fit
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- IPA: /fɪt/
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- Rhymes: -ɪt
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From the noun fit
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to fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitting, simple past fitted or fit, past participle fitted or fit)
- (intransitive) Of an object, to be of the right size and shape so as to match another object.
- I want to fit the drapes to the design of the room
- (intransitive) Of clothing, to be of the right size and cut.
- (transitive) To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
- (intransitive) To be fitting; to suit.
- 1918, Richard Dennis Teall Hollister, Speech-making, publ. George Wahr, pg. 81:
- The speaker should be certain that his subject fits the occasion.
- 1918, Richard Dennis Teall Hollister, Speech-making, publ. George Wahr, pg. 81:
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From the noun fit
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fit (comparative fitter, superlative fittest)
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- in good shape
- suitable
- 2005, Lesley Brown, Sophist, translation of original by Plato:
- The rest we'll leave to be examined later, if we think fit;
- 2005, Lesley Brown, Sophist, translation of original by Plato:
- (British, slang) good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful
- I think the girl working in the office is fit.
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Old English fitt
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fit (plural fits)
- The degree to which something fits something else.
- This shirt is a bad fit.
- Since he put on weight, his jeans have been a tight fit.
- (Advertising) 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.
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Usually used in the singular preceded by an indefinite article and an adjective.
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for 2nd definition: The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, WA, April 2005
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fit (plural fits)
- (medicine) A seizure or convulsion.
- (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time; as, a coughing fit
- A sudden outburst of emotion.
- He had a laughing fit which lasted more than ten minutes.
- She had a fit and had thrown all of his clothes out of the window.
- (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
- 1771, Samuel Johnson, "Letter to Bennet Langton, Esq. (March 20)," in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol 2:
- Dr. Percy has written a long ballad in many fits.
- 1771, Samuel Johnson, "Letter to Bennet Langton, Esq. (March 20)," in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol 2:
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to fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitting, simple past and past participle fitted)
- (intransitive) (medicine) To suffer a fit.
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fit m. (feminine fita, masculine plural fits, feminine plural fites)
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- fixed (of eyes, regard, etc.)
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fit m. (plural fits)
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fit
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- This adjective is indeclinable.
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fit (fitte, comparative: fitter, superlative: fitst)
- fit (in good shape)
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fit
- third-person singular indicative past historic of faire
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fit f. (genitive singular fitjar, plural fitjar)
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fit
- third-person singular present passive indicative of faciō.
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fit (plural fits)
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tae fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitin, simple past fitt, past participle fitt)
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