fit
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code forMeänkieli . Possibly fromMiddle 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 toIcelandic fitja ( “ to web, knit, cast on ” ) .[ 1]
fit (comparative fitter superlative fittest
Suitable proper You have nothing to say about it. I'll do exactly as I seefit .
1902 The Outgoing of the Tide :He had drunk more than wasfit 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.
2005 Sophist , translation of original byPlato ,243d The rest we'll leave to be examined later, if we thinkfit ;
Adapted to apurpose orenvironment .survival of thefittest
c. 1603–1606 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of King Lear ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act I, scene iv] :That which ordinary men arefit for, I am qualified in.
Ingood shape ;physically well .You don't have to be a good climber for Kilimanjaro, but you do have to befit .
( British , informal , chiefly slang ) Sexually attractive ;good-looking ;fanciable .I think the girl working in the office isfit .
2004 Mike Skinner , “Fit but You Know It ”, inA Grand Don't Come for Free , performed by The Streets:I think you are reallyfit / You'refit but my gosh don't you know it.
2007 Foundations ”, in Kate Nash, Paul Eppworth (lyrics),Made of Bricks , performed by Kate Nash:I said I'd rather be with your friends, mate, cos they are muchfitter .
Prepared ready .1600 Torquato Tasso ], “(please specify |book=1 to 20) ”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e. ,Edward Fairfax ], transl.,Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. [ … ] [ … ] Ar[ nold] Hatfield, for I[ saac] Iaggard and M[ atthew] Lownes,→OCLC Sofit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel.
suitable, proper
Armenian:պատշաճ (hy) ( patšač ) ,պիտանի (hy) ( pitani ) Belarusian:адпаве́дны ( adpavjédny ) Bulgarian:подходя́щ (bg) ( podhodjášt ) ,съотве́тен (bg) ( sǎotvéten ) Catalan:adequat (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:合適 / 合适 (zh) ( héshì ) Czech:vhodný (cs) m Danish:passende Dutch:passend (nl) Esperanto:taŭga Finnish:sopiva (fi) ;sovelias (fi) ,korrekti (fi) French:convenable (fr) ,adapté (fr) ,correct (fr) ,approprié (fr) Gothic:𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 ( gatils ) Greek:κατάλληλος (el) m ( katállilos ) Hiligaynon:dápat Hungarian:alkalmas (hu) ,megfelelő (hu) Irish:oiriúnach Italian:adatto (it) ,idoneo (it) ,indicato (it) ,rispondente (it) ,confacente (it) ,appropriato (it) Latin:habilis idōneus aptus (la) Latvian:piemērots m atbilstošs m atbilstīgs Manx:cooie Ottoman Turkish:راست ( râst ) Portuguese:apropriado (pt) Russian:подходя́щий (ru) ( podxodjáščij ) ,соотве́тствующий (ru) ( sootvétstvujuščij ) Spanish:apropiado (es) ,adecuado (es) ,apto (es) ,idóneo (es) ,aparejado (es) Swedish:passande (sv) ,lämplig (sv) ,lämpad (sv) Ukrainian:відпові́дний ( vidpovídnyj ) ,підходя́щий ( pidxodjáščyj )
adapted to a purpose or environment
in good shape
Bulgarian:в добра́ фо́рма ( v dobrá fórma ) Chinese:Mandarin:please add this translation if you can Danish:i form Dutch:fit (nl) Finnish:hyväkuntoinen (fi) ;kunnossa (fi) ( adverb ) ;timmi (fi) ( colloquial ) French:en bonne forme German:fit (de) ,in Form durchtrainiert (de) Greek:υγιής (el) m or f ( ygiís ) Hungarian:egészséges (hu) ,fitt (hu) ,jó erőben lévő jó erőnlétű Indonesian: fit,sehat (id) ,segar bugar (id) ,sesuai (id) ,cocok (id) ,serasi (id) ,pas (id) ,tepat (id) Interlingua:in forma Irish:infheidhme Italian:in forma Japanese:元気 (ja) ( げんき, genki ) ,健康 (ja) ( けんこう, kenkō ) ,合う (ja) ( あう, au ) ,似合う (ja) ( にあう, niau ) ,適する (ja) ( てきする, tekisuru ) ,適切 (ja) ( てきせつ, tekisetsu ) Latvian:vingrs Maori:whiti Norman:frîngant Persian:فیت (fa) ( fit ) Portuguese:em (boa )forma Russian:в хоро́шей фо́рме ( v xoróšej fórme ) Spanish:en (buena )forma apolíneo (es) Swedish:iform ,itrim
fit (third-person singular simple present fits present participle fitting simple past and past participle fitted or fit
( transitive ) suitable for.Itfits the purpose.
