Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
Related Searches
Synonyms
Nearby Words

fit

 - 20 dictionary results
The 2010 Honda Fit
Learn more about the Honda Fit subcompact at the Official Site.
www.honda.com
Fit
View Honda Listings & Prices. Contact Local Sellers Now!
www.Cars.com

fit

1  [fit] adjective, fit⋅ter, fit⋅test, verb, fit⋅ted or fit, fit⋅ting, noun
Use fit in a Sentence
–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.
The 2010 Honda Fit
Learn more about the Honda Fit subcompact at the Official Site.
www.honda.com
Fit
View Honda Listings & Prices. Contact Local Sellers Now!
www.Cars.com

fit

2  [fit]
–noun
1. a sudden, acute attack or manifestation of a disease, esp. one marked by convulsions or unconsciousness: a fit of epilepsy.
2. an onset, spell, or period of emotion, feeling, inclination, activity, etc.: a fit of anger; a fit of weeping.
—Idioms
3. by or in fits and starts, at irregular intervals; intermittently: This radio works by fits and starts.
4. throw a fit, to become extremely excited or angry: Your father will throw a fit when he hears what you have done.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE fitt round of fighting. See fit 3

fit

3  [fit]
–noun Archaic.
1. a song, ballad, or story.
2. a division of a song, ballad, or story.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE fitt round of singing, canto, song, speech

fit

4  [fit]
–verb Nonstandard (chiefly Older Use).
pt. of fight.

FIT

 
Banking. Federal Insurance Tax.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To fit
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.
fit 2   (fĭt)   
n.  

  1. Medicine

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

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

  2. A sudden outburst of emotion: a fit of jealousy.

  3. A sudden period of vigorous activity.


[Middle English, hardship, probably from Old English fitt, struggle.]
fit 3   (fĭt)   
n.   Archaic
A section of a poem or ballad.

[Middle English, from Old English.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Word Origin & History

fit  (n.1)
1823, "the fitting of one thing to another," later (1831) "the way something fits." Origin obscure, possibly from O.E. fitt "a conflict, a struggle" (see fit (n.2)).

fit  (n.2)
"paroxysm, sudden attack" (as of anger), 1547, probably via M.E. sense of "painful, exciting experience," from O.E. fitt "conflict, struggle," of uncertain origin, with no clear cognates outside Eng. Phrase by fits and starts first attested 1620. Fitful was used once by Shakespeare ("Macbeth" iii.2) in sense of "characterized by fits," then revived by Scott (1810) with a sense of "shifting, changing."

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
Cite This Source
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.
Cite This Source
Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1fit
Pronunciation: 'fit
Function: noun
1 : a sudden violent attack of a disease (as epilepsy) especially when marked byconvulsions or unconsciousness : PAROXYSM
2 : a sudden but transient attack of a physicaldisturbance <fits of shivering>

Main Entry: 2fit
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: fit·ter; fit·test
1 : adapted to the environment so as to becapable of surviving
2 : sound physically and mentally : HEALTHY —fit·ness noun

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

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.

  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.
Cite This Source
Idioms & Phrases

fit

In addition to the idioms beginning with fit, also see give someone fits; have a fit; if the shoe fits; see fit to; survival of the fittest.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
Cite This Source
Abbreviations & Acronyms
FIT
frequent international traveler
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Encyclopedia

fit

in literature, a division of a poem or song, a canto, or a similar division. The word, which is archaic, is of Old English date and has an exact correspondent in Old Saxon fittea, an example of which occurs in the Latin preface of the Heliand. It probably represents figurative use of a common Germanic noun referring to the unraveled edge of a fabric. Lewis Carroll revived this archaic poetic division (perhaps to lend gravity) in the composition of his 132-verse nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876), beginning with "Fit the First: The Landing" and ending with "Fit the Eighth: The Vanishing."

Learn more about fit with a free trial on Britannica.com.

Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
Cite This Source
Search another word or see fit on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us:
Partner Sites:
Ask AnswersEviteExpediaHotelsHotwireLife123LiveDailyMy Way