What does FIT mean?

Definitions for FIT
fɪtfit

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fit, tantrum, scene, conniptionnoun

    a display of bad temper

    "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene"

  2. paroxysm, fit, convulsionnoun

    a sudden uncontrollable attack

    "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"; "convulsions of laughter"

  3. fitnoun

    the manner in which something fits

    "I admired the fit of her coat"

  4. burst, fitadjective

    a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)

    "a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning"

  5. fitadjective

    meeting adequate standards for a purpose

    "a fit subject for discussion"; "it is fit and proper that you be there"; "water fit to drink"; "fit for duty"; "do as you see fit to"

  6. fit(p), primed(p), set(p)adjective

    (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed

    "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time"

  7. fitverb

    physically and mentally sound or healthy

    "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday"; "keeps fit with diet and exercise"

  8. suit, accommodate, fitverb

    be agreeable or acceptable to

    "This suits my needs"

  9. fit, goverb

    be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired

    "This piece won't fit into the puzzle"

  10. meet, fit, conform toverb

    satisfy a condition or restriction

    "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"

  11. fitverb

    make fit

    "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out"

  12. fitverb

    insert or adjust several objects or people

    "Can you fit the toy into the box?"; "This man can't fit himself into our work environment"

  13. match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agreeverb

    be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

    "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"

  14. fitverb

    conform to some shape or size

    "How does this shirt fit?"

  15. equip, fit, fit out, outfitverb

    provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose

    "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"

  16. match, fitverb

    make correspond or harmonize

    "Match my sweater"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Fitadjective

    Etymology: vitten, Flemish, Junius

    Mighty men of valour, fit to go out for war and battle. 1 Chron. vii. 11.

    He lends him vain Goliah’s sacred sword,
    The fittest help just fortune could afford. Abraham Cowley, Davideis.

    This fury fit for her intent she chose,
    One who delights in wars and human woes. John Dryden, Æn.

    It is a wrong use of my understanding to make it the rule and measure of another man’s; a use which it is neither fit for, nor capable of. John Locke.

    Since we have said it were good not to use men of ambitious natures, except it be upon necessity, it is fit we speak in what cases they are so. Francis Bacon, Essay 37.

    See how thou could’st judge of fit and meet. John Milton, P. L.

    It is fit for a man to know his own abilities and weaknesses, and not think himself obliged to imitate all that he thinks fit to praise. Boyle.

    If our forefathers thought fit to be grave and serious, I hope their posterity may laugh without offence. Addison.

  2. FITnoun

    Etymology: from fight, Skinner, from viit, in Flemish, frequent, Junius.

    Small stones and gravel collect and become very large in the kidneys, in which case a fit of the stone in that part is the cure. Samuel Sharp, Surgery.

    Sometimes ’tis grateful to the rich to try
    A short vicissitude, and fit of poverty. John Dryden, Horace.

    Men that are habitually wicked may now and then, by fits and starts, feel certain motions of repentance. Roger L'Estrange.

    By fits my swelling grief appears,
    In rising sighs and falling tears. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

    Thus o’er the dying lamp th’ unsteady flame
    Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits,
    And falls again as loth to quit its hold. Joseph Addison, Cato.

    Religion is not the business of some fits only and intervals of our life, to be taken up at certain days and hours, and laid aside for the rest of our time; but a system of precepts to be regarded in all our conduct. John Rogers, Sermons.

    All fits of pleasure we balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor: ’tis like spending this year part of the next year’s revenue. Jonathan Swift.

    The life did flit away out of her nest,
    And all his senses were with deadly fit opprest. Fairy Queen.

    An ambitious man subjects himself to others, and puts it in the power of every malicious tongue to throw him into a fit of melancholy. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

    For your husband,
    He’s noble, wise, judicious, and best knows
    The fits o’ th’ season. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Mrs. Bull was so much enraged, that she fell downright into a fit. John Arbuthnot, History of John Bull.

  3. To Fitverb

    Etymology: vitten, Flemish, Junius.

    The carpenter marketh it out with a line: he fitteth it with planes. Is. xliv. 13.

    Would fate permit
    To my desires I might my fortune fit,
    Troy I would raise. John Denham.

    A trussmaker fitted the child with a pair of boddice, stiffened on the lame side Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

    She shall be our messenger to this paultry knight: trust me I thought on her; she’ll fit it. William Shakespeare.

    As much of the stone as was contiguous to the marcasite, fitted the marcasite so close as if it had been formerly liquid. Bo.

    A play, which if you dare but twice fit out,
    You’ll all be slander’d, and be thought devout. Dryden.

    The English fleet could not be paid and manned, and fitted out, unless we encouraged trade and navigation. Joseph Addison, Freeh.

    He has fitted up his farm. Alexander Pope, to Swift.

  4. To Fitverb

    To be proper; to be fit.

    Nor fits it to prolong the heavenly feast,
    Timeless, indecent, but retire to rest. Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. iii.

ChatGPT

  1. fit

    Fit generally refers to the degree of compatibility or suitability between two or more entities. It can characterize how well something conforms, matches, or adapts to specific requirements, conditions, or purposes. The term is used in various contexts, such as physical fitness, the fitting of clothes, or the fit between a job and an individual's skills and interests.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fit

    imp. & p. p. of Fight

  2. Fitnoun

    in Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus

  3. Fit

    adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy

  4. Fit

    prepared; ready

  5. Fit

    conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper

  6. Fitverb

    to make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation

  7. Fitverb

    to bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc

  8. Fitverb

    to supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required

  9. Fitverb

    to be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits you, put it on

  10. Fitverb

    to be proper or becoming

  11. Fitverb

    to be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well

  12. Fitnoun

    the quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer

  13. Fitnoun

    the coincidence of parts that come in contact

  14. Fitnoun

    the part of an object upon which anything fits tightly

  15. Fitnoun

    a stroke or blow

  16. Fitnoun

    a sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness

  17. Fitnoun

    a mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of passion, or of laughter

  18. Fitnoun

    a passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or insction; an impulse and irregular action

  19. Fitnoun

    a darting point; a sudden emission

  20. Etymology: [AS. fitt a song.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Fit

    fit, adj. adapted to any particular end or standard, prepared for: qualified: convenient: proper: properly trained and ready, as for a race.—v.t. to make fit or suitable: to suit one thing to another: to be adapted to: to qualify.—v.i. to be suitable or becoming:—pr.p. fit′ting; pa.p. fit′ted.advs. Fit′liest (Milt.), most fitly; Fit′ly.—ns. Fit′ment (Shak.), something fitted to an end; Fit′ness; Fit′ter, he who, or that which, makes fit.—adj. Fit′ting, fit: appropriate.—n. anything used in fitting up, esp. in pl.adv. Fit′tingly.—ns. Fit′ting-out, a supply of things, fit and necessary; Fit′ting-shop, a shop in which pieces of machinery are fitted together.—Fit out, to furnish, supply with stores, as a ship; Fit up, to provide with things suitable.—Not fit to hold a candle to (see Candle). [First recorded about 1440; app. cog. with Fit, n.]

  2. Fit

    fit, n. a sudden attack by convulsions, as apoplexy, epilepsy, &c.: convulsion or paroxysm: a temporary attack of anything, as laughter, &c.: a sudden effort or motion: a passing humour.—v.t. (Shak.) to wrench, as by a fit.—adj. Fit′ful, marked by sudden impulses: spasmodic.—adv. Fit′fully.—n. Fit′fulness.—Fit of the face, a grimace; Fits and starts, spasmodic and irregular bursts of activity; By fits, irregularly. [A.S. fitt, a struggle—prob. orig. 'juncture,' 'meeting;' cf. Ice. fitja, to knit, Dut. vitten, to accommodate.]

  3. Fit

    fit, n. a song, or part of a song or ballad.—Also Fitt, Fitte, Fytte. [A.S. fitt, a song.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. FIT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fit is ranked #160975 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Fit surname appeared 100 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Fit.

