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fitfit1 /fɪt/ ●●● S1 W2 verb (past tense and past participle fitted also fit American English, present participle fitting) Entry menu
MENU FOR fitfit1 clothes2 right size/shape3 enough space4 equipment/part5 match/be suitable6 fit somebody for something7 fit the bill8 if the cap fits (, wear it)Phrasal verbsfit infit into somethingfit somebody/something outfit togetherfit somebody/something up
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
fit
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyfit
he, she, itfits
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyfitted
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave fitted
he, she, ithas fitted
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad fitted
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill fit
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have fitted
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • A man fitting that description was seen running from the park.
  • Do these shoes still fit you?
  • Does your key fit the lock on the garage door?
  • He's put on so much weight that his clothes don't fit any more.
  • I'm going to have a new exhaust system fitted next week.
  • I'm looking for the puzzle piece that fits here.
  • I had to fit new locks after the burglary.
  • The pants fit fine, but the jacket's too small.
  • The pants were a little tight at first, but after I wore them a few times, they fit like a glove.
  • We've designed a computer that fits into an ordinary briefcase.
  • We were going to put the fridge between the stove and the washing machine, but it wouldn't fit.
  • Will this bag fit in the trunk?
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Assess how your possessions fit into your new lifestyle together.
  • He had to get his suits tailored to fit him.
  • On the plus side, a fold-down Plexiglas cover is fitted to the front of the saw, ahead of the blade.
  • Ptolemy's epicycles could still fit the data.
  • The concept fitted the times, for this was a yeasty period.
  • They had altered the dress so that it fitted perfectly.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
to put a piece of equipment somewhere and connect it so that it is ready to be used: · The company is installing a new computer system.· How much does it cost to install central heating?
to install something. Put in is more common in everyday English than install and is used especially about things that are not very complicated to install: · The workmen are coming to put the new windows in today.· They removed the bath and put in a shower instead.
to put a new part or piece of equipment into or onto something: · I had to fit new locks after the burglary.· All vehicles must have seat belts fitted.
to put cables or a carpet in the correct place on the ground: · Work on laying the telephone cables has not yet begun.· Two workmen were laying carpet tiles in the kitchen.
Longman Language Activatorwhen clothes are the right size
if clothes fit , they are the right size: · He's put on so much weight that his clothes don't fit any more.· Do these shoes still fit you?fit like a glove (=fit perfectly): · The pants were a little tight at first, but after I wore them a few times, they fit like a glove.
· Why don't you try it on to see if it's the right size?· They had the jacket I wanted and it was just the right size too.be the right size for · Are you sure those shoes are the right size for Bill?
to fit very well and be comfortable to wear: · The suit was a good fit, but I didn't like the pattern.· I had to guess what size she was, but fortunately the dress was a good fit.
if a child or young person grows into clothes, they grow big enough to be able to wear them: · I know the sweater's too big for Jenny, but she'll soon grow into it.
when clothes are not the right size
· If the boots don't fit, we can return them tomorrow.not fit somebody · There was nothing wrong with the coat - we took it back to the shop because it didn't fit her.
· You can't wear your father's suit, it's far too big.· I have to buy Tim some new sandals. The ones he's wearing are too small.be too big/small for · Those jeans must be two sizes too big for you.
· I bought him a shirt, but it wasn't the right size.not be the right size for · That sweater won't be the right size for him -- he'll need an extra-large.
clothes that are tight are uncomfortable to wear because they are too small and press into your body: · I don't wear my black dress very much. It's very tight around the waist.· If your shirt collar's too tight, undo your top button.
if you can't get into a dress, skirt, trousers etc, you have difficulty putting them on because they are too small: · I put on five pounds over Christmas and now I can't get into these jeans.
to be the right size for a particular space
· We didn't know if the carpet would fit in the bedroom, but it turned out to be just the right size.be the right size for · Do you think this bulb is the right size for the lamp?
to be the right shape or not too big for a particular space, hole etc: · We were going to put the fridge between the stove and the washing machine, but it wouldn't fit.· Does your key fit the lock on the garage door?fit in/into: · Will this bag fit in the trunk?· We've designed a computer that fits into an ordinary briefcase.
if something will go into a particular place or space, it is possible to put it there: · It's no good trying to force it, it just won't go.will go in/into: · Do you think the car will go in that parking space?· I've measured the space, and with a bit of luck, the washing machine should just about go into it.
to be almost too big to fit into a space
to get into a space with great difficulty and only by forcing your way into it because the space is almost too small for you: squeeze into/through/past etc: · The tunnel was so narrow that only one person at a time could squeeze into it.· I squeezed through a hole in the hedge into the garden.squeeze in: · The bus was already full but someone opened the doors and another passenger squeezed in.
use this to say that there are too many people or things in a small space: · It'll be a squeeze but I think we can get everyone into Stephen's car.it's a tight squeeze: · We got everything into the suitcase, but it was a tight squeeze.
physically strong and healthy
British /physically fit American healthy and strong, especially because you play sport or do exercise regularly: · Sandy's very fit - he runs five miles every day.· Just because you're in your sixties doesn't mean you can't be physically fit.keep fit/stay fit (=remain fit): · Cycling is a good way to keep fit.· We've got a match next month, so we've got to keep ourselves reasonably fit.· I stay fit by swimming for an hour each morning.
if you are in shape , you are not fat and you can play sport or do exercise without getting tired: · I'll start playing basketball with you as soon as I'm in shape.be in good shape: · She's in pretty good shape but I don't know if she'll be able to run a marathon.stay in shape/keep in shape (=to exercise regularly): · Walking to and from work helps me to stay in shape.· He's good at badminton but plays handball to keep in shape.
to be generally fit and healthy, especially because you take exercise regularly: · We were both good runners and in good condition but we still found the course difficult.keep yourself in good condition: · Most of the players had kept themselves in good condition over the summer months.
fit, strong, and usually also good at sports: · He can play any sport, he's naturally athletic.· If you want me to play, I will, but I'm not very athletic.
not fit
British not fit and not able to do hard physical activities easily, especially because you do not take enough exercise: · I realised how unfit I was when I tried to run up the stairs.· The survey shows that the typical 16-year-old is unfit, lazy, and probably plays no sports at all.
to be unfit at the present time, especially when you have been fit in the past: · He knew that he was out of condition and it would be risky to attempt the climb.· I've been really out of shape since I stopped running every day.
to get angry
also get mad American · Mike gets very angry when he loses at tennis.get angry at · You have no right to get mad at me. It's not my fault.
to suddenly become angry, especially after you have been trying not to: · As the argument escalated, Mason lost his temper completely.lose your temper with: · You should never lose your temper with the students - it'll only make things worse.
also go mad British informal to suddenly become very angry: · My father blew his top when I told him I was quitting medical school.· "What happened when you told him you wrecked the car?" "Oh, he hit the roof."· Mom would go crazy if she found out you had started smoking.· I'm going to go nuts if that phone doesn't stop ringing.· When Tommy's new bike was stolen, he had a fit.
also go ape American informal to suddenly become very angry: · If my wife ever finds out about this, she'll go berserk.· Joe went ape when we tried to take the car keys away from him outside the bar.
British informal to start behaving and talking to people in an angry way, especially when other people think this is unreasonable: · She's the sort of boss who gets really stroppy if things aren't done her way.· Mel got a bit stroppy when the maitre d' put us at a table he didn't like.
a time or arrangement that is convenient
a convenient time to do something is a time that does not cause you any problems, for example because you were not planning to do anything else: · I'd like to talk to the manager - can you suggest a convenient time?convenient for: · We need to arrange a meeting. Would 11 o'clock on Tuesday be convenient for you?
especially spoken a convenient time to do something: · "I'm too busy to talk to you now.'' "When would be a good time?''a good time to do something: · A good time to reach me is in the evening after 7:00.a good time for: · I'm afraid Friday isn't a good time for me - I've got a dance class.
if a time or date suits you, it is convenient for you: · Which day would suit you best?· Finding a time that suits everyone is going to be difficult.
spoken informal if a time or date is OK or is okay , it is convenient for you: · I'll pick you up by the front gate. Is 10 o'clock OK?be OK/be okay for: · Friday's probably okay for me, but I'll check with Jean.
if something fits in with your plans, you do not need to change your plans in order to do it: · We'd like to go out for a meal on Thursday evening - does that fit in with your plans?
spoken if something, especially an arrangement, time, date etc is good for you , it is convenient because you do not need to change your plans in order to do it: · Ten o'clock is good for me. How about you?· OK, we'll meet at my house tomorrow night. Is that good for everyone?
to exercise your body
to walk, do sports etc in order to stay healthy and become stronger: · You should exercise every day and get plenty of fresh air.· Even people who start exercising quite late in life notice considerable benefits.· A lot of managers spend long hours in their cars and exercise very little.
also take exercise British to exercise, especially regularly: · You should do at least fifteen minutes' exercise each day.· Doctors are always telling us that we should do more exercise.· Most of the people here never take any exercise at all.
to do exercise, especially as part of your daily work or daily life: · A lot of children these days don't get enough exercise.· Try to increase the amount of exercise you get, perhaps by walking to work.
to exercise regularly, using all the important muscles in your body, especially in a gym or exercise class: · Professional footballers spend at least an hour every day working out in the gym.· I go jogging every morning and work out with weights twice a week.
British to exercise regularly in order to stay healthy and young: · Jim gave up drinking and took up tennis in an attempt to keep fit.· Many older people find that keeping fit can be fun as well as good for their health.
also get fit British to do regular exercise because you are not healthy or strong enough: · It's not too late to get into shape before the summer holidays.· If you want to get fit quickly, jogging is one of the best ways.
also limber up especially British to do gentle physical exercises just before playing a sport, dancing etc, so that you do not injure your muscles: · It's important to warm up properly before you do any sport.· The runners are now limbering up as they get ready for the race.
to prepare for a sporting event, especially by exercising: · We train twice a week at the local gym.· I'm not as fit as I should be. I don't train enough.
exactly suitable for a particular situation, job, purpose etc
exactly suitable: · I moved into a small apartment close to the college - it was just right.just right for: · Your new dress will be just right for the party.just the right colour/size/age etc: · We found a cashmere scarf that was just the right color.· Setting the mood for romance means candlelight and just the right music.
the ideal thing or person is the most suitable one you can possibly choose, when there are many to choose from: · The trip is difficult, even under ideal conditions.· If you could complete the report by Friday, that would be ideal.ideal for: · With its tough suspension and 4-wheel drive, the truck is ideal for driving in the desert.
to be exactly right for a particular job or purpose: · The job is made for someone like you.· In the garden stood an old apple tree with low branches, just made for climbing.
to have exactly the qualities needed to be suitable for a particular job, situation etc: · We know what kind of house we want, but we haven't yet found one that fits the bill.· I need someone who can speak both French and Spanish. Do you know anyone who fits the bill?
not suitable for a particular purpose, person, or situation
· We never planted roses here because the climate isn't suitable.· The strict laws forbid women to read "unsuitable material."unsuitable/not suitable for · The road is not suitable for heavy vehicles.· The movie contains violence and is unsuitable for children.
formal not suitable for a situation or purpose - use this especially about something that has been done or chosen without enough care or thought: · This is not an appropriate use of taxpayers' money.· I thought his remarks were inappropriate on such a serious occasion.inappropriate/not appropriate for: · The court found that the sex-education brochures were inappropriate for eighth-grade students.it is inappropriate/not appropriate (for somebody) to do something: · It's completely inappropriate for the President to get so involved in a local issue like this.
not having the qualities or characteristics that are needed for a particular purpose or situation: · The tomatoes didn't grow because they're unsuited to the soil here.· Her outfit was completely unsuited to the tropical climate.
not the right one for a particular job or purpose: · You're using the wrong spoon - this is the soup spoon.· I think you picked the wrong time to call her.wrong for: · His brand of nationalism is wrong for our party and wrong for the country.
use this when it is completely the wrong time or place in which to do something, or the person doing it is a completely unsuitable person: · This is hardly the place to talk about your sexual problems.· I know it's hardly the moment to tell you, but I've quit my job.· This little man was hardly the kind of person you'd expect to be in charge of an international gun-smuggling scheme.
not good enough for a particular purpose, especially when someone has officially decided this: unfit/not fit for: · The land is so polluted it is not fit for crops.unfit for human consumption/habitation (=not fit for humans to eat or live in): · The meat was declared unfit for human consumption.unfit/not fit to do something: · Her uncle was mentally unstable and unfit to raise a child.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 His clothes did not fit him very well.
 The uniform fitted her perfectly.
 I know this dress is going to fit you like a glove (=fit you very well).
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=an occasion when someone suddenly becomes angry)· His occasional outbursts of anger shocked those around him.
(=cut to fit a room, and fixed to the floor)· Do you prefer rugs or a fitted carpet?
(=cut it to fit a room and fix it to the floor)· Will it cost extra to have the carpet fitted?
· Rogers doesn’t fit into either category.
 My mother threw a conniption fit when I didn’t come home till two in the morning.
British English (=ones that are there permanently and cannot be moved)· The kitchen has built-in cupboards.
(=be like the person in a police description)· The first man they arrested did not fit the description given by the victim.
 He had an epileptic fit.
· I couldn’t get to the gym, so I did a few keep-fit exercises in my bedroom.
(=a short time when you laugh a lot in a way you cannot control)· The boys collapsed in a fit of giggles.
(=because a sudden feeling of jealousy makes you do something)· In a fit of jealousy, Ben broke off their engagement.
 Peter cycles to work to keep fit.
(=a period in which you laugh uncontrollably)· Her funny stories had us in fits of laughter.
(=be like other things of the same type)· She doesn't fit the mould of the stereotypical mother.
(also conform to a pattern formal) (=match a particular pattern)· Last week’s bombing fits this pattern.
· It is important to keep yourself physically fit.
 He stormed out in a fit of pique.
(=it should be appropriate)· The public believe that the punishment should fit the crime.
· In a fit of rage, he seized the poor man by the shoulders and shouted at him.
· Decide what kind of table and chairs will fit best into the space.
(=be like the usual idea of something)· He doesn’t fit the stereotype of a Stanford student.
(=when you are very angry for a short time)· A businessman assaulted his wife and son in a fit of temper, a court heard yesterday.
 The jacket is rather a tight fit (=it fits too tightly).
 Six in the car will be a tight squeeze.
(=wardrobes built against a wall or fitted between two walls)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Would you like to wear a size 10 or 12 dress that fitted all over?· The Centralism principles all fit together.· No, but the engine and gearbox and front axle will all fit.· And it all fitted, didn't it?· Robert's sorrow and regret seemed genuine, but it all fitted in with what Dawn had told her.· It all fitted neatly into place.· Can we all fit in along this short wall?
· It is usually simplest if a washing machine can go next to the sink, but it can easily fit in other places.· But a little beef now and then can easily fit in a well-balanced diet.· Yet, overlapping is inevitable whenever risk categories fit easily into more than one compartment.· Our own children have not seen much evidence that women can easily fit a career around a marriage and motherhood.· They housed children who could not find foster parents or who were too old to fit easily into a new family environment.· Teacher Song, a slender man, fit easily into the crawl space.· Range Rover diffs will fit easily but, with a worn engine, will probably make the consumption worse than it is.· They may seem a lot, but in fact they fit easily into a single bag.
· Secondly, there is a temptation to attach a diagnostic label to each condition so that it fits neatly on the problem list.· Your resume should fit neatly on to two pages.· Some designs fit neatly into circles and would be suitable for, say, small turned boxes, coasters or shallow platters.· This does not mean that no Republican can be found who would fit neatly into a Clinton Cabinet.· The Smiths fit neatly into this strategy as the exception to the rule.· It is noteworthy that none of the students interviewed for this book fits neatly into these or other equally simplistic categories.· Consequently what does not fit neatly into existing experience is anomalous and apt to seem mystically dangerous.· The two neatly fit under the city gate, and the groom counted a third fool to himself.
· They always fit perfectly, look painted on, and some have caused quite a furore in the past.· The martini perfectly fits the bill because of its simplicity.· John Bowes perfectly fits that bill.· His cerebral sound fits perfectly with the cool musings of Mulligan and Baker.· They had altered the dress so that it fitted perfectly.· The roll fits perfectly well if you stand it on the roller and lean it against the wall.· Until that moment Sabour had seemed to fit perfectly into the demoralized atmosphere of the classroom.
· A Youngman protégé could take over the old boy's lecturing responsibilities and everything would fit together rather nicely.· Similarly, a child with a visual-spatial difficulty may not easily notice how different building materials or action figures fit together.· Did her excitement at the way the evidence fitted together mean she wanted it to be true?· They were fitted together like spoons.· Then you will understand how all the pieces fit together.· The world and I fit together so well!· Instead it works as an artistic whole: these performers fit together.· Rather, they are a fitting together of parts, each with its integrity intact.
· In addition, these styles do not fit well with walnut dining room tables and candlelit evenings.· Lessons from the Visual Perception and Sound units fit well with work on the human body.· To prevent problems you must take care in buying shoes that fit well.· This is a strong assumption, but it fits well into the approach taken in this study which abstracts from intraindustry heterogeneity.· It was well fitted out, with a formidable medicine chest.· But last spring, they seemed more than players with talents that fit well together and friends that got along comfortably.· Exploratory techniques are extremely well fitted to sociolinguistic research.· The low-growing peacock gingers also would fit well in such a grouping.
NOUN
· The description certainly didn't fit Gloria.· Their descriptions fit this monster exactly.· If the description fits some one else in the office, take action.· The description fit the 1997 Giants, too, perhaps even better than the originals.· The description fits the man we saw outside the opera the other night.· In a city of 500, 000, that description could fit tens of thousands.· The description fits her, Brother.· Only our titles and job descriptions fit into the frame.
· To prevent problems you must take care in buying shoes that fit well.· Williams made his return wearing his infamous red shoes that had specially fitted insoles for his arch.· His little red hat and shoes still fitted him.· I should have been kitted out a week earlier but they'd got no shoes to fit me.· If the shoe fits...· The only shoes which would fit me were a pair of ski-boots.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► if the cap fits (, wear it)► fit something/somebody ↔ in► fit somebody for something
  • I need someone who can speak both French and Spanish. Do you know anyone who fits the bill?
  • We know what kind of house we want, but we haven't yet found one that fits the bill.
  • We wanted an experienced journalist, and Watts fit the bill.
  • A floral design with a Regency stripe background, for example, fits the bill perfectly.
  • And the martini fits the bill?
