fit
adjEtymology
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”).
Definitions
Suitable
Suitable; proper
- You have nothing to say about it. I'll do exactly as I see fit.
- Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked?
- He had drunk more than was fit for him, and he was singing some light song, when he saw approaching, as he said, the pale horse mentioned in the Revelation, with Death seated as the rider.
Adapted to a purpose or environment.
- survival of the fittest
- That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in.
- Wading through history, he noted that some eugenicists believed that the “distinction between the fit and the unfit could be drawn along racial lines,” and others would define a person as “feeble-minded.”
In good shape
In good shape; physically well.
- You don't have to be a good climber for Kilimanjaro, but you do have to be fit.
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Sexually attractive
Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.
- I think the girl working in the office is fit.
- Got my hands down her jeans and I nearly lost half my arm / But after ten pints, she looked quite fit
- I think you are really fit / You're fit but my gosh don't you know it.
Prepared
Prepared; ready.
- So fit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel.
To be suitable for.
- It fits the purpose.
- The speaker should be certain that his subject fits the occasion.
To have sufficient space available at some location to be able to be there.
- Ten clowns fit in the car, but not a hundred.
- The elevator can fit up to 10 people.
To conform to in size and shape.
- The small shirt doesn't fit me, so I'll buy the medium size.
- If I lose a few kilos, the gorgeous wedding dress might fit me.
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
- I know the pieces fit / 'Cause I watched them fall away
- Even though in a way you let him freeze to death in the water, because the way I see it... / I agree. Y'know, I think he actually could have fitted on that bit of door. / There was plenty of room on the raft. / I know. I know, I know.
To make conform in size and shape.
- I want to fit the drapes to the windows.
To be in agreement with.
- These definitions fit most of the usage.
To adjust.
- The regression program fit a line to the data.
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.
To equip or supply.
- The chandler will fit us with provisions for a month.
To make ready.
- I’m fitting the ship for a summer sail home.
- I’m fitting to go home and sleep.
- 'I am fitting to go to South Hadley Seminary [as Mount Holyoke was known], and expect if my health is good to enter that institution a year from next fall', she confided to Abiah.
To be seemly.
To be proper or becoming.
- Nor fits it to prolong the heav'nly feast.
To be in harmony.
- The paint, the fabrics, the rugs all fit.
The degree to which something fits.
- This shirt is a bad fit.
- Since he put on weight, his jeans have been a tight fit.
Conformity of elements one to another.
- It's hard to get a good fit using second-hand parts.
The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of…
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.
Goodness of fit.
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.
A section of a poem or ballad.
- Dr. Percy has written a long ballad in many fits.
A seizure or convulsion.
- My grandfather died after having a fit.
A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
A sudden outburst of emotion.
- He had a laughing fit which lasted more than ten minutes.
- She had a fit and threw all of his clothes out through the window.
- He threw a fit (of temper) when his car broke down.
A sudden burst (of an activity).
- A fit of spring-cleaning led Eric Brooks to a box of old newspaper clips from 1997.
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."
simple past and past participle of fight
simple past and past participle of fight; fought.
- c. 19th century, unknown author, Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho Joshua fit the battle of Jericho and the walls came tumbling down
- He didn't just set around and try to out sweettalk^([sic]) somebody; he got out and out-fit somebody. He wouldn't be blowing when he told his boys how he fit for the woman he got.
An outfit, a set of clothing.
- How do you like the fit?
Initialism of feed-in tariff.
Initialism of fully inclusive tour.
Initialism of fully independent travel.
Initialism of flexible and interoperable data transfer, a format used by Garmin devices.
The neighborhood
Derived
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at fit. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at fit. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at fit
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA