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See fît

English

{{rank|spot|wonderful|shook|944|fit|distribute|ordinary|forms}}

Pronunciation


Etymology 1

From the noun fit

Verb

{{en-verb|fits|fitting|fitted or fit|fitted or fit}}

  1. Of an object, to be of the right size and shape so as to match another object.
  2. : I want to fit the drapes to the design of the room
  3. Of clothing, to be of the right size and cut.
  4. To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
  5. To be fitting; to suit.
  6. * 1918, Richard Dennis Teall Hollister, Speech-making, publ. George Wahr, 1:
  7. *: The speaker should be certain that his subject fits the occasion.


Derived terms


Translations
  • Danish: tilpasse
  • Dutch:
  • French:
  • German:

Etymology 2

From the noun fit

Adjective

  1. in good shape
  2. suitable
  3. * 2005, w:Plato|Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination|243d.
  4. *: The rest we'll leave to be examined later, if we think fit;
  5. (British slang) good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful
  6. : I think the girl working in the office is fit.


Translations
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|vhodný|m}}
  • Danish: passende
  • German: , ,
  • Japanese: 美人 (bijin), 別嬪 (beppin) (a little bit archaic)
  • Swedish:

Etymology 3

Old English fitt

Noun

  1. The degree to which something fits something else.
  2. : This shirt is a bad fit.
  3. : Since he put on weight, his jeans have been a tight fit.
  4. (Advertising) how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
  5. : The Wonder Bread advertising research results showed the “White Picket Fence” commercial had strong fit ratings.


Usage notes

Usually used in the singular preceded by an indefinite article and an adjective.

Translations
References

for 2nd definition: The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, WA, April 2005

Noun

  1. A seizure or convulsion.
  2. A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time; as, a coughing fit
  3. A sudden outburst of emotion.
  4. : He had a laughing fit which lasted more than ten minutes.
  5. : She had a fit and had thrown all of his clothes out of the window.
  6. A section of a poem or ballad.


Synonyms


Derived terms


Translations
  • Danish: slagtilfælde
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|crise|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Anfall|m}}
  • Finnish: kohtaus, puuska
  • French: {{t+|fr|crise|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Anfall|m}}
  • Hebrew: התקף (hetkef of something) , קריזה (kriza negative)
  • Portuguese: {{t-|pt|crise|f}}

Verb

{{en-verb|fit|t|ed}}

  1. To suffer a fit.


Category:English words with multiple etymologies

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Catalan

Adjective

{{ca-adj|f=fita|mpl=fits|fpl=fites}}

  1. fixed (of eyes, regard, etc.)


Noun

  1. target


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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Nl-fit.ogg


Adjective

fit (fitte, comparative: fitter, superlative: fitst)

  1. fit (in good shape)


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French

Verb

fit

  1. third-person singular indicative past historic of faire


Category:French verb forms

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fit \Fit\, v. i.
1. To be proper or becoming.
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Nor fits it to prolong the feast. --Pope.
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2. To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to
be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fit \Fit\ (f[i^]t),
imp. & p. p. of Fight. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fit \Fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fitting.]
1. To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended;
to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or
preparation.
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The time is fitted for the duty. --Burke.
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The very situation for which he was peculiarly
fitted by nature. --Macaulay.
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2. 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.
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The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he
fitteth it with planes. --Is. xliv.
13.
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3. To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that
is shaped and adjusted to the use required.
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No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves.
--Shak.
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4. 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.
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That's a bountiful answer that fits all questions.
--Shak.
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That time best fits the work. --Shak.
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To fit out, to supply with necessaries or means; to
furnish; to equip; as, to fit out a privateer.

To fit up, to furnish with things suitable; to make proper
for the reception or use of any person; to prepare; as, to
fit up a room for a guest.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fit \Fit\, n. [AS. fitt a song.]
In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a
ballad; a passus. [Written also fitte, fytte, etc.]
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To play some pleasant fit. --Spenser.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fit \Fit\, a. [Compar. Fitter (f[i^]t"t[~e]r); superl.
Fittest (f[i^]t"t[e^]st).] [OE. fit, fyt; cf. E. feat neat,
elegant, well made, or icel. fitja to web, knit, OD. vitten
to suit, square, Goth. f[=e]tjan to adorn. [root]77.]
1. Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature
or by art; suited by character, qualities, circumstances,
education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.
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That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified
in. --Shak.
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Fit audience find, though few. --Milton.
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2. Prepared; ready. [Obs.]
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So fit to shoot, she singled forth among
her foes who first her quarry's strength should
feel. --Fairfax.
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3. Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste;
convenient; meet; becoming; proper.
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Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked? --Job
xxxiv. 18.