  • But it also fits the bill because people could order their favorite liquor.
  • Many other jobs get handed out simply because a minister happens to know some one who might fit the bill.
  • Only the Lockheed Hercules would fit the bill.
  • The fact that she and Hugh happened to fit the bill seemed to give her every opportunity for finding out.
  • The martini perfectly fits the bill because of its simplicity.
  • There were of course other ways in which Worldwide Plaza fit the bill very well.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • A floral design with a Regency stripe background, for example, fits the bill perfectly.
  • And the martini fits the bill?
  • But it also fits the bill because people could order their favorite liquor.
  • It is revealing, therefore, to see what sort of people are thought to fit the bill in these places.
  • It just happened that Bobby filled the bill in this case.
  • Many other jobs get handed out simply because a minister happens to know some one who might fit the bill.
  • The fact that she and Hugh happened to fit the bill seemed to give her every opportunity for finding out.
  • The martini perfectly fits the bill because of its simplicity.
► somebody’s face doesn’t fit
  • Consequently, it hosts an excellent wild brown trout population and fish are pink-fleshed and fighting fit, averaging 10oz in weight.
  • Masie had responded brilliantly to treatment and seemed fighting fit.
  • She was taken in by Maggie Taylor and now five month old Teka is fighting fit and lapping up all the attention.
► ready/fit for the knacker’s yard
  • A brief moment of madness, I admit.
  • Essex are likely to fine Neil Foster for his moments of madness yesterday.
  • Francis made his will in a moment of madness.
  • Grandcourt finds Gwendolen screaming in a fit of madness.
  • He wondered if the bad blood of the d'Urbervilles was to blame for this moment of madness.
  • In a moment of madness Rosenoir kicked Alan Kernaghan as he lay on the ground.
  • It was a moment of madness.
  • Just that one brief moment of madness ... Then the bitter tears of self-reproach.
  • And as all we fifths of six know, life is, ahem, strictly survival of the fittest.
  • It is survival of the fittest out there and if I had to do it again I believe I would.
  • Skiing involves the survival of the fittest.
  • The law of the survival of the fittest was not made by man.
  • These are metaphors of battle, struggle and the survival of the fittest.
  • They call it survival of the fittest, although it's their own survival they are now worried about.
  • We are now entering the era of strict personal accountability, value for money, and survival of the fittest.
  • Rogers threw a fit when he didn't get the sales account.
  • But she could not go home, given how she felt; fit to throw a tantrum.
  • Hannah cried furiously and frequently threw tantrums when she had to put them on in the morning.
  • He threw a tantrum when she complained he should have treated her earlier.
  • He could throw a tantrum or a punch.
  • If you have children, you may have experienced them coming home from school and immediately throwing a tantrum in front of you.
  • Try to avoid surprises and avoid throwing a tantrum yourself.
  • You will not scream and throw a tantrum.
  • A violent headache can be safely dissolved within minutes without having to resort to aspirin or paracetamol with their accompanying side-effects.
  • He still paid with violent headaches, but it could have been so much worse.
  • They were both attacked, one having a violent headache, the other being possessed as I now realised I had been.
1clothes a)[intransitive, transitive] if a piece of clothing fits you, it is the right size for your body:  His clothes did not fit him very well. The uniform fitted her perfectly. The jacket’s fine, but the trousers don’t fit. I know this dress is going to fit you like a glove (=fit you very well). ► Use fit to say that clothes are not too big or too small. Use suit to say that clothes look attractive on someone: The dress fits, but it doesn’t suit me.GRAMMAR: Using the progressiveIn this meaning, fit is not used in the progressive. You say: · The skirt fits (me). ✗Don’t say: The skirt is fitting (me).Grammar guide ‒ VERBS b)[transitive] to try a piece of clothing on someone to see if it is the right size for them, or to make sure a special piece of equipment is right for thembe fitted for something I’m being fitted for a new suit tomorrow.be fitted with something He may need to be fitted with a hearing aid.GRAMMAR Fit is usually passive in this meaning.2right size/shape a)[intransitive, transitive] if something fits in a place, it is the right size or shape to go there:  I couldn’t find a key which fitted the lock. Most cookers are designed to fit level with your worktops.fit in/into/under etc The plastic cover fits neatly over the frame. b)[transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put something carefully into a place that is the right size or shape for it:  She fitted the last piece into the jigsaw puzzle.3enough space [intransitive, transitive] if something fits into a place, there is enough space for it:  I wanted to put the wardrobe behind the door, but I don’t think it’ll fit. You might be able to fit some small flowering plants between the larger bushes.fit somebody/something in/into something I don’t think we’ll be able to fit any more people into the car. We should be able to fit one more in.4equipment/part [transitive] to put a piece of equipment into a place, or a new part onto a machine, so that it is ready to be usedfit something on/to etc something I need to fit a lock on the door. Anti-theft devices are fitted to all our cars.be fitted with something The windows are all fitted with security locks.5match/be suitable [intransitive, transitive] if something fits another thing, it is similar to it or suitable for it:  The punishment should fit the crime. Police said the car fits the description of the stolen vehicle. Scientists often select facts to fit their theories. He didn’t fit the conventional image of a banker.fit with The rhythm should fit with the meaning of a poem.6fit somebody for something formal to make someone suitable for something or able to do something:  His natural authority fitted him for a senior position.7 fit the bill to be the type of person or thing that you want:  We wanted an experienced sportscaster, and Waggoner fit the bill.8if the cap fits (, wear it) British English, if the shoe fits (, wear it) American English spoken used to tell someone that you think a criticism of them is true:  ‘So you think I’m a liar.’ ‘Well, if the cap fits ...’ → somebody’s face doesn’t fit at face1(20)fit in phrasal verb1if someone fits in, they are accepted by the other people in a group:  I never really fitted in at school.fit in with I wasn’t sure if she would fit in with my friends.2fit something/somebody ↔ in to manage to do something or see someone, even though you have a lot of other things to do SYN  squeeze something/somebody ↔ in:  The doctor said he can fit me in at 4:30. I wanted to fit in a swim before breakfast.3if something fits in with other things, it is similar to them or goes well with them:  I don’t know quite how this new course will fit in.fit in with A new building must fit in with its surroundings. You can’t expect a baby to fit in with your existing routine.fit into something phrasal verb1to be part of a group or system:  Some of the patients we see do not fit neatly into any of the existing categories. How does this fit into the company’s overall marketing strategy?2to be accepted by the people in a group or organization:  She fitted into the team very well.fit somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb British English to provide a person or place with the equipment, furniture, or clothes that they need:  The office had been fitted out in style.fit out with The new recruits were fitted out with uniforms and weapons.fit together phrasal verb1if something fits together or you fit it together, different pieces can be joined to make something:  Look, the tubes fit together like this.fit something together The pictures show you how to fit it together.2if a story, set of facts, set of ideas etc fit together, they make sense when considered together:  Telecom and computer businesses fit together well.fit somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb British English1to provide a place with the furniture or equipment that it needs SYN  fit somebody/something ↔ outfit up with The rooms are now fitted up with electric lights.2 informal to make someone seem guilty of a crime when they are really not guilty:  I knew that I had been fitted up.
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fitfit2 ●●● S2 W3 adjective (comparative fitter, superlative fittest) Entry menu
MENU FOR fitfit1 strong2 suitable3 see/think fit (to do something)4 in a fit state (to do something)5 fit for a king6 attractive7 fit to drop8 fit to burst9 fit to be tied
Word Origin
WORD ORIGINfit2
Origin:
1400-1500 Perhaps from ➔ FIT1
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Cycling is a good way to keep fit.
  • I stay fit by swimming for an hour each morning.
  • Just because you're in your sixties doesn't mean you can't be physically fit.
  • Sandy's very fit - he runs almost 30 miles a week.
  • Sandy's very fit - he runs five miles every day.
  • We've got a match next month, so we've got to keep ourselves reasonably fit.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • All are contented, happy, fit and well.
  • In May, Harvey wrote to say that he and his wife were now fit to return to duty.
  • The Allstar forward has been battling against injury lately and is given a 50/50 chance of being fit for Sunday.
  • We might speculate that those with dementia would be less willing to participate in a research project than the mentally fit.
  • When will Mark Tinkler be fit?
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
having good health: · A good diet keeps you healthy.· They tested the drug on healthy volunteers.
used especially when describing or asking about how someone feels or looks: · I don’t feel well.· How was James – did he look well?
spoken used in a reply to a question about your health, or when talking about someone else’s health. Use fine only in replies or statements, not in questions: · ‘Hi, Tom, how are you?’ ‘Fine, thanks.’· She had a bad cold, but she’s fine now.
spoken not ill or injured. These expressions are very commonly used in everyday spoken English: · You look pale – are you feeling all right?· He’s had an accident but he’s OK.
less ill than you were, or no longer ill: · I’m feeling a lot better now.· Don’t come back to school until you’re better.
healthy, especially because you exercise regularly: · She keeps fit by cycling everywhere.· Police officers have to be physically fit and have good eyesight.
healthy and fit: · Jogging keeps me in pretty good shape.
literary healthy and strong, and not likely to become ill: · He had a robust constitution (=a strong and healthy body).· robust plants· a robust girl, wearing a thick woollen sweater
to look very healthy: · She looked a picture of health as she posed for the cameras.
