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Fitted
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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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.
EXPANDin good physical condition; in good health: He's fit for the race.
6.
COLLAPSEBiology.
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.
EXPANDto 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.
COLLAPSEto 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
Verb phrase17.
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.
20.
Idiomsfit out/up, to furnish with supplies, equipment, clothing, furniture, or other requisites; supply; equip: to fit out an expedition.
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; Middle English fitten; akin to Middle Dutch vitten to befit
1325–75; Middle English fitten; akin to Middle Dutch vitten to befit
Related forms
fit·ta·ble, adjective
un·fit·ta·ble, adjective
Synonyms
1. suitable, apt, corresponding, meet, applicable, apropos. 2. fitting, befitting. 5. healthy, hale, hardy, strong, robust.
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. EXPANDIn the passive voice, fitted is the more common past participle: The door was fitted with a new handle.
COLLAPSE
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. EXPANDIn the passive voice, fitted is the more common past participle: The door was fitted with a new handle.
COLLAPSE
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Word Origin & History
fit
"suited to the circumstances, proper," mid-15c., of unknown origin, perhaps from M.E. noun fit "an adversary of equal power" (mid-13c.), which is perhaps connected to fit (n.1). The verb meaning "to be the right shape" is first attested 1580s. Survival of the fittest (1867) coined by H. Spencer.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
fit 2 (fĭt)
n.
A seizure or a convulsion, especially one caused by epilepsy.
The sudden appearance of a symptom such as coughing or sneezing.
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Slang Dictionary
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