip or supply. The chandler will fit us with provisions for a month.
  11. transitive To make ready. I’m fitting the ship for a summer sail home.
  12. archaic, intransitive To be seemly.
  13. To be proper or becoming. Nor fits it to prolong the heav'nly feast.
  14. intransitive To be in harmony. The paint, the fabrics, the rugs all fit.

noun fits

  1. The degree to which something fits. This shirt is a bad fit.
  2. Conformity of elements one to another. It's hard to get a good fit using second-hand parts.
  3. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
  4. Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand. The Wonder Bread advertising research results showed the “White Picket Fence” commercial had strong fit ratings.
  5. Goodness of fit.
  6. The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump. During the auction, it is often a partnership's goal to find an eight-card major suit fit.

fit²

  • /fɪt/

Rhymes with -ɪt

Where it comes from

Unknown, possibly from Old English fitt (“song”), or from the sense of fitted to length. Compare Old Saxon *fittea (attested in the borrowed Latin vittea).

noun fits

  1. archaic A section of a poem or ballad. Dr. Percy has written a long ballad in many fits.

fit³

  • /fɪt/

Rhymes with -ɪt

Where it comes from

Unknown. From Middle English fit (“hardship, danger”), possibly from Old English fitt (“conflict”)—a word only attested once. Compare Cornish fit (“game match, bout”); or else, maybe cognate with Italian fitta (“sudden and stabbing pain”) (see further at Latin fīgere).

noun fits

  1. A seizure or convulsion. My grandfather died after having a fit.
  2. A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
  3. A sudden outburst of emotion. He had a laughing fit which lasted more than ten minutes.
  4. A sudden burst (of an activity). A fit of spring-cleaning led Eric Brooks to a box of old newspaper clips from 1997.

verb fits · fitting · fitted

  1. intransitive To suffer a fit. A spokesman said: "It is believed they (the dogs) got into the lake and drank from it. They came out and started fitting. Shortly after that three of them died and vets are attempting to resuscitate the other one."

fit⁴

  • /fɪt/

Rhymes with -ɪt

Where it comes from

Formed from fight on the model of bite:bit and light:lit.

verb

  1. Ireland, Southern US, dated, participle, past simple past and past participle of fight; fought.fight There wonst was two cats in Kilkenny; / And aich thought there was one cat too many. / So they quarrelled and fit; / And they scratched, and they bit; / Till, excepting their tails / And some scraps of their nails, / Instead of two cats there wan't any.

fit⁵

  • /fɪt/

Rhymes with -ɪt

Where it comes from

Clipping of outfit.

noun fits

  1. slang An outfit, a set of clothing. How do you like the fit?

FIT⁶

noun FITs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of feed-in tariff.feed-in tariff
  2. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of fully inclusive tour.fully inclusive tour
  3. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of fully independent travel.fully independent travel

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of flexible and interoperable data transfer, a format used by Garmin devices.flexible and interoperable data transfer

FiT⁷

noun FiTs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of feed-in tariff.feed-in tariff

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