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Everyone has those times when you feel like you don't fit in. Everyone struggles to a certain extent with being cool and popular, but I never really let it affect me. I played sports and did theater, and school was really important to me. I had fun in high school.
Spencer Boldman

Meaning of "fit" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FIT

Probably from Middle Dutch vitten; related to Old Norse fitja to knit.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FIT

fit  [fɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fit is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb fit in English.

WHAT DOES FIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fit

Fit or FIT may refer to: Fitness ▪ Physical fitness, how well a person is suited for physical tasks ▪ FitTV, cable television network about physical fitness ▪ Wii Fit, Nintendo Wii video game about physical fitness ▪ Fitness, how capable a being is at passing on its genes ▪ Physical attractiveness, in British or Irish slang, usually with sexual connotations, generally used to describe an attractive man or woman ▪ FIT magazine, about physical fitness, published by Bob Anderson Other uses ▪ Direction of fit, the mind-world relation in philosophy of mind ▪ Honda Fit, a 5-door hatchback car ▪ Engineering fit, a classification system for the mating of two mechanical components ▪ Curve fitting ▪ Fit, in time management ▪ Direction of fit, the word-world relation in speech act theory ▪ Fit, or Fytte, a canto, a section or part of a poem ▪ Fit, another term for a seizure or convulsion ▪ Fit, another term for a tantrum ▪ Fit, British slang word for attractive ▪ Fit ▪ Fit, In the card game of Contract Bridge, when one side of the partnership holds eight or more cards in a suit, it is known as a fit.

Definition of fit in the English dictionary

The first definition of fit in the dictionary is to be appropriate or suitable for. Other definition of fit is to be of the correct size or shape for. Fit is also to adjust in order to render appropriate.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FIT

PRESENT

Present
I fit
you fit
he/she/it fits
we fit
you fit
they fit
Present continuous
I am fitting
you are fitting
he/she/it is fitting
we are fitting
you are fitting
they are fitting
Present perfect
I have fitted
you have fitted
he/she/it has fitted
we have fitted
you have fitted
they have fitted
Present perfect continuous
I have been fitting
you have been fitting
he/she/it has been fitting
we have been fitting
you have been fitting
they have been fitting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I fitted
you fitted
he/she/it fitted
we fitted
you fitted
they fitted
Past continuous
I was fitting
you were fitting
he/she/it was fitting
we were fitting
you were fitting
they were fitting
Past perfect
I had fitted
you had fitted
he/she/it had fitted
we had fitted
you had fitted
they had fitted
Past perfect continuous
I had been fitting
you had been fitting
he/she/it had been fitting
we had been fitting
you had been fitting
they had been fitting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will fit
you will fit
he/she/it will fit
we will fit
you will fit
they will fit
Future continuous
I will be fitting
you will be fitting
he/she/it will be fitting
we will be fitting
you will be fitting
they will be fitting
Future perfect
I will have fitted
you will have fitted
he/she/it will have fitted
we will have fitted
you will have fitted
they will have fitted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been fitting
you will have been fitting
he/she/it will have been fitting
we will have been fitting
you will have been fitting
they will have been fitting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would fit
you would fit
he/she/it would fit
we would fit
you would fit
they would fit
Conditional continuous
I would be fitting
you would be fitting
he/she/it would be fitting
we would be fitting
you would be fitting
they would be fitting
Conditional perfect
I would have fit
you would have fit
he/she/it would have fit
we would have fit
you would have fit
they would have fit
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been fitting
you would have been fitting
he/she/it would have been fitting
we would have been fitting
you would have been fitting
they would have been fitting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you fit
we let´s fit
you fit
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to fit
Past participle
fitted
Present Participle
fitting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FIT

fisty
fit as a fiddle
fit in
fit note
fit out
fit the bill
fit to be tied
fit up
fit-up
fitch
fitchet
fitchew
fitful
fitfully
fitfulness
fitly
fitment
fitna
fitness
fitness centre

WORDS THAT END LIKE FIT

a bit
benefit
bit
circuit
credit
cut it
Detroit
dit
edit
exclusive OR circuit
exit
for it
fruit
get it
go to it
have had it
hit
I have it
in the shit
it

Synonyms and antonyms of fit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fit» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fit

Translation of «fit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FIT

Find out the translation of fit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

合适的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adecuado
570 millions of speakers

English

fit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फिट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صَالِح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подходящий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

em boa forma
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফিট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

adapté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Patut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gesund
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

適した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

알맞은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phù hợp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொருந்தும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फिट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uygun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

adatto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odpowiedni
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

придатний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

potrivit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατάλληλος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

i god form
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

egnet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FIT»

The term «fit» is very widely used and occupies the 1.648 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FIT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fit» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fit» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fit

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10 QUOTES WITH «FIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fit.
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Amy Adams
I didn't necessarily fit in in high school. I felt very awkward. I still feel completely awkward and weird in my body sometimes. I'm hoping that's going to go away, but I've just embraced it as reality.
2
Spiro T. Agnew
Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.
3
Donna Air
I don't stress about things I can't change, so if I have a day when I don't look great, I don't look in the mirror! I try to fit in one session of Bikram yoga and one run a week and, if I can, one swim, but that's pushing it.
4
Viswanathan Anand
I don't know how many calories an average chess player burns per game, but it often exceeds that of a player in ball games. It is not only the chess as such: You need to be fit and undergo complicated preparation.
5
Jennifer Armintrout
Move over, Helen of Troy; Jenny Trout is going to wage a war on good health and fit bodies!
6
Dave Attell
I'm not a movie guy, I'm not a TV sitcom guy, but whatever seems to fit and is funny is good for me.
7
Gina Barreca
Women feel like we're fat if we can't wear the clothes we wore in high school. Men, in contrast, only start to feel fat only when they can no longer fit into a foreign car.
8
Mark Barrowcliffe
When Reg died and we first looked into getting a new dog, I was adamant we should pick up a mongrel from an animal-rescue shelter. It's not only that they're usually healthier and have better temperaments, they also fit with my world view - I prefer a ballpoint to a fountain pen, a barber to a hair stylist, and camping over glamping.
9
Andre Benjamin
I'm a fan of making things that I've seen but couldn't purchase, or things I bought that didn't fit the way I like.
10
Spencer Boldman
Everyone has those times when you feel like you don't fit in. Everyone struggles to a certain extent with being cool and popular, but I never really let it affect me. I played sports and did theater, and school was really important to me. I had fun in high school.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIT»

