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fittestadjective
The most able to survive and reproduce in a given environment.
Etymology: fit + -est
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fittest in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fittest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of fittest in a Sentence
And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
If I get it, I'm gon na ride it out, i'm gon na let nature do its course. Survival-of-the-fittest kind of approach. And just say, if it knocks me out, it knocks me out. I'm going to be OK. You know, even if I die. If I die, I die. I kind of have peace about that.
Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species 1859:
In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment.
For everyone trying to defend Smith's actions as ‘understandable’ — well, that is the inevitable product of our school system teaching ‘survival of the fittest,' i.e., bullying, as the law of the land.
When they came home, many of the fittest and best-trained warriors we've ever had were not the same; headaches, numbness, dizziness, cancer. My son Beau was one of them.
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