1918 , Richard Dennis Teall Hollister,Speech-making , publ. George Wahr,pg. 81 :The speaker should be certain that his subjectfits the occasion. ( intransitive ) space available at some location to be able to be there.Ten clownsfit in the car, but not a hundred.
The elevator canfit up to 10 people.
( transitive ) size andshape .The small shirt doesn'tfit me, so I'll buy the medium size.
If I lose a few kilos, the gorgeous wedding dress mightfit me.
( intransitive ) size andshape 2016 February 2,Kate Winslet et al. ,Jimmy Kimmel Live! [2] Even though in a way you let him freeze to death in the water, because the way I see it...Y'know , I think he actually could havefitted on that bit of door. I wanted to borrow my little sister's jeans, but they didn'tfit .
That plugfit into the other socket, but it won't go in this one.
( transitive , withto ) I want tofit the drapes to the windows.
( transitive ) tailor ; to change to the appropriate size.I had a suitfitted by the tailor.
( transitive ) These definitionsfit most of the usage.
2004 October 14, Don Ringe, “Old English maþelian, mæþlan, mǣlan”, in J. H. W. Penney, editor,Indo-European Perspectives: Studies in Honour of Anna Morpurgo Davies [3] Oxford University Press ,→ISBN 427 :Type D half-lines ending in words of this type are analysed by Hutcheson as ending in two completely unstressed syllables. That analysis must be descriptively correct for, say, the 10th cent.; whether it would havefitted the facts in the 8th cent. is much less clear.
( transitive ) adjust .The regression programfit a line to the data.
( transitive ) attach , especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, inBBC Sport [4] Williams had a problemfitting his left rear tyre and that left Alonso only 3.1secs adrift when he rejoined from his final stop three laps later.
( transitive ) equip orsupply .The chandler willfit us with provisions for a month.
( transitive ) I'mfitting the ship for a summer sail home.
1871 Florence Nightingale ,Una and the Lion 12 :Thirty years ago, if a girl wished for training, there was none to be had. I can truly say there was no training to be had tofit a woman thoroughly for any life whatever.
( intransitive , archaic ) seemly .To be proper or becoming. ( intransitive ) The paint, the fabrics, the rugs allfit .
