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fit UK US [fɪt] verb [ -tt- ] [ fitting fitted fits ]

CORRECT SIZE

1. <E > intransitive or transitive to be the right size or shape for someone or something
• That jacket fits you perfectly.
• The dress fits like a glove (= very well).
• Our new sofa doesn't fit through the door.
• I don't think another desk will fit into this classroom.
• My car's too big to fit in this space.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑The style, appearance, and make-up of clothes

• Those trousers fit you nicely.
• This tiny device fits into the palm of your hand.
• Their new car barely fitted into the garage.
• If you can't fit all the cases in your car, I can take a few in mine.
• One size fits all.

BE SUITABLE

2. <A > transitive to be suitable for something
• With her qualifications, she should fit the job perfectly.
• Let the punishment fit the crime.
• I'm sure we'll have something to fit your requirements, Madam.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Being suitable or unsuitable

Common errors:
Warning: choose the correct verb!
To talk about something being right for a particular person, situation or occasion, don't say 'fit', say suit:
✗ Life in a small village didn't fit him.
• Life in a small village didn't suit him.

• He doesn't fit my image of how an actor should look.
• He doesn't conform fit the national stereotype of a Frenchman.
• We had to adapt our plans to fit Jack's timetable.
• The soundtrack really fits the era in which the film is set.
• I don't have anything that really fits the occasion.

PUT IN POSITION

3. <A > transitive to provide something and put it in the correct position
• All the carpets we sell are fitted free.
• She's been fitted with an artificial leg.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Placing and positioning an object

• We're having a new bathroom suite fitted at the weekend.
• He was recently fitted with a brace for his bad back.
• Do you know anyone who can fit windows?
• He was messing with his bike and then he couldn't fit the parts back together.
• My car is having new tyres fitted.

ILLNESS

4. intransitive UK specialized to have a fit (= sudden attack of uncontrolled movements)
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Disorders of muscles and the nervous system
Idioms: If the cap fits, ▪ fit the bill ▪ fit to burst ▪ fit to drop
Phrasal Verbs: fit in ▪ fit in with something ▪ fit somebody in ▪ fit somebody up ▪ fit something out ▪ fit something up

adjective [ fitter ], [ fittest ]

HEALTHY

1. <I > healthy and strong, especially as a result of exercise
• I jog to keep fit.
• You need to be very fit to hike the Inca Trail.
Opposite unfit
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Fit and healthy

• He's jogging round the park every morning in an effort to get fit for the football season.
• At 73, she's still fighting fit, walking five miles a day.
• Her hearing is going, but otherwise she's remarkably fit for a 95-year-old.
• "What do you do to keep fit?" "I jog and go swimming."
• Most exercise classes start gently, lulling you into thinking that you're fit.

SUITABLE
2. suitable for a particular purpose or activity
• She's not fit for the level of responsibility she's been given.
Opposite unfit
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Suitable and acceptable ↑Quite good, or not very good
3. be in no fit state to do sth
to not be able to do something because you are upset, ill, drunk, etc
• He's very upset and is in no fit state to drive.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Inability and awkwardness
4. fit for human consumption
safe for people to eat
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Edible and inedible
5. (not) fit for purpose
Something that is fit for purpose does what it is supposed to do, but does not have a lot of extra features.
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Thesaurus⁺: ↑Suitable and acceptable ↑Quite good, or not very good
6. see/think sth fit
to consider an action or decision to be correct for the situation
• Just do whatever you think fit - I'm sure you'll make the right decision.
• Spend the money as you see fit.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Suitable and acceptable ↑Quite good, or not very good

ATTRACTIVE
7. UK slang sexually attractive
• I met this really fit bloke in the pub last night.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Sexual attraction ↑Attractive
Idioms: fit as a fiddle ▪ fit to be tied

noun

ILLNESS
1. countable a sudden attack of illness when someone cannot control their movements and becomes unconscious
• an epileptic fit
• He had a fit at work and collapsed.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Disorders of muscles and the nervous system

SHORT PERIOD
2. countable a sudden, uncontrolled period of doing something or feeling something
• a coughing/sneezing fit
• She hit him in a fit of anger.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Disease and illness - general words ↑Short in time ↑Temporary

CORRECT SIZE

3. only singular the way that something fits
• These shoes are a perfect fit.
• The trousers were a good fit but the jacket was too small.
• Check the fit of the pieces before gluing them in place.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑The style, appearance, and make-up of clothes
Idioms: have a fit ▪ in fits ▪ in fits and starts