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ADJECTIVE fit COMPARATIVE fitter SUPERLATIVE fittest
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fit English

Meaning fit meaning

What does fit mean?
Definitions in simple English

fit Verb

— When you fit something, you match a thing for size, shape or other qualities. They fitted his hat. — When a thing fits, it is a good match for something. These shoes fit me very well.

fit Adjective

— When you are fit, you are healthy and able to do a task. After he slept he looked very fit.

fit Noun

— When you have a fit, you have a sudden emotion. He hit the man in a fit of rage. — If you have a fit, your body moves very quickly without your control. The man had a fit of epilepsy. I suddenly had a coughing fit that I could not stop.

fit

— verb (= suit) be agreeable or acceptable to This suits my needs — verb be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired This piece won't fit into the puzzle — verb (= meet) satisfy a condition or restriction Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree? — verb make fit fit a dress He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out — verb insert or adjust several objects or people Can you fit the toy into the box? This man can't fit himself into our work environment — adjective meeting adequate standards for a purpose a fit subject for discussion it is fit and proper that you be there water fit to drink fit for duty do as you see fit to — adjective (= primed, set) (usually followed by 'to' or 'for') on the point of or strongly disposed in no fit state to continue fit to drop laughing fit to burst she was fit to scream primed for a fight we are set to go at any time — verb (= match, check, agree) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics The two stories don't agree in many details The handwriting checks with the signature on the check The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun — adjective physically and mentally sound or healthy felt relaxed and fit after their holiday keeps fit with diet and exercise — noun (= tantrum, scene) a display of bad temper he had a fit she threw a tantrum he made a scene — noun the manner in which something fits I admired the fit of her coat — noun (= paroxysm, convulsion) a sudden uncontrollable attack a paroxysm of giggling a fit of coughing convulsions of laughter — verb conform to some shape or size How does this shirt fit? — verb (= equip) provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities — verb (= match) make correspond or harmonize Match my sweater — noun (= burst) a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) a burst of applause a fit of housecleaning

Synonyms fit synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as fit?

fit English » English

suitable suit proper match appropriate right adapt adjust seizure attack fitting competent agree accommodate paroxysm healthy convulsion worthy meet correspond be suitable in shape fit in eligible befitting apt able tally suited jibe good capable becoming well sound outfit equip conform clothe burst be proper be appropriate arrange adequate tantrum strong stroke spasm set reasonable

Topics fit topics

What do people use fit to talk about?
States Big

Fit, size
Person Body condition

Strong
States Quality Good

Right, proper
Person Healthy

Disease
Person Healthy

Symptom of disease
Work and occupation Occupation

Working with wood
Person Healthy Sick

Recover from sickness
Language and thought

Emotion
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Angry
Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Speak poorly
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Exercise
Social behavior Conflict War

Weapon, shoot
States Quality Good Right, proper

Wrong, unsuitable

  • What words refer to something being unsuitable because it isn't good enough?
    unfit not fit
States Quality Good Right, proper

Convenient
States Location Area

Space, room

Conjugation fit conjugation

How do you conjugate fit?

fit · verb

Examples fit examples

How do I use fit in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Do you think it'll fit here?
Did any of the shoes that you tried on fit?
The shirt Tom is wearing doesn't fit him very well.
Tom had a coughing fit.
In my opinion he is not fit for the work.
There are gaps between the boards in the box. If you fit them in snugly, you'll get more use out of the box.
That's too small to fit on your head.
None of the meat was fit to eat.
The water is not fit to drink.
This size doesn't fit me.
This hat doesn't fit me.
This ship is not fit for an ocean voyage.
This stopper does not fit the bottle.
The food was not fit for man or beast.
This didn't fit me very well.
This doesn't fit.
This coat does not fit me any more.
I'm afraid this key does not fit.
These shoes don't fit my feet.
This fish is not fit to eat.
Two thousand people fit into this hall.

