Meaning of fit in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• The degree to which something fits.

  Example: Since he put on weight, his jeans have been a tight fit.

• Conformity of elements one to another.

  Example: It's hard to get a good fit using second-hand parts.

• The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.

• Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.

  Example: The Wonder Bread advertising research results showed the “White Picket Fence” commercial had strong fit ratings.

• Goodness of fit.

• The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.

  Example: During the auction, it is often a partnership's goal to find an eight-card major suit fit.

verb

• To be suitable for.

  Example: It fits the purpose.

• To conform to in size and shape.

  Example: If I lose a few kilos, the gorgeous wedding dress might fit me.

• To be of the right size and shape

  Example: I wanted to borrow my little sister's jeans, but they didn't fit.

• (with to) To make conform in size and shape.

  Example: I want to fit the drapes to the windows.

• To be in agreement with.

  Example: These definitions fit most of the usage.

• To adjust.

  Example: The regression program fit a line to the data.

• To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.

• To equip or supply.

  Example: The chandler will fit us with provisions for a month.

• To make ready.

  Example: I'm fitting the ship for a summer sail home.

• To be seemly.

• To be proper or becoming.

• To be in harmony.

  Example: The paint, the fabrics, the rugs all fit.

adjective

• Suitable, proper.

  Example: You have nothing to say about it. I'll do exactly as I see fit.

• Adapted to a purpose or environment.

  Example: survival of the fittest

• In good shape; physically well.

  Example: You don't have to be a good climber for Kilimanjaro, but you do have to be fit.

• Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.

  Example: I think the girl working in the office is fit.

• Prepared; ready.

noun

• A section of a poem or ballad.

noun

• A seizure or convulsion.

  Example: My grandfather died after having a fit.

• A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.

• A sudden outburst of emotion.

  Example: He had a laughing fit which lasted more than ten minutes.

• A sudden burst (of an activity).

verb

• To suffer a fit.