Syn: Suitable; proper; appropriate; meet; becoming;
expedient; congruous; correspondent; apposite; apt;
adapted; prepared; qualified; competent; adequate.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fit \Fit\, n.
1. The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of
dress to the person of the wearer.
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2. (Mach.)
(a) The coincidence of parts that come in contact.
(b) The part of an object upon which anything fits
tightly.
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Fit rod (Shipbuilding), a gauge rod used to try the depth
of a bolt hole in order to determine the length of the
bolt required. --Knight.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fit \Fit\, n. [AS. fit strife, fight; of uncertain origin.
[root] 77.]
1. A stroke or blow. [Obs. or R.]
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Curse on that cross, quoth then the Sarazin,
That keeps thy body from the bitter fit. --Spenser.
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2. 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.
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And when the fit was on him, I did mark
How he did shake. --Shak.
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3. A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a
time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a
fit of melancholy, of passion, or of laughter.
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All fits of pleasure we balanced by an equal degree
of pain. --Swift.
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The English, however, were on this subject prone to
fits of jealously. --Macaulay.
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4. A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort,
activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or inaction;
an impulsive and irregular action.
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The fits of the season. --Shak.
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5. A darting point; a sudden emission. [R.]
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A tongue of light, a fit of flame. --Coleridge.
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By fits, By fits and starts, by intervals of action and
repose; impulsively and irregularly; intermittently.
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WordNet fit
adj 1: 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" [syn: fit to(a), fit for(a)] [ant: unfit]
2: (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" [syn:
fit(p), primed(p), set(p)]
3: physically and mentally sound or healthy; "felt relaxed and
fit after their holiday"; "keeps fit with diet and
exercise" [syn: healthy] [ant: unfit]
n 1: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a
tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: tantrum, scene, conniption]
2: a sudden uncontrollable attack; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a
fit of coughing"; "convulsions of laughter" [syn: paroxysm,
convulsion]
3: the manner in which something fits; "I admired the fit of
her coat"
4: a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason);
"a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning" [syn: burst]
v 1: be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs" [syn: suit,
accommodate]
2: be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired;
"This piece won't fit into the puzzle" [syn: go]
3: satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet
the requirements for the degree?" [syn: meet, {conform
to}]
4: make fit; "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to
his cut-out"
5: 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"
6: 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" [syn: match, correspond, check, jibe,
gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disagree]
7: conform to some shape or size; "How does this shirt fit?"
8: provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose;
"The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food,
and other necessities" [syn: equip, fit out, outfit]
9: make correspond or harmonize; "Match my sweater" [syn: match]
[also: fitting, fitted, fittest, fitter]
Moby Dictionary
Jacksonian epilepsy , Rolandic epilepsy , a propos ,
abdominal epilepsy , able , acceptable , access , accommodate ,
accommodate with , accord , according to Hoyle , accouter ,
acquired epilepsy , activated epilepsy , ad rem , adapt , adapt to ,
adaptation , adapted , adequate , adjust , adjust to , adjusted ,
adjustment , admissible , ado , advance , advantage , advantageous ,
