fit

Meaning

Adj

1. Suitable; proper
2. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
3. In good shape; physically well.
4. (British, informal, slang) Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.
5. (obsolete) Prepared; ready.

Verb

1. (transitive) To be suitable for.
2. (intransitive) To have sufficient space available at some location to be able to be there.
3. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
4. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape
5. (transitive) To make conform in size and shape.
6. (transitive) To make conform in size and shape.
7. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
8. (transitive) To adjust.
9. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
10. (transitive) To equip or supply.
11. (transitive) To make ready.
12. (archaic, intransitive) To be seemly.
13. To be proper or becoming.
14. (intransitive) To be in harmony.

Noun

1. The degree to which something fits.
2. Conformity of elements one to another.
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.
5. Goodness of fit.
6. The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.

Noun

A section of a poem or ballad.

Noun

1. A seizure or convulsion.
2. A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
3. A sudden outburst of emotion.
4. A sudden burst (of an activity).

Verb

To suffer a fit.

Verb

simple past and past participle of fight; fought.

Noun

An outfit, a set of clothing.

fight

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Synonyms

suitable

suit

proper

match

appropriate

right

adapt

adjust

seizure

attack

👊

agree

accommodate

fitting

competent

paroxysm

convulsion

healthy

⚕️

be suitable

meet

worthy

correspond

in shape

apt

fit in

befitting

eligible

able

capable

jibe

becoming

suited

good

👍

tally

conform

clothe

outfit

adequate

well

be appropriate

sound

🔉

burst

equip

arrange

be proper

go

conform to

go in

check

able-bodied

fit out

Translations

passen

Anfall

convenir

ταιριάζω

uymak

ajuster

ataque

👊

ناسب

aanpassen

en forme

adatto

adapter

attacco

👊

tauglich

anpassen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fit

Inherited from Old English: fitt

Cognate with Old Saxon: *fittea

Cognate with Latin: vittea

Cognate with Cornish: fit

Cognate with Italian: fitta

Cognate with Latin: figere

In summary

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”).

Sentences

Ripe pears are fit for a queen's table .