fit

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adjective 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Usage notes 1.4.1.2 Translations 1.4.1.3 References 1.4.2 Noun 1.4.2.1 Synonyms 1.4.2.2 Derived terms 1.4.2.3 Translations 1.4.3 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 Catalan 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Noun 3 Czech 3.1 Adjective 3.1.1 Usage notes 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Adjective 5 French 5.1 Verb 6 Icelandic 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Related terms 7 Latin 7.1 Verb 8 Scots 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 Derived terms 8.2 Verb

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɪt/
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  Rhymes: -ɪt

[edit] Etymology 1

From the noun fit

[edit] Verb

to fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitting, simple past fitted or fit, past participle fitted or fit)

1. (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

2. (intransitive) Of clothing, to be of the right size and cut.
3. (transitive) To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
4. (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.

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• fit as a fiddle
• fit like a glove
• fit up
• misfit
• unfit

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[edit] Etymology 2

From the noun fit

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fit (comparative fitter, superlative fittest)

1. in good shape
2. suitable
   • 2005, Lesley Brown, Sophist, translation of original by Plato:

     The rest we'll leave to be examined later, if we think fit;

3. (British, slang) good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful

   I think the girl working in the office is fit.

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• fittie

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[edit] Etymology 3

Old English fitt

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fit (plural fits)

1. 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.

2. (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

[edit] Noun

fit (plural fits)

1. (medicine) A seizure or convulsion.
2. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time; as, a coughing fit
3. 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.

4. (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.

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• (sudden outburst of emotion): blowout, hissy, tantrum, spell, moment

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to fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitting, simple past and past participle fitted)

1. (intransitive) (medicine) To suffer a fit.

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• fœti

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[edit] Catalan

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fit m. (feminine fita, masculine plural fits, feminine plural fites)

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

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fit m. (plural fits)

1. target

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[edit] Czech

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fit

1. fit, healthy

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• This adjective is indeclinable.

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

1. fit (in good shape)

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fit

1. third-person singular indicative past historic of faire

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fit f. (genitive singular fitjar, plural fitjar)

• (zoology) web, a membrane that connects the digits of an animal

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• fuglafit
• fuglsfit
• sundfit

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[edit] Latin

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fit

1. third-person singular present passive indicative of faciō.

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fit (plural fits)

1. foot
2. lower end (of a street, river, field etc)
3. what (Doric)

[edit] Derived terms

• fitbaw

[edit] Verb

tae fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitin, simple past fitt, past participle fitt)

1. to foot