Fit
[fɪt]
Definition
(noun.) the manner in which something fits; 'I admired the fit of her coat'.
(noun.) a display of bad temper; 'he had a fit'; 'she threw a tantrum'; 'he made a scene'.
(verb.) insert or adjust several objects or people; 'Can you fit the toy into the box?'; 'This man can't fit himself into our work environment'.
(verb.) make fit; 'fit a dress'; 'He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out'.
(verb.) be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; 'This piece won't fit into the puzzle'.
(verb.) conform to some shape or size; 'How does this shirt fit?'.
(adj.) physically and mentally sound or healthy; 'felt relaxed and fit after their holiday'; 'keeps fit with diet and exercise' .
(adj.) meeting adequate standards for a purpose; 'a fit subject for discussion'; 'it is fit and proper that you be there'; 'water fit to drink'; 'fit for duty'; 'do as you see fit to' .
(adj.) (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; 'in no fit state to continue'; 'fit to drop'; 'laughing fit to burst'; 'she was fit to scream'; 'primed for a fight'; 'we are set to go at any time' .
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Definition
(-) imp. & p. p. of Fight.
(n.) In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus.
(superl.) Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.
(superl.) Prepared; ready.
(superl.) Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper.
(v. t.) To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation.
(v. t.) To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc.
(v. t.) To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required.
(v. t.) To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits you, put it on.
(v. i.) To be proper or becoming.
(v. i.) To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.
(n.) The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer.
(n.) The coincidence of parts that come in contact.
(n.) The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
(n.) A stroke or blow.
(n.) A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness.
(n.) A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of passion, or of laughter.
(n.) A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or insction; an impulse and irregular action.
(n.) A darting point; a sudden emission.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Paroxysm, spasm, sudden attack, stroke of disease.[2]. Humor, whim, fancy, temporary affection.[3]. Interval, turn, period, spell.
a. [1]. Qualified, competent, fitted.[2]. Suitable, appropriate, apt, apposite, meet, seemly, becoming, fitting, befitting, proper, convenient, good.
v. a. [1]. Suit, adapt, adjust, make suitable.[2]. Become, be adapted to, be suitable for, be becoming to.[3]. Accommodate, provide, qualify, equip, prepare, get ready.
v. n. [1]. Be proper, be becoming.[2]. Be suited, be adapted.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Decent, befitting, meet, apt, fitting, adapted, seemly, appropriate, becoming,decorous, qualified, congruous, peculiar, particular, suitable, prepared,adequate, calculated, contrived, expedient, proper, ripe
ANT:Awkward, ungainly, misfitting, ill-suited, unseemly, inappropriate, unsuitable,unprepared, Inadequate, miscalculated, miscontrived, inexpedient, improper,unfit
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Definition
adj. adapted to any particular end or standard prepared for: qualified: convenient: proper: properly trained and ready as for a race.—v.t. to make fit or suitable: to suit one thing to another: to be adapted to: to qualify.—v.i. to be suitable or becoming:—pr.p. fit′ting; pa.p. fit′ted.—advs. Fit′liest (Milt.) most fitly; Fit′ly.—ns. Fit′ment (Shak.) something fitted to an end; Fit′ness; Fit′ter he who or that which makes fit.—adj. Fit′ting fit: appropriate.—n. anything used in fitting up esp. in pl.—adv. Fit′tingly.—ns. Fit′ting-out a supply of things fit and necessary; Fit′ting-shop a shop in which pieces of machinery are fitted together.—Fit out to furnish supply with stores as a ship; Fit up to provide with things suitable.—Not fit to hold a candle to (see Candle).
n. a song or part of a song or ballad.—Also Fitt Fitte Fytte.
n. a sudden attack by convulsions as apoplexy epilepsy &c.: convulsion or paroxysm: a temporary attack of anything as laughter &c.: a sudden effort or motion: a passing humour.—v.t. (Shak.) to wrench as by a fit.—adj. Fit′ful marked by sudden impulses: spasmodic.—adv. Fit′fully.—n. Fit′fulness.—Fit of the face a grimace; Fits and starts spasmodic and irregular bursts of activity; By fits irregularly.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of having fits, denotes that you will fall a prey to ill health and will lose employment. To see others in this plight, denotes that you will have much unpleasantness in your circle, caused by quarrels from those under you.
Editor: Vanessa
Examples
- Not but what myself and Micawber have our hands pretty full, in general, on account of Mr. Wickfield's being hardly fit for any occupation, sir. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Come on, my boy, and we shall see whether it will not fit the lock. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And as this,' he added, after these magnanimous words, 'is not a fit scene for the boy--David, go to bed! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A cursory examination of the latter revealed no mortal injuries and after a brief rest he asserted that he felt fit to attempt the return voyage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- No nurse fit to wait on her being at hand in the neighbourhood, her ladyship the Countess and myself undertook the duty, relieving each other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He, the noble, the warlike, the great in every quality that can adorn the mind and person of man; he is fitted to be the Protector of England. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He led them into a stone kitchen, fitted with coppers for dressing the prison food, and pointed to a door. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Then it will be our duty to select, if we can, natures which are fitted for the task of guarding the city? Plato. The Republic.
- He knew he should have to go slowly, and the instincts of his race fitted him to suffer rebuffs and put up with delays. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She had put on a dress of stiff old greenish brocade, that fitted tight and made her look tall and rather terrible, ghastly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As he advanced in years, however, he became subject to fits of the gout, to which, in 1782, a nephritic cholic was superadded. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- She has nursed me by day and a hired nurse has looked after me by night, for in my mad fits I was capable of anything. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the center or axial hole of the roller fits the balance staff, which staff also carries the balance wheel, and the balance spring, commonly called the hair spring. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I felt exquisitely mean when I said cheerfully: This one does very well; it fits elegantly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A block, with a hole which just fits the axle, holds it against the wall. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A more fitting time will come. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Therefore, Jew, I will see thee safe under some fitting escort. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- On Thursday the manufacturer hired a neighbouring building and set carpenters at work fitting it up. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In some sisterhood of the strictest order, shalt thou have time for prayer and fitting penance, and that repentance not to be repented of. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But there goes the bell, and as I stand to win a little on this next race, I shall defer a lengthy explanation until a more fitting time. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You are, in every way, Mr. Gilmore, much fitter to advise and to act in the matter than I am. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I can't say that I woke this morning; the fitter expression would be, that I recovered my senses. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The fitter messenger for my purpose. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Thou art proud, Rowena, and thou art the fitter to be my wife. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- My dear Franklin, you, in your way, must imitate my patience, and wait, as I do, for a fitter time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This principle of preservation, or the survival of the fittest, I have called natural selection. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In this emergency it naturally occurred to my mind that a countryman of his own, on whom I could rely, might be the fittest person to help me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You are young, Meg, but not too young to understand me, and mothers' lips are the fittest to speak of such things to girls like you. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This process is called _Natural Selection_ or the _Survival of the Fittest_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But the expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer, of the Survival of the Fittest, is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Editor: Milton