Terms derived fromfit (verb)
to have sufficient space available
to be suitable for
Arabic:لَاقَ (ar) ( lāqa ) Azerbaijani:uyğun olmaq müvafiq olmaq münasib olmaq düz gəlmək yaramaq yararlı olmaq lazım olmaq Belarusian:падыхо́дзіць impf ( padyxódzicʹ ) ,падысці́ pf ( padyscí ) Bulgarian:подхо́ждам (bg) impf ( podhóždam ) ,подхо́дя pf ( podhódja ) Catalan:cabre (ca) Chinese:Hokkien:kah Esperanto:taŭgi (eo) Finnish:sopia (fi) ,käydä (fi) ,passata (fi) ( colloquial ) French:convenir (fr) ,être adapté être approprié German:passen (de) Gothic:𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 ( dugan ) Greek:ταιριάζω (el) ( tairiázo ) Ancient:πρέπω ( prépō ) Hungarian:illik (hu) ,megfelel (hu) ,passzol (hu) Italian:soddisfare (it) Khmer:សម (km) ( sɑɑm ) Maori:tōtika pai (mi) ,haratau arotau arotau Persian:سزیدن (fa) ( sazidan ) Portuguese:servir (pt) Russian:подходи́ть (ru) impf ( podxodítʹ ) ,подойти́ (ru) pf ( podojtí ) Spanish:satisfacer (es) Swedish:passa (sv) Ukrainian:підхо́дити impf ( pidxódyty ) ,підійти́ pf ( pidijtý )
to conform to in size and shape
Arabic:نَاسَبَ ( nāsaba ) ,لَاقَ (ar) ( lāqa ) Armenian:սազել (hy) ( sazel ) ,բռնել (hy) ( bṙnel ) ,համապատասխանել (hy) ( hamapatasxanel ) Aromanian:ncap Basque:egokitu Belarusian:падыхо́дзіць impf ( padyxódzicʹ ) ,падысці́ pf ( padyscí ) ,адпавяда́ць impf ( adpavjadácʹ ) Bulgarian:съотве́тствам (bg) impf ( sǎotvétstvam ) ,подхо́ждам (bg) impf ( podhóždam ) ,подхо́дя pf ( podhódja ) Catalan:cabre (ca) ,encaixar (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:適合 / 适合 (zh) ( shìhé ) ,合適 / 合适 (zh) ( héshì ) Czech:vejít se pf Danish:passe sammen Esperanto:please add this translation if you can Finnish:sopia (fi) ,käydä (fi) French:convenir (fr) ,aller (fr) ,être adapté être approprié Georgian:please add this translation if you can German:passen (de) Greek:κάνω (el) ( káno ) Ancient:ἁρμόζω ( harmózō ) Hebrew:התאים ( hit'ím ) Hungarian:( adjective with its argument ) jó rá illeszkedik (hu) Ingrian:mukahua Interlingua:vader ben a Irish:oiriúnaigh Italian:starci (it) ,andare bene Japanese:合う (ja) ( あう, au ) ,合わせる (ja) ( あわせる, awaseru ) ( transitive ) ,適合する (ja) ( tekigō suru ) Khmer:ឃ្លិប (km) ( khlɨp ) ,ក្លំ (km) ( klɑm ) ,ក្លឹប ( kləp ) Latvian:sakrist Maori:ō Mongolian:please add this translation if you can Norwegian:Norwegian Bokmål:passe (no) Norwegian Nynorsk:passe Polish:pasować (pl) Portuguese:servir (em)caber (em) Romanian:încăpea (ro) Russian:подходи́ть (ru) impf ( podxodítʹ ) ,подойти́ (ru) pf ( podojtí ) ,соотве́тствовать (ru) impf ( sootvétstvovatʹ ) Scottish Gaelic:freagair do/ri/air Spanish:caber (es) Swedish:passa (sv) Thai:please add this translation if you can Turkish:uymak (tr) Ukrainian:підхо́дити impf ( pidxódyty ) ,підійти́ pf ( pidijtý ) ,відповіда́ти (uk) impf ( vidpovidáty ) Vietnamese:vừa (vi) ,thích hợp (vi) Yiddish:פּאַסן ( pasn )
to make conform in size and shape
to have right size and cut, as of clothing
Arabic:نَاسَبَ ( nāsaba ) Armenian:սազել (hy) ( sazel ) Azerbaijani:əyninə biçilmək əyninə olmaq düz gəlmək Bulgarian:ста́вам (bg) impf ( stávam ) Chinese:Mandarin:適合 / 适合 (zh) ( shìhé ) ,合適 / 合适 (zh) ( héshì ) Czech:sedět (cs) ,padnout (cs) Danish:passe til Dutch:passen (nl) Finnish:sopia (fi) Galician:acaer Georgian:please add this translation if you can German:passen (de) Greek:ταιριάζω (el) ( tairiázo ) Hebrew:התאים ( hit'ím ) Indonesian:menyesuaikan ,mencocokkan ,mempaskan Italian:andare bene Japanese:合う (ja) ( あう , au) ,適する (ja) ( teki suru ) Latvian:derēt Norwegian:Norwegian Bokmål:passe (no) Norwegian Nynorsk:passe Portuguese:caber (pt) Russian:подходи́ть (ru) ( podxodítʹ ) ,быть впо́ру ( bytʹ vpóru ) Scottish Gaelic:freagair do/ri/air Spanish:quedar (es) ,ficar (es) Swedish:passa (sv) Turkish:uymak (tr) Ukrainian:підхо́дити ( pidxódyty )
fit (plural fits
The degree to which something fits.This shirt is a badfit .
