Both fit and fitted are standard as past tense and past participle of fit1 : The new door fit (or fitted ) the old frame perfectly. The suit had fitted (or fit ) well last year.Fitted is somewhat more common than fit in the sense “to adjust, make conform”: The tailor fitted the suit with a minimum of fuss. In the passive voice, fitted is the more common past participle: The door was fitted with a new handle.
OTHER WORDS FROM fit
fit·ta·ble,adjectiveun·fit·ta·ble,adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH fit
fit , fitted (see usage note at the current entry)
Words nearby fit
fistulation, fistulectomy, fistulize, fistulotomy, fistulous, fit, fit as a fiddle, fitch, Fitchburg, fitchew, fitful
Definition for fit (2 of 5)
fit2
[ fit ]
/ fɪt /
noun
a sudden, acute attack or manifestation of a disease, especially one marked by convulsions or unconsciousness: a fit of epilepsy.
an onset, spell, or period of emotion, feeling, inclination, activity, etc.: a fit of anger; a fit of weeping.
Origin of fit
2
First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English fitt “round of fighting”; see fit3
Definition for fit (3 of 5)
fit3
[ fit ]
/ fɪt /
nounArchaic.
a song, ballad, or story.
a division of a song, ballad, or story.
Origin of fit
3
before 900; Middle English; Old English fitt round of singing, canto, song, speech
For Hart, the partnership is one of many relationships with brands and startups, but fits into his own lifestyle and thus made a lot of sense for him to work with, he says.
Fabletics’ Adam Goldenberg and Kevin Hart on what’s next for the activewear empire|Lucas Matney|September 17, 2020|TechCrunch
Finding a creator that speaks to you, with content that fits your physical needs, may sound like looking for a needle in a haystack—and it kind of is.
Use TikTok to build the perfect workout|Sandra Gutierrez G.|September 17, 2020|Popular Science
Algorithms are also increasingly used to determine what their education is like, whether they’ll receive health care, and even whether their parents are deemed fit to care for them.
Why kids need special protection from AI’s influence|Karen Hao|September 17, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Because health groups can still be found via Search, users will be able to easily surface groups that fit their beliefs, even when those beliefs are actively harmful to themselves or to others.
Facebook tries to clean up Groups with new policies|Sarah Perez|September 17, 2020|TechCrunch
The company made a little paper cutout you can use to figure out what your size is, but, like ordering many kinds of clothing online, you might want to order two different sizes, see which fits best, and return the other.
Apple Watch Series 6 first impressions: A stretchy addition looks great|Aaron Pressman|September 17, 2020|Fortune
For his tireless assault on evolutionary biology and downsizing the deity to fit within science, I give Meyer second place.
2014: Revenge of the Creationists|Karl W. Giberson|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All other issues—racial, feminine, even environmental—need to fit around this central objective.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats|Joel Kotkin|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How has the Internet fit into your experience over the past two weeks?
The Unbearable Whiteness of Protesting|Rawiya Kameir, Judnick Mayard|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nolte could not locate a “Barry” that fit the details listed in Dunham's essay.
The Right's Rape Trolls vs. Lena Dunham|Emily Shire|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Justice should not be selective to fit a political narrative when the facts and evidence prove otherwise.
It’s Time to Hold Protesters Accountable|Ron Christie|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mantuamakers and milliners came, in their turn, to fit out the female members of the family.
Peter Parley's Own Story|Samuel G. Goodrich
For, to live surrounded by human hats, and alienated from human heads to fit them on, is surely a great endurance.
The Uncommercial Traveller|Charles Dickens
These had ripened slowly during August and, by the time of the September town-meeting, were fit for eating.
When Life Was Young|C. A. Stephens
A mechanical banjo suddenly added its metallic noise to the din, fit music, it seemed, for such obscene company.
The Duke Of Chimney Butte|G. W. Ogden
But I think you had better wait a year or two to see how all this is going to fit me.
Abington Abbey|Archibald Marshall
British Dictionary definitions for fit (1 of 3)
fit1
/ (fɪt) /
verbfits, fittingorfittedorUSfit
to be appropriate or suitable for (a situation, etc)
to be of the correct size or shape for (a connection, container, etc)
(tr)to adjust in order to render appropriatethey had to fit the idea to their philosophy
(tr)to supply with that which is needed
(tr)to try clothes on (someone) in order to make adjustments if necessary
(tr)to make competent or readythe experience helped to fit him for the task
(tr)to locate with care
(intr)to correspond with the facts or circumstances
adjectivefitterorfittest
suitable to a purpose or design; appropriate
having the right qualifications; qualifying
in good health
worthy or deservinga book fit to be read
(foll by an infinitive)in such an extreme condition that a specified consequence is likelyshe was fit to scream; you look fit to drop
mainlyBritishinformal(of a person) sexually attractive
noun
the manner in which something fits
the act or process of fitting
statisticsthe correspondence between observed and predicted characteristics of a distribution or modelSee goodness of fit
See also fit in, fit out, fit up
Derived forms of fit
fittable, adjective
Word Origin for fit
C14: probably from Middle Dutch vitten; related to Old Norse fitja to knit
British Dictionary definitions for fit (2 of 3)
fit2
/ (fɪt) /
noun
pathola sudden attack or convulsion, such as an epileptic seizure
a sudden spell of emotiona fit of anger
an impulsive period of activity or lack of activity; mooda fit of laziness
give a person a fitto surprise a person in an outrageous manner
have a fitorthrow a fitinformalto become very angry or excited
in fits and startsorby fits and startsin spasmodic spells; irregularly
verbfits, fittingorfitted
(intr)informalto have a sudden attack or convulsion, such as an epileptic seizure
Word Origin for fit
Old English fitt conflict; see fit ³
British Dictionary definitions for fit (3 of 3)
fit3
/ (fɪt) /
noun
archaica story or song or a section of a story or song
Word Origin for fit
Old English fitt; related to Old Norse fit hem, Old High German fizza yarn