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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
fit + -ness, 16th century, physical sense from 1935.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fitness (usually uncountable, plural fitnesses)
- The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
- The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique.
- 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Carroll has been edging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish.
- (evolutionary theory) An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring.
- (Britain, slang) The condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful.
Synonyms[edit]
- (cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique): beauty, health
- (condition of being suitable): strength, suitability, competence, capability
Antonyms[edit]
- unfitness
- (cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique): flab, sloth
- (ability to perform): weakness
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
condition of being fit
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cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique
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ability to perform
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Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English fitness.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fitness
- fitness (a type of fitness sport)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of fitness (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | fitness | fitnessit | |
genitive | fitnessin | fitnessien fitnesseiden fitnesseitten | |
partitive | fitnessiä | fitnesseitä fitnessejä | |
illative | fitnessiin | fitnesseihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | fitness | fitnessit | |
accusative | nom. | fitness | fitnessit |
gen. | fitnessin | ||
genitive | fitnessin | fitnessien fitnesseiden fitnesseitten | |
partitive | fitnessiä | fitnesseitä fitnessejä | |
inessive | fitnessissä | fitnesseissä | |
elative | fitnessistä | fitnesseistä | |
illative | fitnessiin | fitnesseihin | |
adessive | fitnessillä | fitnesseillä | |
ablative | fitnessiltä | fitnesseiltä | |
allative | fitnessille | fitnesseille | |
essive | fitnessinä | fitnesseinä | |
translative | fitnessiksi | fitnesseiksi | |
instructive | — | fitnessein | |
abessive | fitnessittä | fitnesseittä | |
comitative | — | fitnesseineen |
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English fitness.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fitness m (uncountable)
- (physical) fitness
Further reading[edit]
- “fitness” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English fitness.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fitness m inan
Declension[edit]
declension of fitness
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English fitness.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fitness m (uncountable)
- fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)
- (artificial intelligence) fitness (degree of appropriateness of an answer in a genetic algorithm)
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
fitness m (uncountable)
- fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)
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