Longman Language Activatorwhen clothes are the right size
if clothes fit , they are the right size: · He's put on so much weight that his clothes don't fit any more.· Do these shoes still fit you?fit like a glove (=fit perfectly): · The pants were a little tight at first, but after I wore them a few times, they fit like a glove.
· Why don't you try it on to see if it's the right size?· They had the jacket I wanted and it was just the right size too.be the right size for · Are you sure those shoes are the right size for Bill?
to fit very well and be comfortable to wear: · The suit was a good fit, but I didn't like the pattern.· I had to guess what size she was, but fortunately the dress was a good fit.
if a child or young person grows into clothes, they grow big enough to be able to wear them: · I know the sweater's too big for Jenny, but she'll soon grow into it.
when clothes are not the right size
· If the boots don't fit, we can return them tomorrow.not fit somebody · There was nothing wrong with the coat - we took it back to the shop because it didn't fit her.
· You can't wear your father's suit, it's far too big.· I have to buy Tim some new sandals. The ones he's wearing are too small.be too big/small for · Those jeans must be two sizes too big for you.
· I bought him a shirt, but it wasn't the right size.not be the right size for · That sweater won't be the right size for him -- he'll need an extra-large.
clothes that are tight are uncomfortable to wear because they are too small and press into your body: · I don't wear my black dress very much. It's very tight around the waist.· If your shirt collar's too tight, undo your top button.
if you can't get into a dress, skirt, trousers etc, you have difficulty putting them on because they are too small: · I put on five pounds over Christmas and now I can't get into these jeans.
to be the right size for a particular space
· We didn't know if the carpet would fit in the bedroom, but it turned out to be just the right size.be the right size for · Do you think this bulb is the right size for the lamp?
to be the right shape or not too big for a particular space, hole etc: · We were going to put the fridge between the stove and the washing machine, but it wouldn't fit.· Does your key fit the lock on the garage door?fit in/into: · Will this bag fit in the trunk?· We've designed a computer that fits into an ordinary briefcase.
if something will go into a particular place or space, it is possible to put it there: · It's no good trying to force it, it just won't go.will go in/into: · Do you think the car will go in that parking space?· I've measured the space, and with a bit of luck, the washing machine should just about go into it.
to be almost too big to fit into a space
to get into a space with great difficulty and only by forcing your way into it because the space is almost too small for you: squeeze into/through/past etc: · The tunnel was so narrow that only one person at a time could squeeze into it.· I squeezed through a hole in the hedge into the garden.squeeze in: · The bus was already full but someone opened the doors and another passenger squeezed in.
use this to say that there are too many people or things in a small space: · It'll be a squeeze but I think we can get everyone into Stephen's car.it's a tight squeeze: · We got everything into the suitcase, but it was a tight squeeze.
physically strong and healthy
British /physically fit American healthy and strong, especially because you play sport or do exercise regularly: · Sandy's very fit - he runs five miles every day.· Just because you're in your sixties doesn't mean you can't be physically fit.keep fit/stay fit (=remain fit): · Cycling is a good way to keep fit.· We've got a match next month, so we've got to keep ourselves reasonably fit.· I stay fit by swimming for an hour each morning.
if you are in shape , you are not fat and you can play sport or do exercise without getting tired: · I'll start playing basketball with you as soon as I'm in shape.be in good shape: · She's in pretty good shape but I don't know if she'll be able to run a marathon.stay in shape/keep in shape (=to exercise regularly): · Walking to and from work helps me to stay in shape.· He's good at badminton but plays handball to keep in shape.
to be generally fit and healthy, especially because you take exercise regularly: · We were both good runners and in good condition but we still found the course difficult.keep yourself in good condition: · Most of the players had kept themselves in good condition over the summer months.
fit, strong, and usually also good at sports: · He can play any sport, he's naturally athletic.· If you want me to play, I will, but I'm not very athletic.
not fit
British not fit and not able to do hard physical activities easily, especially because you do not take enough exercise: · I realised how unfit I was when I tried to run up the stairs.· The survey shows that the typical 16-year-old is unfit, lazy, and probably plays no sports at all.
to be unfit at the present time, especially when you have been fit in the past: · He knew that he was out of condition and it would be risky to attempt the climb.· I've been really out of shape since I stopped running every day.
suitable/not suitable for people to live in
a building or area of land that is habitable is suitable for people to live in, for example because it is clean enough, warm enough, safe enough etc: · There are already plans to renovate the buildings and make them habitable.· Japan is mostly mountainous and has a only a relatively narrow strip of habitable land along the coasts.
if a building is fit to live in , it is in a suitable condition for people to live in it: · As soon as the farm was fit to live in, we moved all our things there.not be fit to live in (=not in a suitable condition for people to live in): · The first apartment we looked at just wasn't fit to live in.
not suitable for living in or on: · A nuclear accident would make the whole region uninhabitable.· Twenty of the houses damaged by the storm were declared uninhabitable.
not suitable for people to live in, especially because of being dirty, cold, or wet - used especially in official contexts: · The court was told that Blake had charged hundreds of dollars in rent for rooms that were unfit for human habitation.· In the 1960s, the flats were declared unfit for human habitation and demolished.
to be better again after an illness or injury
if someone is better after an illness or injury, they have recovered, or they are in the process of recovering: · How are you? Are you better?· I'll just rest today, and, hopefully, I'll be better tomorrow.· I hope Robert's better by Saturday, because we need him for the team.
if someone is well , they are healthy again, and they no longer have an illness or injury: · As soon as you're well we'll go to Florida and have a few weeks in the sun.· They couldn't really make any firm plans until Luis was well again.
to be completely well again after an illness or injury: · We were relieved to find that Barnes was fully recovered and able to take part in the race.be fully recovered from: · Keep the patient still and quiet until he is fully recovered from the attack.
if someone is cured , they are completely better because their illness has been treated successfully: · She's still rather weak, but her bronchitis seems to be cured.be cured of: · It is only after two or three years that the doctors can say you are definitely cured of cancer.be completely cured: · He was always confident that he would be completely cured.
to be well again after an illness: · You've had a bad attack of malaria, but I think you're over it now.be over the worst: · Her temperature is going down again - she seems to be over the worst.
informal to be well again and able to live life as usual after being ill: · After a day or two in bed I'll be back on my feet again.· Wait till you're back on your feet before you start worrying about your exams.
to be out of bed and well enough to walk around again, after an illness or injury has forced you to stay in bed: · She's up and about now, and should be back at work in a day or two.· It's good to see you up and about again.
especially British to be well again after having been ill, so that you are now able to move around as usual, exercise etc: · Don't come back to work until you're completely fit.· He should be back at training next week if he's fit.be fit as a fiddle (=be extremely fit): · Don't worry - I'll be as fit as a fiddle again by next week.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 He was young, good-looking, and physically fit.
 I swim twice a week to try and keep fit.
 She’s over eighty now, but still as fit as a fiddle (=very fit).
British English (=very fit) I had just come back from holiday and was fighting fit.
 I was still very shocked and in no fit state to work.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=an occasion when someone suddenly becomes angry)· His occasional outbursts of anger shocked those around him.
(=cut to fit a room, and fixed to the floor)· Do you prefer rugs or a fitted carpet?
(=cut it to fit a room and fix it to the floor)· Will it cost extra to have the carpet fitted?
· Rogers doesn’t fit into either category.
 My mother threw a conniption fit when I didn’t come home till two in the morning.
British English (=ones that are there permanently and cannot be moved)· The kitchen has built-in cupboards.
(=be like the person in a police description)· The first man they arrested did not fit the description given by the victim.
 He had an epileptic fit.
· I couldn’t get to the gym, so I did a few keep-fit exercises in my bedroom.
(=a short time when you laugh a lot in a way you cannot control)· The boys collapsed in a fit of giggles.
(=because a sudden feeling of jealousy makes you do something)· In a fit of jealousy, Ben broke off their engagement.
 Peter cycles to work to keep fit.
(=a period in which you laugh uncontrollably)· Her funny stories had us in fits of laughter.
(=be like other things of the same type)· She doesn't fit the mould of the stereotypical mother.
(also conform to a pattern formal) (=match a particular pattern)· Last week’s bombing fits this pattern.
· It is important to keep yourself physically fit.
 He stormed out in a fit of pique.
(=it should be appropriate)· The public believe that the punishment should fit the crime.
· In a fit of rage, he seized the poor man by the shoulders and shouted at him.
· Decide what kind of table and chairs will fit best into the space.
(=be like the usual idea of something)· He doesn’t fit the stereotype of a Stanford student.
(=when you are very angry for a short time)· A businessman assaulted his wife and son in a fit of temper, a court heard yesterday.
 The jacket is rather a tight fit (=it fits too tightly).
 Six in the car will be a tight squeeze.
(=wardrobes built against a wall or fitted between two walls)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Head-injured patients are normally admitted to hospital and kept there until it is certain that they are fully fit to return home.· Once the children were fully fit, the family went on to Paris, where they stayed for two months.· Still it gives Wallace, Speed and Strachan? chance to get fully fit.· This check up shows he's fully fit to carry out his strenuous lifestyle as a hospital porter.· And manager Walter Smith said he would not play him unless he was fully fit.· I know Gazza is not yet fully fit.· A fully fit Rodney Warriner behind the stumps would be an obvious bonus.