    75% or 75 total occurrences were White.
    18% or 18 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'FIT' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2526

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'FIT' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1281

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'FIT' in Nouns Frequency: #2912

  4. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'FIT' in Verbs Frequency: #240

  5. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'FIT' in Adjectives Frequency: #413

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of FIT in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of FIT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of FIT in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Middleditch:

    Personally, that’s one of the trickier elements of it all, because Mollie doesn’t get that and yet she has to witness it. I’m like, 'Come on, what about this chick who’s obviously really into me?' And Mollie will say,'Yeah, she’s into you. Where do I fit in?' That question comes up, there’s a lot of negotiation, and adding fame sometimes makes it easier and sometimes complicates things.

  2. Jerome Powell:

    It's something that doesn't fit neatly or easily within our regulatory scheme but it does have potentially systemic scale, it needs a careful look, so I strongly believe we all need to be taking our time with this.

  3. Anthony Fauci:

    The mix and match really gives a good deal of flexibility to people in whatever it is that they want to choose, and the CDC, I am sure, will come out with some pretty clear recommendations depending upon what category you fit into.

  4. Chris Pratt:

    It made sense. You know when you’re doing a puzzle and there’s a piece, and you’re like, ‘ I ’m certain that’s the piece, ’ and then you jam it, and it looks like it should be the piece( but then) you’re like, ‘ Oh it’s that one, ’ it just fits together. You’re like, ‘ Oh, it fits because it was the piece that was made to fit there. ’ It felt like that.

  5. Vivek Cherian:

    As a parent, I have run into this issue several times trying to get good high-quality KN95 masks for kids that are available, when it comes to children particularly, you want to find a mask that's really comfortable and that's a good fit. So it's completely covering their nose and their mouth and there are no gaps -- because when the gaps occur, that's when the air leaking occurs too.

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Translations for FIT

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  • ناسبArabic
  • ставам, съгласувам се, в добра форма, нагаждам, подходящ, припадък, порив, екипирам, пристъп, монтирам, съответствам, слагам, подхождамBulgarian
  • adequat, apteCatalan, Valencian
  • sedět, vhodný, padnoutCzech
  • passe til, tilpasse, i form, slagtilfælde, passe sammen, passende, pasvormDanish
  • scharf, Anfall, passen, sexy, heiß, PaßformGerman
  • σπασμός, ταιριάζω, κατάλληλος, υγιής, προσαρμόζω, ικανός, κρίση, κάνω, ξέσπασμα, παροξυσμός, προμηθεύωGreek
  • quedar, apropiado, caber, hacer juego, convulción, crisisSpanish
  • kohtaus, sovelias, sopia, puuska, korrekti, sairaskohtaus, sopivaFinnish
  • crise, convenir, adapter, ajuster, allerFrench
  • infheidhmeIrish
  • freagairScottish Gaelic
  • cooieManx
  • התאים, התקףHebrew
  • मिर्गीHindi
  • roham, kitörés, epizódHungarian
  • սազեցնել, պիտանի, համապատասխանել, պատշաճ, բռնել, սազելArmenian
  • in formaInterlingua
  • tepat, segar bugar, pas, sehat, adjustar, sesuai, serasi, cocokIndonesian
  • adatto, confacente, rispondente, indicato, in forma, idoneo, appropriatoItalian
  • 美人, 適する, 健康, 合う, 適切, 元気, 合わせる, 似合う, 適合Japanese
  • derēt, vingrs, lēkme, atbilstošs, sakrist, piemērots, atbilstīgsLatvian
  • passeNorwegian
  • aanpassen, fit, passenDutch
  • passeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • deilig, passeNorwegian
  • iichʼąhNavajo, Navaho
  • ataque, caber, servir, combinar, crise, ajustar, apropriado, convulsão, em formaPortuguese
  • încăpeaRomanian
  • порыв, приступ, подходить, приспосабливать, быть впору, подгонять, подойти, припадок, прилаживать, поместитьсяRussian
  • utbrott, anfall, passande, snygg, passa, trim, prova ut, skräddarsy, skov, attack, form, läcker, passformSwedish
  • మూర్చTelugu
  • uydurmak, uymakTurkish
  • придатнийUkrainian
  • مرگیUrdu
  • פאסןYiddish
  • 適合Chinese

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