Since he put on weight, his jeans have been a tightfit .
Conformity of elements one to another.It's hard to get a goodfit using second-hand parts.
The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly. ( advertising ) The Wonder Bread advertising research results showed the “White Picket Fence” commercial had strongfit ratings.
( statistics ) ( bridge ) suit , particularly oftrump .During the auction, it is often a partnership's goal to find an eight-card major suitfit .
Usually used in the singular preceded by an indefinite article and an adjective.
degree to which something fits
conformity of elements one to another
part of an object upon which anything fits tightly
advertising: measure of how well a commercial captures the character or values of a brand
statistics: goodness of fit
bridge: quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards
( advertising ) : The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, Washington, April 2005Unknown, possibly fromOld English fitt ( “ song ” ) , or from the sense offitted to length. CompareOld Saxon *fittea Latin vittea
fit (plural fits
( archaic ) section of apoem orballad .Oxford English Dictionary: fit, fyte n. 1 Unknown, possibly fromOld English fitt ( “ conflict ” ) . CompareCornish fit ( “ game match, bout ” ) ; or else, probably cognate withItalian fitta ( “ pain, especially sudden and stabbing pain ” ) .See more atLatin fīgere
fit (plural fits
Aseizure orconvulsion .My grandfather died after having afit .
( medicine ) sudden andvigorous appearance of asymptom over a short period of time.Asudden outburst ofemotion .Synonyms: blowout hissy tantrum spell moment He had a laughingfit which lasted more than ten minutes.
She had afit and threw all of his clothes out through the window.
He threw afit when his car broke down.
A sudden burst (of an activity).Synonyms: flurry frenzy paroxysm 2007 July 9, Ryan J. Foley, “Wisconsin city's largest employer threatens to leave over ethanol”, inAssociated Press :Afit of spring-cleaning led Eric Brooks to a box of old newspaper clips from 1997.
Terms derived fromfit (noun)
sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom
sudden outburst of emotion
Bulgarian:по́рив (bg) m ( póriv ) Finnish:kohtaus (fi) ,puuska (fi) French:crise (fr) f German:Anfall (de) m Greek:ξέσπασμα (el) n ( xéspasma ) Hebrew:הֶתְקֵף (he) m ( hetkéf ) ,קְרִיזָה (he) f ( k'rizá ) ( negative ) Hungarian:kitörés (hu) ,( outburst of anger or rage ) dühroham (hu) Irish:taom m Portuguese:crise (pt) f ataque (pt) m piti (pt) m Russian:поры́в (ru) m ( porýv ) Spanish:arrebato (es) m arrebatamiento m acaloramiento (es) m arrechucho (es) ,ramalazo (es) Swedish:anfall (sv) n utbrott (sv) n attack (sv) Welsh:pwl m
fit (third-person singular simple present fits present participle fitting simple past and past participle fitted
( intransitive , medicine ) suffer a fit.2016 May 18, “Three dogs die and seven more ill after drinking from the same Kent lake amid contamination fears”, inThe Telegraph :A spokesman said: "It is believed they (the dogs) got into the lake and drank from it. They came out and startedfitting . Shortly after that three of them died and vets are attempting to resuscitate the other one."
