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fit

1  [fit] adjective, fit⋅ter, fit⋅test, verb, fit⋅ted or fit, fit⋅ting, noun
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–adjective
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.
a. being adapted to the prevailing conditions and producing offspring that survive to reproductive age.
b. contributing genetic information to the gene pool of the next generation.
c. (of a population) maintaining or increasing the group's numbers in the environment.
–verb (used with object)
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)
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 phrase
20. fit out or 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.
Origin:
1325–75; ME fitten; akin to MD vitten to befit

Related forms:
fit⋅ta⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. suitable, apt, corresponding, meet, applicable, apropos. 2. fitting, befitting. 5. healthy, hale, hardy, strong, robust.

Usage note:
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.
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fit 1   (fĭt)   
v.   fit·ted or fit, fit·ted, fit·ting, fits

v.   tr.

    1. To be the proper size and shape for: These shoes fit me.

    2. To cause to be the proper size and shape: The tailor fitted the trousers by shortening them.

    3. To measure for proper size: She fitted me for a new jacket.

  2. To be appropriate to; suit: music that fits your mood.

  3. To be in conformity or agreement with: observations that fit the theory nicely.

  4. To make suitable; adapt: fitted the shelves for large books. See Synonyms at adapt.

  5. To make ready; prepare: Specialized training fitted her for the job.

  6. To equip; outfit: fit out a ship.

  7. To provide a place or time for: You can't fit any more toys in the box. The doctor can fit you in today.

  8. To insert or adjust so as to be properly in place: fit a handle on a door.

v.   intr.

  1. To be the proper size and shape.

  2. To be suited; belong: doesn't fit in with these people.

  3. To be in harmony; agree: His good mood fit in with the joyful occasion.

adj.   fit·ter, fit·test

  1. Suited, adapted, or acceptable for a given circumstance or purpose: not a fit time for flippancy.

  2. Appropriate; proper: Do as you see fit.

  3. Physically sound; healthy: keeps fit with diet and exercise.

  4. Biology Successfully adapted to survive and produce viable offspring in a particular environment.

n.  

  1. The state, quality, or way of being fitted: the proper fit of means to ends.

  2. The manner in which clothing fits: a jacket with a tight fit.

  3. The degree of precision with which surfaces are adjusted or adapted to each other in a machine or collection of parts.


[Middle English fitten, to be suitable, marshal troops.]
fit'ly adv., fit'ter n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

fit  (adj.)
"suited to the circumstances, proper," c.1440, of unknown origin, perhaps from M.E. noun fit "an adversary of equal power" (c.1250), which is perhaps connected to fit (n.1). The verb meaning "to be the right shape" is first attested 1581. First record of fitness is from 1580. Survival of the fittest (1867) coined by H. Spencer.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

fit

A condition in which a security fulfills an investor's portfolio needs. For example, an investor may select a new municipal bond because that bond's maturity makes it a good fit in the investor's portfolio.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 3fit
Function: noun
: the fact, condition, or manner of being fitted or adapted
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

fit 2 (fĭt)
n.

  1. A seizure or a convulsion, especially one caused by epilepsy.

  2. The sudden appearance of a symptom such as coughing or sneezing.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Idioms & Phrases

fit to kill

Excessively, immoderately, as in She was dressed up fit to kill. [Colloquial; mid-1800s] Also see dressed to kill.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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