Discover the use of fit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Daily 5: Fostering Literacy Independence in the ...
The Daily 5, Second Edition retains the core literacy components that made the first edition one of the most widely read books in education and enhances these practices based on years of further experience in classrooms and compelling new ...
Gail Boushey, Joan Moser, 2014
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Be Iron Fit, 2nd: Time-Efficient Training Secrets for ...
“Most how-to books are too technical or too shallow. Don Fink manages to pen a unique combination of information, anecdotes, and readability.”—Scott Tinley, two-time Ironman World Champion “Don’s book certainly made me think.
Don Fink, 2010
3
Fit by Nature: The Adventx Twelve-Week Outdoor Fitness Program
With weekly charts and day-by-day descriptions, this book will push you to a new fitness level, whether you run up your neighborhood stairs, jump over logs on a nearby trail, swim laps at your local aquatic park, or simply do stretches in ...
John Colver, M Nicole Nazzaro, 2013
4
Fit: An Architect's Manifesto
And there is a real moral to the book's argument about what our architecture needs more of."--Alan Ryan, Princeton University and University of Oxford "This is an enchanting book.
Robert Geddes, 2013
5
Fit for Duty
Whether you're physically fit or an exercise rookie, this book will help you achieve your fitness objectives, giving you that extra edge in the line of duty.
Robert Hoffman, Thomas R. Collingwood, 2005
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Fit for Developing Software: Framework for Integrated Tests
Fit for Developing Software shows you how to use Fit to clarify business rules, express them with concrete examples, and organize the examples into test tables that drive testing throughout the software lifecycle.
Rick Mugridge, Ward Cunningham, 2005
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Fit for Life: A New Beginning: The Ultimate Diet and Health Plan
Backed by a new infomercial, this thoroughly revised and updated resource presents a simple, natural eating program for permanent weight loss and healthy living that, with a proper combination of foods, enhances the body's metabolic ...
Harvey Diamond, 2010
8
The Fit Or Fat Woman
Based on women's physiology, metabolism, and special fitness concerns, this guide helps women determine a personally geared fitness and fat control program using up-to-the-moment scientific findings
Covert Bailey, 1989
9
I.Q. Gets Fit
During Fitness Month, I.Q., the class pet, learns important lessons about staying healthy as he tries to win a gold ribbon in the School Fitness Challenge.
‎2007
10
Not Fit for Our Society: Nativism and Immigration
It is the right book at the right time."-Mark Paul, New America Foundation "History's lessons come through loud and clear as Peter Schrag vividly recounts the characters and the ideas behind that side of America that rejects immigration.
Peter Schrag, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fit is used in the context of the following news items.
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Where would Schweinsteiger fit in at Manchester United?
So with reports in Germany claiming a deal is all but done, where will the 30-year-old fit in to Van Gaal's plans at United? Goal looks at the ... «Goal.com, Jul 15»
2
Cardiff City tactics: How could Sammy Ameobi and Johnny Russell …
Slade hasn't yet spoken about where best he sees 23-year-old Ameobi fitting into his side, though you would assume fit he will if he is to get the ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
3
Octogenarians compete in 5k race to stay fit
Gwen Baxter pauses along the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail after walking in preparation for Saturday's Festival of Races 5k race. Baxter is ... «Traverse City Record Eagle, Jul 15»
4
How to Interview Like Barbara Walters to Identify Cultural Fit
Cultural-Fit As a hiring manager, you've been tasked with fine-tuning your skills in finding the qualities of the company and candidate ... «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»
5
Dan Carmichael will be fit for Hibs' opener
Hibs boss Alan Stubbs has reassured Easter Road fans that summer signing Dan Carmichael will be fit for the start of the season despite the ... «Edinburgh Evening News, Jul 15»
6
Arsene Wenger Aiming to Get Squad Fully Fit Before Returning to …
Wenger told ​Arsenal Player that he hopes the likes of Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott can make a big impression next season after struggling ... «90min, Jul 15»
7
Modular homes a good fit for some Sandy victims
Modular homes a good fit for some Sandy victims ... people who have waterfront houses do is build what they can afford or what the lot can fit. «Danbury News Times, Jul 15»
8
Ashton finds fit in move from Kirkwood to Iowa State
The trick was really just about finding a fit. A first-team All-American sophomore season at Kirkwood Community College assured Ashton of a ... «The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines, Jul 15»
9
FIT in the Parks offers free workout classes
"We don't necessarily have a community center or gym facilities, but we still want to encourage people to be fit and healthy. We also want ... «Green Bay Press Gazette, Jul 15»
10
Radical downsizing helps Coloradan fit into handmade tiny house
Rebekah Paulson's DIY tiny house, 20 feet long and 8 feet wide, is in process in Laporte, just north of Fort Collins. LAPORTE — When Rebekah ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»

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