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Verb: fit (fitted,fitting)  fit
  1. Be agreeable or acceptable to
    - suit, accommodate
     
  2. Be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
    "This piece won't fit into the puzzle"
    - go
     
  3. Satisfy a condition or restriction
    - meet, conform to
     
  4. Make fit
    "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out"
     
  5. 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"
     
  6. Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
    - match, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
     
  7. Conform to some shape or size
    "How does this shirt fit?"
     
  8. Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
    - equip, fit out, outfit
     
  9. Make correspond or harmonize
    - match
Adjective: fit (fitter,fittest)  fit
  1. 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"
     
  2. (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, set
     
  3. Physically and mentally sound or healthy
    "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday"; "keeps fit with diet and exercise"
Noun: fit  fit
  1. A display of bad temper
    "he had a fit"
    - tantrum, scene, conniption
     
  2. A sudden uncontrollable attack
    "a fit of coughing"
    - paroxysm, convulsion
     
  3. The manner in which something fits
    "I admired the fit of her coat"
     
  4. A sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
    "a fit of housecleaning"
    - burst

Derived forms: fittest, fits, fitting, fitted, fitter

See also: able, able-bodied, acceptable, appropriate, conditioned, fitly, fitness, fitted, fitter, fitting, healthy, in condition, ready, sound, suitable, suited, well, worthy

Type of: accommodate, activity, adapt, adjust, attack, bad temper, be, correct, equal, fashion, form, furnish, ill temper, manner, mode, provide, render, set, shape, style, supply, way

Antonym: unfit

Encyclopedia: Fit