· Questions will be asked, even if they are not asked publicly, about whether he is physically fit to continue in office.· He must have been physically fit to survive the punishing schedule to which he submitted himself.· A person with odd knowledge, odd skills, physically fit.· For these reasons industry is moving towards a concept of the ideal worker as a physically fit adaptable young person.· Singing the booking form shows that you believe yourself and your companions to be physically fit and healthy to take part.· There are numerous flights of stairs, therefore the tour is only suitable for reasonably physically fit people.
· Foot notes: this is a cracking circuit which should be within the capacities of any reasonably fit walker.· You must be reasonably fit and be sure you can handle the prevailing wind, weather and tidal conditions.
NOUN
· I was in no fit state to move a muscle.· He was in no fit state to know.· An innkeeper can refuse service to any person who is not in a fit state to be received at the inn.· If she'd stayed in a fit state then she wouldn't have found herself in this situation now.· When I was in a fit state she asked if I would like to talk to her.· With so many major projects in hand she wanted to make sure that everything was in a fit state.· But he was in no fit state.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► fit to drop
  • He had clearly been sobbing fit to burst, but he was now past that.
  • Sam is happy fit to burst.
  • The yak meat was tough, but after weeks of barley meal we feasted until fit to burst.
  • When she turned round, her cheeks were fat as balloons, fit to burst.
  • With a heart fit to burst through tension, at last, a noise.
  • I was absolutely fit to be tied when I found out who got the promotion.
  • He was fit to be tied.
  • The government has seen fit to start testing more nuclear weapons.
  • Add details as you see fit.
  • For example, the firm can implement its own quality and inspection policies and amend these as they see fit.
  • He was their final court of appeal and punished them as he saw fit.
  • If particular LEAs see fit to alter their priorities and redeploy funds from one area to another, that is their decision.
  • Meg had - this gift; the Lord saw fit - no qualms, she stole the jacket.
  • Once the states knew the message of the day, they could reinforce it as they saw fit.
  • The public can use, abuse or change the software in any way they see fit.
  • There were some girls that I thought fit Selena more physically.
  • An innkeeper can refuse service to any person who is not in a fit state to be received at the inn.
  • He ordered those of his crew still in a fit state to swim to take to the sea.
  • If Cullam had been in a fit state to observe behaviour he might have thought the chief inspector bored or preoccupied.
  • If she'd stayed in a fit state then she wouldn't have found herself in this situation now.
  • She wasn't in a fit state to be on her own.
  • The big thing about reading and all that is - you have to be in a fit state for it.
  • When I was in a fit state she asked if I would like to talk to her.
  • With so many major projects in hand she wanted to make sure that everything was in a fit state.
  • That dinner was fit for a king.
  • And that one problem was that there was no toilet paper fit for a king in the whole kingdom by the sea.
  • I know of places suitable, lodgings fit for a king, if only there were room.
  • It was a meal fit for a king, or even for two helicopter pilots fresh from three days of nonstop flying.
  • That simple repast was fit for a king.
  • The table was laid out fit for a king, all gleaming silver and twinkling crystal.
  • They are gifts fit for a king, and so they are meant to be.
  • This looks like a meal fit for a king.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • A floral design with a Regency stripe background, for example, fits the bill perfectly.
  • And the martini fits the bill?
  • But it also fits the bill because people could order their favorite liquor.
  • It is revealing, therefore, to see what sort of people are thought to fit the bill in these places.
  • It just happened that Bobby filled the bill in this case.
  • Many other jobs get handed out simply because a minister happens to know some one who might fit the bill.
  • The fact that she and Hugh happened to fit the bill seemed to give her every opportunity for finding out.
  • The martini perfectly fits the bill because of its simplicity.
► somebody’s face doesn’t fit
  • Consequently, it hosts an excellent wild brown trout population and fish are pink-fleshed and fighting fit, averaging 10oz in weight.
  • Masie had responded brilliantly to treatment and seemed fighting fit.
  • She was taken in by Maggie Taylor and now five month old Teka is fighting fit and lapping up all the attention.
► ready/fit for the knacker’s yard
  • A brief moment of madness, I admit.
  • Essex are likely to fine Neil Foster for his moments of madness yesterday.
  • Francis made his will in a moment of madness.
  • Grandcourt finds Gwendolen screaming in a fit of madness.
  • He wondered if the bad blood of the d'Urbervilles was to blame for this moment of madness.
  • In a moment of madness Rosenoir kicked Alan Kernaghan as he lay on the ground.
  • It was a moment of madness.
  • Just that one brief moment of madness ... Then the bitter tears of self-reproach.
  • And as all we fifths of six know, life is, ahem, strictly survival of the fittest.
  • It is survival of the fittest out there and if I had to do it again I believe I would.
  • Skiing involves the survival of the fittest.
  • The law of the survival of the fittest was not made by man.
  • These are metaphors of battle, struggle and the survival of the fittest.
  • They call it survival of the fittest, although it's their own survival they are now worried about.
  • We are now entering the era of strict personal accountability, value for money, and survival of the fittest.
  • Rogers threw a fit when he didn't get the sales account.
  • But she could not go home, given how she felt; fit to throw a tantrum.
  • Hannah cried furiously and frequently threw tantrums when she had to put them on in the morning.
  • He threw a tantrum when she complained he should have treated her earlier.
  • He could throw a tantrum or a punch.
  • If you have children, you may have experienced them coming home from school and immediately throwing a tantrum in front of you.
  • Try to avoid surprises and avoid throwing a tantrum yourself.
  • You will not scream and throw a tantrum.
  • A violent headache can be safely dissolved within minutes without having to resort to aspirin or paracetamol with their accompanying side-effects.
  • He still paid with violent headaches, but it could have been so much worse.
  • They were both attacked, one having a violent headache, the other being possessed as I now realised I had been.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounfitfittingfitnessfittermisfitadjectivefittedfittingfit ≠ unfitverbfitadverbfittingly
1strong someone who is fit is strong and healthy, especially because they exercise regularly OPP  unfit:  You must be very fit if you do so much running. He was young, good-looking, and physically fit. I swim twice a week to try and keep fit.fit for He may not be fit for Saturday’s match.fit to do something I don’t know if I’ll be fit enough to take part in the race. Psychiatrists said he was fit to stand trial (=he was mentally healthy enough). She’s over eighty now, but still as fit as a fiddle (=very fit).fighting fit British English (=very fit) I had just come back from holiday and was fighting fit.► see thesaurus at healthy2suitable suitable or good enough for something OPP  unfitfit for We made sure the land was fit for drilling. The food was not fit for human consumption. This book is not fit for publication!fit to do something He is not fit to govern this country! This room is not fit to be seen!3see/think fit (to do something) to decide that something is the best thing to do, especially when other people do not agree with you:  The government saw fit to ignore our advice. Sort out the problem in any way you think fit.4in a fit state (to do something) especially British English healthy enough or in good enough condition for something:  I was still very shocked and in no fit state to work. We’ll have to make sure the house is in a fit state to receive visitors.5fit for a king of very good quality:  The meal they provided was fit for a king.6attractive British English sexually attractive7fit to drop British English informal extremely tired SYN  exhausted:  It was getting late and most of us were fit to drop.8fit to burst British English informal if you are laughing, shouting etc fit to burst, you are doing it a lot:  The girls were laughing fit to burst.9fit to be tied American English very angry, anxious, or upset:  I was fit to be tied when she didn’t come home until 2 a.m.
fit1 verbfit2 adjectivefit3 nounfit4 verb
fitfit3 ●●○ noun Entry menu
MENU FOR fitfit1 emotion2 lose consciousness3 laugh/cough4 have/throw a fit5 right size6 suitable7 in/by fits and starts
Word Origin
WORD ORIGINfit3
Origin:
Old English fitt ‘disagreement, opposition, fighting’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • I began running about a month ago to improve my physical fitness.
  • I had a coughing fit that lasted nearly an hour.
  • The magazine contained several articles about healthy eating, fitness, and exercise.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But his proposals for electoral reform, now moving ahead in fits and starts, contain no such provision.
  • He started to have fits and he suffered permanent damage.
  • I wanted him back because I thought he was a perfect fit for David as far as being vocal.
  • The boy had a history of fits.
  • This means the machine tends to go forward in fits and starts, sometimes quite quickly but at other times embarrassingly slowly.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen clothes are the right size
if clothes fit , they are the right size: · He's put on so much weight that his clothes don't fit any more.· Do these shoes still fit you?fit like a glove (=fit perfectly): · The pants were a little tight at first, but after I wore them a few times, they fit like a glove.
· Why don't you try it on to see if it's the right size?· They had the jacket I wanted and it was just the right size too.be the right size for · Are you sure those shoes are the right size for Bill?
to fit very well and be comfortable to wear: · The suit was a good fit, but I didn't like the pattern.· I had to guess what size she was, but fortunately the dress was a good fit.
if a child or young person grows into clothes, they grow big enough to be able to wear them: · I know the sweater's too big for Jenny, but she'll soon grow into it.
when clothes are not the right size
· If the boots don't fit, we can return them tomorrow.not fit somebody · There was nothing wrong with the coat - we took it back to the shop because it didn't fit her.
· You can't wear your father's suit, it's far too big.· I have to buy Tim some new sandals. The ones he's wearing are too small.be too big/small for · Those jeans must be two sizes too big for you.
