Fit
adjectiveSuitable or in good enough condition for a purpose, or healthy and in good physical shape.
How to spell fit
3 letters · 1 syllable
How to pronounce fit
What does fit mean?
- adjectiveSuitable or in good enough condition for a purpose, or healthy and in good physical shape.
- verbTo be the right size or shape for something, or to put something into place correctly.
- nounA sudden uncontrolled burst, such as a seizure or an outburst of emotion or activity.
Fit in a sentence
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adjective
After months of training she felt remarkably fit.
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verb
The new tyres should fit this model of car.
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noun
The patient suffered a fit during the night and was rushed to hospital.
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adjective
The inspector decided the building was not fit for office use.
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verb
The plumber came to fit a replacement valve under the sink.
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noun
She cleaned the whole flat in a sudden fit of energy.
Where does fit come from?
Language of origin: Germanic
The origins of fit are genuinely murky, which is unusual for such an ordinary little word. It surfaces in Middle English as the verb fitten, meaning to be suitable or to marshal troops in order, and as a noun fitt that meant a section of a poem or song. Scholars suspect a link to an Old English word fitt, but the thread is thin, so the deeper ancestry is not firmly settled. The modern senses fanned out from a core idea of things being arranged or matched correctly: clothes that match the body, a person matched to a task, and eventually a body in good condition. Despite all this history the spelling stayed blunt and simple, just three letters, which is why it is one of the easiest words in the language to write.
How the word is built
- fit (single root, no affixes; a short native-style monosyllable)
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