What (who) is fit - definition
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FIT; Fit (disambiguation)
fit
I
n.
emotional reaction
1) to have, throw a fit
misc.
2) by fits and starts ('in irregular bursts of activity')
II
adj.
qualified
physically capable
1) physically fit
2) fit for (fit for duty)
3) fit to + inf. (he is not fit to work)
4) to keep fit
suitable
5) to see, think fit to + inf. (they saw fit to employ smb. else)
III
n.
manner of fitting
a good; loose; snug, tight fit
IV
v.
1) to fit together
2) (D; tr.) to fit for (to fit a customer for a new suit)
3) (D; intr.) to fit into (everything fit into the suitcase)
4) (d; tr.) to fit into (she was able to fit all the books into one carton)
USAGE NOTE: In BE the past and past participle of fit are usu. fitted. AE usu. has fit when the verb cannot be used in the passive form--the tailor fitted the customer carefully (CE); the suit was fitted carefully by the tailor (CE); the suit fit me a year ago (AE).
fit
I. BEING RIGHT OR GOING IN THE RIGHT PLACE
(fits, fitting, fitted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Note: In American English the form 'fit' is used in the present tense and sometimes also as the past tense and past participle of the verb.
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1.
If something fits, it is the right size and shape to go onto a person's body or onto a particular object.
The sash, kimono, and other garments were made to fit a child...
She has to go to the men's department to find trousers that fit at the waist...
Line a tin with lightly-greased greaseproof paper, making sure the corners fit well.
VERB: V n, V prep/adv, V prep/adv
2.
If something is a good fit, it fits well.
Eventually he was happy that the sills and doors were a reasonably good fit.
N-SING: adj N
3.
If you are fitted for a particular piece of clothing, you try it on so that the person who is making it can see where it needs to be altered.
She was being fitted for her wedding dress.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed for n
4.
If something fits somewhere, it can be put there or is designed to be put there.
...a pocket computer which is small enough to fit into your pocket...
He folded his long legs to fit under the table...
VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv
5.
If you fit something into a particular space or place, you put it there.
She fitted her key in the lock...
When the crown has been made you go back and the dentist will fit it into place.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv
6.
If you fit something somewhere, you attach it there, or put it there carefully and securely.
Fit hinge bolts to give extra support to the door lock...
Peter had built the overhead ladders, and the next day he fitted them to the wall...
VERB: V n, V n prep
7.
If something fits something else or fits into it, it goes together well with that thing or is able to be part of it.
Her daughter doesn't fit the current feminine ideal...
Fostering is a full-time job and you should carefully consider how it will fit into your career...
There's something about the way he talks of her that doesn't fit.
VERB: V n, V in/into n, V
8.
You can say that something fits a particular person or thing when it is appropriate or suitable for them or it.
The punishment must always fit the crime.
= match
VERB: V n
9.
If something is fit for a particular purpose, it is suitable for that purpose.
Of the seven bicycles we had, only two were fit for the road.
...safety measures intended to reassure consumers that the meat is fit to eat...
ADJ: oft ADJ for n, ADJ to-inf, ADJ n to-inf, ADJ n for n
10.
If someone is fit to do something, they have the appropriate qualities or skills that will allow them to do it.
You're not fit to be a mother!...
He was not a fit companion for their skipper that particular morning.
ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf, ADJ for n, ADJ n for n, ADJ n to-inf
• fitness
There is a debate about his fitness for the highest office...
N-UNCOUNT: N for n, N to-inf
11.
If something fits someone for a particular task or role, it makes them good enough or suitable for it. (FORMAL)
...a man whose past experience fits him for the top job in education...
It is not a person's gender that fits them to be a vicar but what is in their hearts.
VERB: V n for n, V n to-inf
12.
If you say that someone sees fit to do something, you mean that they are entitled to do it, but that you disapprove of their decision to do it. (FORMAL)
He's not a friend, you say, yet you saw fit to lend him money.
PHRASE: V inflects [disapproval]
13.
II. HEALTHY
(fitter, fittest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
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1.
Someone who is fit is healthy and physically strong.
An averagely fit person can master easy ski runs within a few days.
? unfit
ADJ
• fitness
Squash was once thought to offer all-round fitness.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N n
2.
III. UNCONTROLLABLE MOVEMENTS OR EMOTIONS
(fits)
1.
If someone has a fit they suddenly lose consciousness and their body makes uncontrollable movements.
About two in every five epileptic fits occur during sleep...
= seizure
N-COUNT
2.
If you have a fit of coughing or laughter, you suddenly start coughing or laughing in an uncontrollable way.
Halfway down the cigarette she had a fit of coughing...
N-COUNT: with supp, N of n
3.
If you do something in a fit of anger or panic, you are very angry or afraid when you do it.
Pattie shot Tom in a fit of jealous rage.
N-COUNT: N of n
4.
If you say that someone will have a fit when they hear about something, you mean that they will be very angry or shocked. (INFORMAL)
He'd have a fit if he knew what we were up to!
= go mad
PHRASE: V inflects
5.
Something that happens in fits and starts or by fits and starts keeps happening and then stopping again.
My slimming attempts tend to go in fits and starts...
Military technology advances by fits and starts.
PHRASE: PHR after v
Fit
·noun A stroke or blow.
II. Fit ·superl Prepared; ready.
III. Fit ·- imp. & ·p.p. of Fight.
IV. Fit ·vi To be proper or becoming.
V. Fit ·noun A darting point; a sudden emission.
VI. Fit ·noun The coincidence of parts that come in contact.
VII. Fit ·noun The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
VIII. Fit ·noun In ·OE, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus.
IX. Fit ·noun The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer.
X. Fit ·superl Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper.
XI. Fit ·vt To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required.
XII. Fit ·vi To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to Suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.
XIII. Fit ·vt To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits you, put it on.
XIV. Fit ·noun A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or insction; an impulse and irregular action.
XV. Fit ·vt To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to Qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation.
XVI. Fit ·noun A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of passion, or of laughter.
XVII. Fit ·superl Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, ·etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.
XVIII. Fit ·vt To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to Adjust;
- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, ·etc.
XIX. Fit ·noun A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness.
Pronunciation examples for fit
1. fit.
The Rare Find _ George Anders _ Talks at Google
2. fit.
The Aerodynamic Revolution in Cycling _ Jean-Paul Ballard _ Talks at Google
3. Fit...
Bronson (2008)
4. >>> Fit.
Martha Stewart in Conversation with Marissa Mayer _ Talks at Google
5. fit.
LA Son _ Roy Choi _ Talks Google
Examples of use of fit
1. When they want to compliment her, they say that she is ‘fit‘. Fit!
2. It didn‘t fit me, and it didn‘t fit a lot of the participants in this sport.
3. "Both are physically fit and mentally fit... as a whole they are feeling well," he said.
4. Giles, Harmison, Flintoff, Strauss should be hanging their heads, none fit or even match fit.
5. "It don‘t fit me, it don‘t fit me at all," he said.