· I bought him a shirt, but it wasn't the right size.not be the right size for · That sweater won't be the right size for him -- he'll need an extra-large.
clothes that are tight are uncomfortable to wear because they are too small and press into your body: · I don't wear my black dress very much. It's very tight around the waist.· If your shirt collar's too tight, undo your top button.
if you can't get into a dress, skirt, trousers etc, you have difficulty putting them on because they are too small: · I put on five pounds over Christmas and now I can't get into these jeans.
to be the right size for a particular space
· We didn't know if the carpet would fit in the bedroom, but it turned out to be just the right size.be the right size for · Do you think this bulb is the right size for the lamp?
to be the right shape or not too big for a particular space, hole etc: · We were going to put the fridge between the stove and the washing machine, but it wouldn't fit.· Does your key fit the lock on the garage door?fit in/into: · Will this bag fit in the trunk?· We've designed a computer that fits into an ordinary briefcase.
if something will go into a particular place or space, it is possible to put it there: · It's no good trying to force it, it just won't go.will go in/into: · Do you think the car will go in that parking space?· I've measured the space, and with a bit of luck, the washing machine should just about go into it.
to be almost too big to fit into a space
to get into a space with great difficulty and only by forcing your way into it because the space is almost too small for you: squeeze into/through/past etc: · The tunnel was so narrow that only one person at a time could squeeze into it.· I squeezed through a hole in the hedge into the garden.squeeze in: · The bus was already full but someone opened the doors and another passenger squeezed in.
use this to say that there are too many people or things in a small space: · It'll be a squeeze but I think we can get everyone into Stephen's car.it's a tight squeeze: · We got everything into the suitcase, but it was a tight squeeze.
physically strong and healthy
British /physically fit American healthy and strong, especially because you play sport or do exercise regularly: · Sandy's very fit - he runs five miles every day.· Just because you're in your sixties doesn't mean you can't be physically fit.keep fit/stay fit (=remain fit): · Cycling is a good way to keep fit.· We've got a match next month, so we've got to keep ourselves reasonably fit.· I stay fit by swimming for an hour each morning.
if you are in shape , you are not fat and you can play sport or do exercise without getting tired: · I'll start playing basketball with you as soon as I'm in shape.be in good shape: · She's in pretty good shape but I don't know if she'll be able to run a marathon.stay in shape/keep in shape (=to exercise regularly): · Walking to and from work helps me to stay in shape.· He's good at badminton but plays handball to keep in shape.
to be generally fit and healthy, especially because you take exercise regularly: · We were both good runners and in good condition but we still found the course difficult.keep yourself in good condition: · Most of the players had kept themselves in good condition over the summer months.
fit, strong, and usually also good at sports: · He can play any sport, he's naturally athletic.· If you want me to play, I will, but I'm not very athletic.
not fit
British not fit and not able to do hard physical activities easily, especially because you do not take enough exercise: · I realised how unfit I was when I tried to run up the stairs.· The survey shows that the typical 16-year-old is unfit, lazy, and probably plays no sports at all.
to be unfit at the present time, especially when you have been fit in the past: · He knew that he was out of condition and it would be risky to attempt the climb.· I've been really out of shape since I stopped running every day.
WORD SETS
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nounbite, verbbite, nounblack and blue, adjectiveBlack Death, the, black eye, nounblackout, nounbleed, verbbleeding, nounblind, verbblister, nounblister, verbblood bank, nounblood donor, nounblood poisoning, nounbloodshot, adjectiveblood transfusion, nounbloody, adjectivebloody, verbblue baby, nounboil, nounbotulism, nounbrain damage, nounbreakdown, nounbronchitis, nounbruise, nounbruise, verbBSE, nounbubonic plague, nounbug, nounbulimia, nounbump, nounbunion, nounbuzz, verbcalloused, adjectivecallus, nouncancer, nouncandida, nouncanker, nouncarbuncle, nouncarcinogen, nouncarcinogenic, adjectivecarcinoma, nouncardiac, adjectivecardiovascular, adjectivecaries, nouncarpal tunnel syndrome, nouncarrier, nouncarry, verbcarsick, adjectivecast, nouncasualty, nouncataract, nouncatarrh, nouncatatonic, adjectivecatching, adjectivecauliflower ear, nouncerebral palsy, nouncertify, verbcervical smear, nounchapped, adjectivecharley horse, nounchemotherapy, nounchesty, adjectivechicken pox, nounchilblains, nounChinese medicine, nouncholera, nounchronic, adjectivecirrhosis, nounCJD, nouncleanse, verbcleft palate, nounclinic, nounclinical, adjectiveclub foot, nouncold, nouncold sore, nouncolic, nouncolitis, nouncollapse, verbcolour-blind, adjectivecoma, nouncommon cold, nouncommon denominator, nouncommunicate, verbcomplaint, nouncomplicate, verbcomplication, nouncompound fracture, nounconcuss, verbconcussion, nouncondition, nouncongenital, adjectivecongested, adjectiveconjunctivitis, nounconstipation, nounconsumption, nounconsumptive, nouncontagion, nouncontagious, adjectivecontinent, adjectivecontract, verbcontusion, nounconvalesce, verbconvulsion, nouncorn, nouncortisone, nouncot death, nouncough, nounCPR, nouncrack-up, nouncramp, nounCreutzfeldt-Jakob disease, nouncrick, nouncrick, verbcripple, nouncripple, verbcross-eyed, adjectivecroup, nouncurable, adjectivecut, nouncyst, nouncystic fibrosis, nouncystitis, noundecompression sickness, noundeep vein thrombosis, noundeformity, noundegenerative, adjectivedehydrate, verbdelirious, adjectivedelirium, noundelusion, noundementia, noundengue fever, noundepression, noundermatitis, noundiabetes, noundiabetic, adjectivediabetic, noundiagnosis, noundialysis, noundiaper rash, noundiarrhoea, noundiphtheria, noundisability, noundisable, verbdisabled, adjectivedischarge, verbdisease, noundisgorge, verbdislocate, verbdisorder, noundissipated, adjectivedissipation, noundistemper, noundistend, verbdizzy, adjectivedoddering, adjectivedoddery, adjectivedonate, verbdonor, noundouble vision, noundoughy, adjectivedown, adverbDown's syndrome, noundrawn, adjectivedressing, noundrinker, noundrunk, adjectivedrunk, noundrunken, adjectivedull, adjectivedumb, adjectiveDVT, noundysentery, noundyslexia, noundyspepsia, noundyspeptic, adjectiveearache, nouneating disorder, nounEbola, nounectopic pregnancy, nouneczema, nounemaciated, adjectiveemasculate, verbembolism, nounemphysema, nounencephalitis, nounendoscope, nounenervate, verbenteritis, nounepidemic, nounepilepsy, nounepileptic, adjectiveepileptic, nounetiology, nounexcruciating, adjectiveexposure, nouneyeless, adjectiveeye strain, nounfail, verbfaint, nounfester, verbfever, nounfever blister, nounfevered, adjectivefeverish, adjectivefirst aid, nounfit, nounflat feet, nounflat-footed, adjectiveflu, nounfood poisoning, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounfracture, verbfracture, nounfrostbite, noungall, noungammy, adjectiveganglion, noungangrene, noungas, noungash, noungastric, adjectivegastritis, noungastroenteritis, nounGerman measles, nounget, verbgingivitis, nounglandular fever, nounglaucoma, noungnarled, adjectivegonorrhea, noungout, noungrand mal, noungraze, verbgraze, noungriping, adjectivegroggy, adjectivegrowing pains, noungrowth, noungush, verbgynaecology, nounhacking cough, nounhaemophilia, nounhaemophiliac, nounhaemorrhage, nounhaemorrhage, verbhaemorrhoids, nounhalitosis, nounhandicap, nounhandicapped, adjectivehangover, nounhard of hearing, adjectiveharelip, nounhay fever, nounheadache, nounhealth, nounheart attack, nounheartburn, nounheart disease, nounheart failure, nounheat exhaustion, nounheat rash, nounheatstroke, nounheave, verbhepatitis, nounhernia, nounherpes, nounHIV, nounhormone replacement therapy, nounhospital, nounhospitalize, verbhot flush, nounhousebound, adjectiveHRT, nounhump, nounhumpback, nounhunchback, nounhungover, adjectivehydrophobia, nounhypertension, nounhypothermia, nounhysterectomy, nounhysteria, nounhysterical, adjectiveillness, nounimmune, adjectiveimmune system, nounimmunity, nounimmunize, verbimmunology, nounimpacted, adjectiveimpediment, nounimpetigo, nounimpotent, adjectiveincision, nounincontinent, adjectiveincubate, verbincurable, adjectiveindigestion, nounindisposed, adjectiveindisposition, nouninfantile, adjectiveinfantile paralysis, nouninfect, verbinfected, adjectiveinfection, nouninfectious, adjectiveinfirmity, nouninflammation, nouninflammatory, adjectiveinfluenza, nouninfusion, nouningrowing, adjectiveinoculate, verbinoperable, adjectiveinsane, adjectiveinsanity, nouninsomnia, nouninsomniac, nouninstability, nounintensive