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[fit-ing] /ˈfɪt ɪŋ/

adjective
1.
suitable or appropriate; proper or becoming.
noun
2.
the act of a person or thing that .
3.
an act or instance of trying on clothes that are being made or altered to determine proper .
4.
anything provided as equipment, parts, supply, etc.
5.
Usually, fittings. furniture, fixtures, etc., as of a building or apartment.
[fit] /fɪt/
adjective, fitter, fittest.
1.
adapted or suited; appropriate:
This water isn’t fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
2.
proper or becoming:
fit behavior.
3.
qualified or competent, as for an office or function:
a fit candidate.
4.
prepared or ready:
crops fit for gathering.
5.
in good physical condition; in good health:
He’s fit for the race.
6.
Biology.

verb (used with object), fitted or fit, fitting.
7.
to be adapted to or suitable for (a purpose, object, occasion, etc.).
8.
to be proper or becoming for.
9.
to be of the right size or shape for:
The dress fitted her perfectly.
10.
to adjust or make conform:
to fit a ring to the finger.
11.
to make qualified or competent:
qualities that fit one for leadership.
12.
to prepare:
This school fits students for college.
13.
to put with precise placement or adjustment:
He fitted the picture into the frame.
14.
to provide; furnish; equip:
to fit a door with a new handle.
verb (used without object), fitted or fit, fitting.
15.
to be suitable or proper.
16.
to be of the right size or shape, as a garment for the wearer or any object or part for a thing to which it is applied:
The shoes fit.
noun
17.
the manner in which a thing fits:
The fit was perfect.
18.
something that fits:
The coat is a poor fit.
19.
the process of fitting.
Verb phrases
20.
fit out/up, to furnish with supplies, equipment, clothing, furniture, or other requisites; supply; equip:
to fit out an expedition.
Idioms
21.
fit to be tied, Informal. extremely annoyed or angry:
He was fit to be tied when I told him I’d wrecked the car.
22.
fit to kill, Informal. to the limit; exceedingly:
She was dressed up fit to kill.
[fit] /fɪt/
verb, Nonstandard (chiefly Older Use) .
1.
simple past tense of .
/ˈfɪtɪŋ/
adjective
1.
appropriate or proper; suitable
noun
2.
an accessory or part: an electrical fitting
3.
(pl) furnishings or accessories in a building
4.
work carried out by a fitter
5.
the act of trying on clothes so that they can be adjusted to fit
6.
(Brit) size in clothes or shoes: a narrow fitting
/fɪt/
verb fits, fitting, fitted (US) fit
1.
to be appropriate or suitable for (a situation, etc)
2.
to be of the correct size or shape for (a connection, container, etc)
3.
(transitive) to adjust in order to render appropriate: they had to fit the idea to their philosophy
4.
(transitive) to supply with that which is needed
5.
(transitive) to try clothes on (someone) in order to make adjustments if necessary
6.
(transitive) to make competent or ready: the experience helped to fit him for the task
7.
(transitive) to locate with care
8.
(intransitive) to correspond with the facts or circumstances
adjective fitter, fittest
9.
suitable to a purpose or design; appropriate
10.
having the right qualifications; qualifying
11.
in good health
12.
worthy or deserving: a book fit to be read
13.
(foll by an infinitive) in such an extreme condition that a specified consequence is likely: she was fit to scream, you look fit to drop
14.
(mainly Brit, informal) (of a person) sexually attractive
noun
15.
the manner in which something fits
16.
the act or process of fitting
17.
(statistics) the correspondence between observed and predicted characteristics of a distribution or model See goodness of fit
/fɪt/
noun
1.
(pathol) a sudden attack or convulsion, such as an epileptic seizure
2.
a sudden spell of emotion: a fit of anger
3.
an impulsive period of activity or lack of activity; mood: a fit of laziness
4.
give a person a fit, to surprise a person in an outrageous manner
5.
(informal) have a fit, throw a fit, to become very angry or excited
6.
in fits and starts, by fits and starts, in spasmodic spells; irregularly
verb fits, fitting, fitted
7.
(intransitive) (informal) to have a sudden attack or convulsion, such as an epileptic seizure
/fɪt/
noun
1.
(archaic) a story or song or a section of a story or song

1530s (adj.); c.1600 (n.), from present participle of fit (v.).
n.

1823, “the fitting of one thing to another,” later (1831) “the way something fits.” Originally “an adversary of equal power” (mid-13c.), obscure, possibly from Old English fitt “a conflict, a struggle” (see fit (n.2)).

“paroxysm, sudden attack” (as of anger), 1540s, probably via Middle English sense of “painful, exciting experience” (early 14c.), from Old English fitt “conflict, struggle,” of uncertain origin, with no clear cognates outside English. Perhaps ultimately cognate with fit (n.1) on notion of “to meet.” Phrase by fits and starts first attested 1610s.

part of a poem, Old English fitt, of unknown origin.
adj.

“suited to the circumstances, proper,” mid-15c., of unknown origin, perhaps from Middle English noun fit “an adversary of equal power” (mid-13c.), which is perhaps connected to fit (n.1). Related: Fitter; fittest. Survival of the fittest (1867) coined by H. Spencer.
v.

“be suitable,” probably from early 15c.; “to be the right shape,” 1580s, from fit (adj.). Related: Fitted; fitting. Fitted sheets is attested from 1963.

fit 1 (fĭt)
v. fit·ted or fit, fit·ted, fit·ting, fits
To be the proper size and shape. adj. fit·ter, fit·test
Physically sound; healthy. n.
The degree of precision with which surfaces are adjusted or adapted to each other in a machine, device, or collection of parts.

fit 2 (fĭt)
n.

noun

The devices used for injecting narcotics; drug paraphernalia; works

Related Terms

duck-fit, have a shit fit, throw a fit

[1950s+ Narcotics; probably a shortening of outfit]
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