Movie subtitles

Would she fit beneath the bed, mom?
Bishop Donahue said it's because I have no self-esteem and desperately want to fit in with by my peers.
And I hope that when I get there I'll be able to fit in.
Will I fit in?
He'll have a fit if you call him.
You can't fit through there.
So you kids can go crazy with your halters and your sheaths and your cutouts, and I will wear a dress fit to upholster a chair.
But also you're gonna find that a big part of life is timing. when old friends fit into your life and when they don't.
So when you killed Scarlett in a fit of jealous rage, you knew you had a way out.
But this would fit the profile?
What better place to find a freshly padded Santa outfit fit for a parade.
Well, most of the thalidomides don't have normal hip or shoulder joints, so we make each set specially to fit them.
It'll help me to get match-fit before the baby comes.
I thought sending you down that way - would help you fit in your bridal errands. - Oh!
How did everything fit together?
I am a bit confused by the colour, because this white colour does not fit.
In Paris, they saw fit to grant me French citizenship.
And how about clothes? Like, how they fit?
We did find some old blueprints of this facility, but there was no room that could fit the bill.
If humankind can acquire the same powers through forced evolution, The Blessed are no longer fit to serve as the lords of creation.
It's not fit for pigs!
To escape your father, you saw fit to run away with some 1,100 francs.
Shucks, man, I'd be nothing but a poisonous varmint. and not fit to touch the hem of your pants. if I didn't tell you you've treated me square, mighty square. and I ain't forgetting.
I know it'll fit her.
He was sober and fit for sport when I sent him out.
With your husband arriving sick and wondering just how you were going to fit into the scheme of things here.
But don't you really think I could fit in out here?
Costumes on the ship will fit you.
So that's why I mustered up my courage because I want to become a good fit with Princess. If. you were to see this. No, I.
IT FIT, YOU KNOW?
I made the hill fit in with the architectural scheme.
But it doesn't fit you. I know.
A perfect fit.
It didn't fit.
I can see for myself you ain't as fit as you ought to be. and no wonder.
Any statement I made to you wouldn't be fit to print.
You can wind some thread around it so it will fit you when you get home.

News and current affairs

It is too painful to believe that humanity would destroy millions of other species - and jeopardize our own future - in a fit of absent-mindedness.
The art of statecraft is not to choose between war and diplomacy as if they were mutually exclusive alternatives, but to understand how they fit together.
As the ECB's common monetary policy cannot fit the macroeconomic conditions of all the member countries, the eurozone countries need macro-prudential regulations that aim at reducing excessive credit growth.
Memories of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and Japanese aggression in the 1930's are politically useful and fit within a larger theme of Chinese victimization by imperialist forces.
Yet it is hard to fit solutions into either a traditional liberal or traditional conservative political philosophy.
With his white mother and his African father, he does not fit any African-American precedent.
In a fit of Islamic solidarity, they went to Afghanistan and met with Osama bin Laden and the Taliban.
But, rather than picking facts and stories to fit some grand narrative of decline or progress, we should try to compare across all areas of human existence to see if the world really is doing better or worse.
Such a system may formally fit better with the idea of social inclusion, but violates the basic right of free migration granted in the Treaty of Rome.
Yet Spain, India, Belgium, and Switzerland are all consolidated democracies that do not fit the classic model of the nation state.
Can One International Financial Architecture Fit All?
Eighty years after the republic's founding the trouble with headscarved women is that they do not fit into the picture of the ideal modern Turkish woman.
Furthermore, MIT has developed the foldable electric CityCar, four of which can fit into a conventional parking space.
The more complex and costly the mechanisms used, the less fit the resistant population will be.
An alternative hypothesis, which seems to fit the facts, recently emerged from the Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Dysfunctionality in Capital Markets, at the London School of Economics.
Indeed, with America's economy in apparent freefall, Trichet is threatening euro-zone trade unions with pre-emptive interest-rate hikes unless they behave as he sees fit.
The fit would be particularly good in those countries where the Bank is already lending money.
The editors had the right to make those decisions and to express themselves as they saw fit.
Unlike the nuclear age, when it comes to deterrence in the cyber era, one size does not fit all.
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