care, nounintravenous, adjectiveinvalid, nouninvalidity, nouninvasive, adjectiveirregular, adjectiveirritable bowel syndrome, nounirritant, nounirritate, verbirritated, adjectiveirritation, noun-ism, suffixisolation, nounjaundice, nounjaundiced, adjectivejet lag, nounknock-kneed, adjectiveknotted, adjectivelaceration, nounlaryngitis, nounlegionnaire's disease, nounleper, nounleprosy, nounlesion, nounleukemia, nounlisp, nounlisteria, nounliverish, adjectivelockjaw, nounlong-sighted, adjectiveloose, adjectivelozenge, nounlumbago, nounlunacy, nounLyme disease, nounmad cow disease, nounmalady, nounmalaise, nounmalaria, nounmalformation, nounmalignancy, nounmalignant, adjectivemalnourished, adjectivemalnutrition, nounmange, nounmangy, adjectivemania, nounmanic, adjectivemanic depression, nounmastitis, nounME, nounmeasles, nounmedicinal, adjectivemegalomania, nounmegalomaniac, nounmelancholia, nounmelancholic, adjectivemelanoma, nounmend, verbmeningitis, nounmentally handicapped, adjectivemigraine, nounmild, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmole, nounmongol, nounmono, nounmononucleosis, nounmorbid, adjectivemorning sickness, nounmoron, nounmotion sickness, nounmotor neurone disease, nounMRI, nounMRSA, nounMS, nounmultiple sclerosis, nounmumps, nounmurmur, nounmusclebound, adjectivemuscular dystrophy, nounmute, adjectivemute, nounmyopia, nounmyopic, adjectivemyxomatosis, nounnarcolepsy, nounnausea, nounnauseate, verbnauseous, adjectivenearsighted, adjectivenervous breakdown, nounnettle rash, nounneuralgia, nounneurosis, nounneurotic, adjectivenosebleed, nounnotifiable, adjectiveNSU, nounobesity, nounoff-colour, adjectiveoperate, verboperation, nounophthalmic, adjectiveophthalmology, noun-osis, suffixosteoarthritis, nounosteopathy, nounosteoporosis, nounoutpatient, nounoverbite, nounpacemaker, nounpaediatrics, nounpale, adjectivepallid, adjectivepallor, nounpalpitate, verbpalpitations, nounpalsy, nounpandemic, nounparalyse, verbparalysed, adjectiveparalysis, nounparalytic, adjectiveparalytic, nounparanoia, nounparaplegia, nounparaplegic, nounparasitic, adjectiveParkinson's disease, nounparoxysm, nounpasty, adjectivepasty-faced, adjectivepathogen, nounpathological, adjectivepathology, nounpeaked, adjectivepeaky, adjectivepellagra, nounpeptic ulcer, nounperforated, adjectiveperiod pain, nounperitonitis, nounpernicious anaemia, nounpersecution complex, nounpestilence, nounpestilential, adjectivepetit mal, nounpharyngitis, nounphlebitis, nounphlegm, noun-phobic, suffixphysiotherapy, nounpigeon-toed, adjectivepins and needles, nounplacebo, nounplague, nounplaque, nounplaster cast, nounpleurisy, nounPMS, nounPMT, nounpneumonia, nounpockmark, nounpockmarked, adjectivepoisoning, nounpolio, nounpolyp, nounpoor, adjectivepost-traumatic stress disorder, nounpremenstrual tension, nounprescribe, verbprescription, nounpreventive medicine, nounprickle, verbprickly heat, nounprognosis, nounprolapse, nounprophylactic, adjectiveprophylactic, nounprophylaxis, nounpsoriasis, nounpsychopath, nounpsychosis, nounpsychosomatic, adjectivepsychotic, adjectivepuffy, adjectivepull, verbpurulent, adjectivepus, nounpustule, nounqueasy, adjectiverabid, adjectiverabies, nounradiation sickness, nounradiography, nounrash, nounraw, adjectivereact, verbreaction, nounreceive, verbrecuperate, verbrecuperative, adjectiveregurgitate, verbrelapse, verbremission, nounrepetitive strain injury, nounresistance, nounrespond, verbretch, verbRhesus factor, nounrheumatic, adjectiverheumatic fever, nounrheumatism, nounrheumatoid arthritis, nounrickets, nounringworm, nounRSI, nounrubella, nounrun-down, adjectiverunny, adjectiverupture, nounsaddle-sore, adjectivesalmonella, nounscab, nounscabby, adjectivescabies, nounscald, verbscald, nounscaly, adjectivescar, nounscar, verbscarlet fever, nounschizophrenia, nounsciatica, nounsclerosis, nounscrape, verbscrape, nounscratch, nounscurvy, nounseasick, adjectiveseizure, nounself-examination, nounsenile, adjectivesenile dementia, nounsenseless, adjectivesepsis, nounseptic, adjectivesepticaemia, nounserum, nounset, verbsexually transmitted disease, nounshell shock, nounshell-shocked, adjectiveshingles, nounshock, nounshort-sighted, adjectivesickle-cell anaemia, nounsickly, adjectivesickness, nounside effect, nounsightless, adjectivesimple fracture, nounsleeping sickness, nounslipped disc, nounsmallpox, nounsnakebite, nounsnow blindness, nounsore, adjectivesore, nounspastic, adjectivespecial needs, nounspecimen, nounspina bifida, nounsprain, verbsputum, nounsquint, verbsquint, nounstammer, nounstarvation, nounstarve, verbSTD, nounstomachache, nounstone, nounstrain, nounstrain, verbstrangulated, adjectivestrep throat, nounstroke, nounsty, nounsuccumb, verbsufferer, nounsunstroke, nounsuperbug, nounsurgical, adjectiveswelling, nounswollen, adjectivesymptom, nounsymptomatic, adjectivesyndrome, nounsyphilis, nounTB, nountear, verbtetanus, nountherapeutic, adjectivetherapy, nounthrombosis, nounthrush, nountic, nountight, adjectivetingle, verbtinnitus, nountipsy, adjectivetonsillitis, nountoothache, nountorment, nountourniquet, nountoxaemia, nountoxic shock syndrome, nountraction, nountransfusion, nountrauma, nountravel sickness, nountreatment, nountremor, nountuberculosis, nountumour, nountunnel vision, nountwinge, nountwitch, nountyphoid, nountyphus, nounulcer, nounulcerate, verbultrasound, noununderweight, adjectiveundressed, adjectiveunhealthy, adjectiveuntreated, adjectivevaccinate, verbvaccine, nounvaricose veins, nounVD, nounvenereal disease, nounverruca, nounvertigo, nounviral, adjectivevirology, nounvirulent, adjectivevomit, verbvomit, nounwart, nounweak, adjectiveweal, nounweep, verbwheeze, verbwheeze, nounwheezy, adjectivewhiplash, nounwhooping cough, nounwind, nounwithered, adjectivewound, nounwrench, verbwriter's cramp, nounyaws, nounyeast infection, nounyellow fever, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 She used to have fits as a baby.
 people who suffer from epileptic fits
 He had a violent coughing fit.
 We were all in fits of laughter trying to clear up the mess.
 Carl had us all in fits (=made us laugh a lot) with his stories.
 The dress was a perfect fit.
 I managed to get everything into the suitcase, but it was a tight fit.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=an occasion when someone suddenly becomes angry)· His occasional outbursts of anger shocked those around him.
(=cut to fit a room, and fixed to the floor)· Do you prefer rugs or a fitted carpet?
(=cut it to fit a room and fix it to the floor)· Will it cost extra to have the carpet fitted?
· Rogers doesn’t fit into either category.
 My mother threw a conniption fit when I didn’t come home till two in the morning.
British English (=ones that are there permanently and cannot be moved)· The kitchen has built-in cupboards.
(=be like the person in a police description)· The first man they arrested did not fit the description given by the victim.
 He had an epileptic fit.
· I couldn’t get to the gym, so I did a few keep-fit exercises in my bedroom.
(=a short time when you laugh a lot in a way you cannot control)· The boys collapsed in a fit of giggles.
(=because a sudden feeling of jealousy makes you do something)· In a fit of jealousy, Ben broke off their engagement.
 Peter cycles to work to keep fit.
(=a period in which you laugh uncontrollably)· Her funny stories had us in fits of laughter.
(=be like other things of the same type)· She doesn't fit the mould of the stereotypical mother.
(also conform to a pattern formal) (=match a particular pattern)· Last week’s bombing fits this pattern.
· It is important to keep yourself physically fit.
 He stormed out in a fit of pique.
(=it should be appropriate)· The public believe that the punishment should fit the crime.
· In a fit of rage, he seized the poor man by the shoulders and shouted at him.
· Decide what kind of table and chairs will fit best into the space.
(=be like the usual idea of something)· He doesn’t fit the stereotype of a Stanford student.
(=when you are very angry for a short time)· A businessman assaulted his wife and son in a fit of temper, a court heard yesterday.
 The jacket is rather a tight fit (=it fits too tightly).
 Six in the car will be a tight squeeze.
(=wardrobes built against a wall or fitted between two walls)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· To support the foot during play there is a lateral support strap which also ensures that the shoe has a close fit.· The easiest way to rectify this is to carefully file away any excess metal until a closer fit is achieved.· Thousands of plants and animals reveal a close fit between the divisions revealed by genes and the groups long used by classifiers.· The first was its close fit with observed inheritance.· Technical advances in fleece continue apace such as with the stretch version which gives improved insulation and greater mobility through a closer fit.· It doesn't have to be a close fit, initially you want a very loose fitting so there's a draught.
