fit¹ /fit/

1. Suitable
2. In suitable condition
3. Meeting required standards
4. Of suitable ability
5. Convenient
6. Befitting, appropriate
7. Well trained and ready
8. In good condition
9. In good health
10. Having a high level, or the required level, of stamina, suppleness or other athletic strength
11. Highly attractive, sexually desirable (informal)

1. Success in fitting
2. Adjustment and correspondence in shape and size
3. A thing (esp a garment) that fits

1. To make suitable or able
2. To alter or make so as to be in adjustment
3. To adjust
4. To piece together
5. To be suitable or becoming for
6. To be of such size and shape as to adjust closely to
7. To be in agreement or correspondence with
8. To furnish or supply
9. To install
10. To drive by fits (Shakespeare)

1. To be suitable or becoming
2. To go into place with accurate adjustment to space
3. To be of such size and shape as to be able to do so

fitˈly adverb (fitˈlier; fitˈliest)

1. Suitably
2. Well

fitˈment noun

1. An article of furniture or equipment
2. A fitting
3. A due (Shakespeare)
4. Something fitted to an end (Shakespeare)

fitˈness noun

1. The state of being suitable or (esp referring to health) fit
2. The average contribution of one allele or genotype to the next generation, compared with that of other alleles or genotypes (biology; cf Darwinian fitness and inclusive fitness below)

fittˈed adjective

1. (of a cover, clothing, etc) made, cut, sewn, etc to fit exactly
2. (of a carpet) covering the whole of the floor
3. (of a cupboard, etc) constructed to fit a particular space and attached to, or built into, the wall of a room
4. (of a room) fully furnished with (matching) fitted cupboards, etc

fittˈer noun

1. A person or thing that fits or makes fit
2. A person who fits on clothes
3. A person who assembles or repairs the parts of a machine, etc

fittˈing adjective

1. Fit
2. Appropriate

1. Anything used in fitting up, esp (in pl) equipment accessories
2. A fixture
3. A device used for supporting or containing a lamp, together with its holder and its shade or reflector (elec eng)
4. The work of a fitter
5. The act or time of trying on an article of clothing so that it can be adjusted to fit the wearer

fittˈingly adverb

fittˈingness noun

fitness walker noun

Someone who walks for exercise as well as (or instead of) pleasure

fitˈ-out noun (obsolete)

Outfit

fittˈing-out noun

A supply of things fit and necessary

fitting-out basin or fitting-out dock noun

A dock where a ship is completed after launching

fittˈing-room noun

A room in a clothes shop where customers may try on clothes before deciding whether or not to buy them

fittˈing-shop noun

A shop in which pieces of machinery are fitted together

fitˈ-up noun

1. Temporary, improvised stage and properties (theatre)
2. A frame-up or false criminal charge, esp by the police (slang)

Darwinian fitness (biology)

The number of offspring of an individual that live to reproduce in the next generation

fit for purpose

In suitable condition to carry out its proper function

fit in

1. To find enough room or time for (someone or something)
2. To be, or cause to be, in harmony (with)

fit on

1. To try on
2. To try a garment on (a person)

fit out

To provide or equip

fit the bill

To be adequate

fit up

1. To provide with fittings
2. To frame (slang)

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