Formed fromfight bite bit light lit
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( African-American Vernacular , Southern US , dated ) simplepast andpast participle offight fought .1867 The Galaxy , volume 4, New York: W.C. & F.P. Church, retrieved2023-10-27 ,page883 :There wonst was two cats in Kilkenny;fit ;
c. 19th century , unknown author,Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho Joshuafit the battle of Jericho and the walls came tumbling down a. 1940 The Hawk's Done Gone , page218 :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 hefit for the woman he got. Clipping ofoutfit
fit (plural fits
( slang ) outfit , aset ofclothing .How do you like thefit ?
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fit m plural fite definite fiti
wedge Synonym: pykë ( figurative ) provocation Synonyms: spica kalla Back-formation fromfitoj ( “ to profit ” ) .[ 1]
fit m definite fiti
( archaic ) profit ,gain Synonym: fitim fit ( colloquial )
even ,quits Synonyms: barabar pat ^ Meyer, G. (1891 ) “fitóń ”, inEtymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language →DOI page106 FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language [5] 1980 , page477 Onomatopoeic .
fit (definite accusative fiti plural fitlər
whistle siren ( a device that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device ) Inherited fromLatin fīctus fīgō ( “ to fasten, fix ” ) .Doublet offix ( “ fixed ” ) .
fit (feminine fita masculine plural fits feminine plural fites
fixed ,steady (of eyes, regard, etc.)fit m plural fits
target Synonym: fitó Borrowed fromEnglish fit
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( Cantonese ) fit ( physically well; in good shape ) Irregular romanisation of法 ( fit1 ) .
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( Hong Kong Cantonese ) Used in 符fit Irregular romanisation of弗 ( fit1 ) .
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( Hong Kong Cantonese ) Used in 揸fit and 花fit Onomatopoeic .
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( Cantonese ) whip Clipping ofEnglish fit ting room
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( Hong Kong Cantonese ) fitting room fit (indeclinable
fit healthy “fit ”, inPříruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech),1935–1957 “fit ”, inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech),1960–1971, 1989 fit (comparative fitter superlative fitst
fit ( in good shape ) fit
third-person singular past historic offaire Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish fit
fit (strong nominative masculine singular fitter comparative fitter superlative am fittesten
fit ( in good physical condition ) An example ofinterdigital webbing on a frog. A casting on. fit f genitive singular fitjar nominative plural fitjar
( zoology ) web ,interdigital webbing , amembrane that connects the digits of an animal( knitting ) casting on ,casting on Declension offit (feminine )
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third-person singular present passive indicative offaciō third-person singular present active indicative offīō FromEnglish fit German fit
fit (masculine fitten neuter fit comparative méi fitsuperlative amfitsten )
fit (in good shape)FromEnglish fit
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tobe able to,can I nofit talk. ―Ican not talk. FromOld Norse fit
fit f definite singular fita or fiti indefinite plural fitjar or fiter definite plural fitjane or fitene
( pre-2012 ) alternative form offet (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
fit f genitive fitjar plural fitjar
( zoology , anatomy ) webbed foot ( of swimming birds ) ( zoology , anatomy ) flippers ( of a seal ) ( landform ) meadowland on thebanks of alake orriver Zoëga, Geir T. (1910 ) “fit ”, inA Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , Oxford: Clarendon Press Internet Archive Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish fit
fit (notcomparable ,no derived adverb )
( slang ) fit ( in good shape; physically well ) (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
fit m animal
horse that is well prepared for arace (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
fit m inan
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fit f
genitive plural offita fit in Polish dictionaries at PWNfit at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu WarszawskiegoInherited fromNorthern Middle English fut Old English fōt Proto-West Germanic *fōt Proto-Germanic *fōts Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
fit (plural fits
foot lower end ( of a street, river, field etc ) fit (third-person singular simple present fits present participle fitin simple past fitt past participle fitt
tofoot See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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Doric Scots form ofwhat fit m or f masculine and feminine plural fits fit (invariable
fit ( in good shape ) fit (nominative plural fits
( male or female ) fish (cold-blooded vertebrate )1 status as a case is disputed2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Terms derived fromfit "fish"