advisable , affect epilepsy , agitation , agree with ,
akinetic epilepsy , alive and kicking , alter , ameliorate , amok ,
ample , answer , apoplexy , applicable , appoint , apposite , apprentice ,
appropriate , apropos , apt , arm , arrest , assimilate , assimilate to ,
attack , attune , au fait , auspicious , autonomic epilepsy , balance ,
balanced , barely sufficient , be OK , be guided by , be right ,
be there , become , becoming , befit , befitting , belong , bend ,
benefit , better , blaze , blockage , bother , botheration , break ,
break in , break up , breakup , breed , bright-eyed and bushy-tailed ,
bring up , bunkum , burst , bustle , cancel , capable , capacitate ,
caparison , cardiac epilepsy , cat fit , cataclysm , change ,
checked out , chime in with , chipper , climax , clonic spasm , clonus ,
comely , commensurate , commotion , compensate , competent , comply ,
comply with , compose , condign , condition , conditioning , conform ,
congruous , conniption , conniption fit , consonant , convenient ,
convert , convulsion , coordinate , correct , correspond ,
corresponding , cortical epilepsy , costume , counterbalance ,
counterpoise , countervail , cramp , cultivate , cursive epilepsy ,
cut to , cyclone , decent , decorous , defensible , deform , denature ,
deserved , desirable , develop , diastrophism , disaster , discipline ,
disguise , diurnal epilepsy , diversify , do , do the job ,
do the trick , dovetailing , dress , drill , duck fit , due , eclampsia ,
efficient , eligible , enable , enablement , enfranchised ,
enjoying health , enough , epilepsia , epilepsia gravior ,
epilepsia major , epilepsia minor , epilepsia mitior ,
epilepsia nutans , epilepsia tarda , epilepsy , epitasis , equal to ,
equalize , equate , equip , equipment , equitable , eruption , eupeptic ,
even , even up , evenhanded , exercise , expedient , explosion , fair ,
fair and square , fall in with , falling sickness , favorable ,
feasible , feery-fary , felicitous , ferment , fetch up , fever ,
fidgetiness , fill the bill , fine , fit and fine , fit in ,
fit of anger , fit of temper , fit out , fit up , fitted , fitted for ,
fitten , fitting , fix , flap , flare-up , flurry , fluster , flutter ,
flutteriness , focal epilepsy , follow , form , fortunate , forward ,
foster , frenzy , fructuous , full of beans , furnish , furnishing ,
furor , fury , fuss , fussiness , gale , gear , gear to , geared , get , go ,
go by , go together , good , good enough , grand mal , grip , groom ,
gust , habit , hale , happy , harmonize , haute mal , have its place ,
have place , healthful , healthy , heel , homologate , homologize ,
house-train , housebreak , hubbub , hullabaloo , hurricane ,
hysterical epilepsy , ictus , improve , in condition , in fine fettle ,
in fine whack , in good case , in good health , in good shape ,
in health , in high feather , in mint condition , in shape ,
in the pink , inspired , integrate , irruption , journeyman , just ,
just right , justifiable , justified , key to , kosher ,
larval epilepsy , laryngeal epilepsy , laryngospasm , latent epilepsy ,
lawful , legal , level , lick into shape , likely , lockjaw , lucky ,
maelstrom , make conform , make plumb , make uniform , make up , man ,
masquerade , matutinal epilepsy , measure , meet , meet and right ,
meliorate , menstrual epilepsy , merited , meshing , minimal , minimum ,
mitigate , modify , modulate , mold , munition , murderous insanity ,
musicogenic epilepsy , mutate , myoclonous epilepsy , nice ,
nocturnal epilepsy , normal , normative , not come amiss , nurse ,
nurture , observe , occlusion , on the button , opportune , orgasm ,
outbreak , outburst , outfit , overthrow , paroxysm , pat , petit mal ,
physiologic epilepsy , plenty , plenty good enough , poise , politic ,
pother , practice , prepare , proficient , profit , profitable , promote ,
proper , propitious , proportion , proportionate , providential ,
psychic epilepsy , psychokinesia , psychomotor epilepsy , put in trim ,
put in tune , put to school , quadrate , quake , qualification ,
qualified , qualify , rage , raise , re-create , ready , realign , rear ,
rebuild , recommendable , reconcile , reconstruct , rectify , redesign ,
refit , reflex epilepsy , reform , regulate , rehearse , relate ,
relevant , remake , renew , reshape , restlessness , restructure ,
revamp , revive , rig , rig out , rig up , right , right and proper ,
righteous , rightful , ring the changes , ripe , rotatoria ,
rub off corners , sane , satisfactory , scramble , seasonable , seemly ,
seizure , send to school , sensory epilepsy , serial epilepsy , serve ,
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