· This time, it did not dissolve into a coughing fit.· All thoughts of her had vanished in the midst of his hunger pangs and coughing fits.· Mrs Wright had a coughing fit, holding her chest and her eyes watering.· He put the phone down and had a violent coughing fit.· Suddenly a coughing fit seized him and a stab of agony lanced through him from back to front.
· We are able to resume ourselves after sleep, after an alcoholic stupor, after an epileptic fit, after prolonged coma.· When you pulled her close, she shook all over as if she were having an epileptic fit.· Doctors at the National Epilepsy centre at the Park hospital in Oxford carry out research into what can trigger epileptic fits.· Jean's son Darren died from a major epileptic fit three months after this interview.· Mr Ballantyne said that he ran out of a drug used to control Mr Stockton's epileptic fits.· He said he had never known a child die of an epileptic fit.· Sadly, Rose suffered a major setback one day, when she had a grand mal epileptic fit.
· The evening suit was not a good fit and he looked as though he was part of a Marx brothers film.· In what ways is the job a good fit for you? 2.· This has been mostly in agricultural chemicals where tonnages have proved a good fit with Hickson's type of batch equipment.· Starr is a good fit for other reasons.· I had to admit that the frame was a good fit.· In some ways the job had been a good fit, since he was clearly the best technical problem-solver in the organization.· Try to find a shop that sells half-sizes and, even better, different widths to ensure a good fit.· The concept was a good fit for Costco and Portland, where the company has its highest volume store.
· In my own travels, I found a loose fit between learning that occurred at the workplace and in schools.
· Johnson is a perfect fit for Mississippi State.· Sharp young coach and a perfect fit for a brand new team bursting with demographics.· If we have a perfect fit between what we want and what we get we do not bother about priorities.· I wanted him back because I thought he was a perfect fit for David as far as being vocal.· The priorities are obviously included in the perfect fit.· And for much of the play, it looks like an almost perfect fit.· It's also the same height as your kitchen units for a perfect fit.· Ogden and Arizona seem a perfect fit.
· After turning the Disc you have a tighter fit, but not necessarily a better one.· It was going to be a tight fit.· This tighter fit enables caffeine to plug the receptor, thus preventing adenosine from binding.· He got up as quickly as the tight fit of the table in the breakfast nook would allow.· We arrive in Paris, and make a tight fit into a tiny chambre de bonne in the Fifteenth Arrondissement.· Our two-part feature on Jack Alcock concludes on page 37. Tight fit.
VERB
· I assumed she could sleep straight through a coughing fit.
· In putting a jigsaw puzzle together he may move the pieces around to improve his chances of finding a fit.· In my own travels, I found a loose fit between learning that occurred at the workplace and in schools.
· It has continued in fits and starts ever since.· But civilization was approaching in fits and starts.· This means the machine tends to go forward in fits and starts, sometimes quite quickly but at other times embarrassingly slowly.· The conversation is awkward, moving in fits and starts.· Although change often unfolds in fits and starts, organisations can learn to improve.· What was their history: had they progressed smoothly or with fits and starts?· Street lighting is spasmodic and piped water comes in sluggish fits and starts.· In fits and starts he told Seton, Ramsay, Gray and others the sorry tale.
· He hasn't suffered another fit since.· Quite unharmed by her experience but suffering from a fit of the sulks.· Perhaps she had suffered a small fit after all, or could it have been a touch of fever?· After Darren was born, he had to stay in hospital an extra ten days because he suffered from epileptic fits.· Last November we had the distressing experience of seeing Sam suffer an epileptic fit.
· But nobody anticipated that Bob Dole would throw a nicotine fit.· When I refused he threw a fit.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Mom's going to have a fit when she sees what you've done.
  • But it was clear to all that the then Massachusetts governor would have fit snugly into the capital cocoon.
  • He started to have fits and he suffered permanent damage.
  • He would have fit in perfectly back in 1956, the last time they had a Subway Series.
  • I have fitted the 31/10.15 tyres to 15 x 7 rims.
  • It would definitely not have fitted those of Marthe and myself.
  • She continued to have fits and suffered serious and permanent brain damage.
  • The 2-year-old threw fits, but not just the normal toddler tantrums.
  • There must be hundreds, maybe thousands, of sea anglers who have fitted a Decca-receiving navigator to their own boat.
  • Electoral reform is moving ahead in fits and starts.
  • Although change often unfolds in fits and starts, organisations can learn to improve.
  • But civilization was approaching in fits and starts.
  • But his proposals for electoral reform, now moving ahead in fits and starts, contain no such provision.
  • He spoke in fits and starts.
  • It has continued in fits and starts ever since.
  • The conversation is awkward, moving in fits and starts.
  • This means the machine tends to go forward in fits and starts, sometimes quite quickly but at other times embarrassingly slowly.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • A floral design with a Regency stripe background, for example, fits the bill perfectly.
  • And the martini fits the bill?
  • But it also fits the bill because people could order their favorite liquor.
  • It is revealing, therefore, to see what sort of people are thought to fit the bill in these places.
  • It just happened that Bobby filled the bill in this case.
  • Many other jobs get handed out simply because a minister happens to know some one who might fit the bill.
  • The fact that she and Hugh happened to fit the bill seemed to give her every opportunity for finding out.
  • The martini perfectly fits the bill because of its simplicity.
► somebody’s face doesn’t fit
  • Consequently, it hosts an excellent wild brown trout population and fish are pink-fleshed and fighting fit, averaging 10oz in weight.
  • Masie had responded brilliantly to treatment and seemed fighting fit.
  • She was taken in by Maggie Taylor and now five month old Teka is fighting fit and lapping up all the attention.
► ready/fit for the knacker’s yard
  • A brief moment of madness, I admit.
  • Essex are likely to fine Neil Foster for his moments of madness yesterday.
  • Francis made his will in a moment of madness.
  • Grandcourt finds Gwendolen screaming in a fit of madness.
  • He wondered if the bad blood of the d'Urbervilles was to blame for this moment of madness.
  • In a moment of madness Rosenoir kicked Alan Kernaghan as he lay on the ground.
  • It was a moment of madness.
  • Just that one brief moment of madness ... Then the bitter tears of self-reproach.
  • And as all we fifths of six know, life is, ahem, strictly survival of the fittest.
  • It is survival of the fittest out there and if I had to do it again I believe I would.
  • Skiing involves the survival of the fittest.
  • The law of the survival of the fittest was not made by man.
  • These are metaphors of battle, struggle and the survival of the fittest.
  • They call it survival of the fittest, although it's their own survival they are now worried about.
  • We are now entering the era of strict personal accountability, value for money, and survival of the fittest.
  • Rogers threw a fit when he didn't get the sales account.
  • But she could not go home, given how she felt; fit to throw a tantrum.
  • Hannah cried furiously and frequently threw tantrums when she had to put them on in the morning.
  • He threw a tantrum when she complained he should have treated her earlier.
  • He could throw a tantrum or a punch.
  • If you have children, you may have experienced them coming home from school and immediately throwing a tantrum in front of you.
  • Try to avoid surprises and avoid throwing a tantrum yourself.
  • You will not scream and throw a tantrum.
  • A violent headache can be safely dissolved within minutes without having to resort to aspirin or paracetamol with their accompanying side-effects.
  • He still paid with violent headaches, but it could have been so much worse.
  • They were both attacked, one having a violent headache, the other being possessed as I now realised I had been.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounfitfittingfitnessfittermisfitadjectivefittedfittingfit ≠ unfitverbfitadverbfittingly
1emotion [countable] a time when you feel an emotion very strongly and cannot control your behaviourfit of She killed him in a fit of temper. He quit his job in a fit of drunken depression.2lose consciousness [countable] a short period of time when someone loses consciousness and cannot control their body because their brain is not working properly:  She used to have fits as a baby. people who suffer from epileptic fits3laugh/cough [countable] a short time during which you laugh or cough a lot in a way that you cannot control:  He had a violent coughing fit.fit of The girls collapsed into a fit of the giggles. We were all in fits of laughter trying to clear up the mess. Carl had us all in fits (=made us laugh a lot) with his stories.4have/throw a fit informal to be very angry or shocked:  If your mother finds out about this, she’ll have a fit.5right size [singular] the way in which something fits on your body or fits into a space:  The dress was a perfect fit. I managed to get everything into the suitcase, but it was a tight fit.6suitable [singular] formal if there is a fit between two things, they are similar to each other or are suitable for each otherfit between We must be sure that there’s a fit between the needs of the children and the education they receive.7in/by fits and starts if something happens in fits and starts, it does not happen smoothly, but keeps starting and then stopping again:  Technology advances by fits and starts. He spoke in fits and starts.
fit1 verbfit2 adjectivefit3 nounfit4 verb
fitfit4 verb (past tense and past participle fitted, present participle fitting) [intransitive] British English Verb Table
VERB TABLE
fit
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyfit
he, she, itfits
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyfitted
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave fitted
he, she, ithas fitted
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad fitted
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill fit
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have fitted
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Assess how your possessions fit into your new lifestyle together.
  • He had to get his suits tailored to fit him.
  • Johnson found it full of weeds; today it is tailored and fitted.
  • On the plus side, a fold-down Plexiglas cover is fitted to the front of the saw, ahead of the blade.
  • Ptolemy's epicycles could still fit the data.
  • The concept fitted the times, for this was a yeasty period.
  • There are definite health benefits to being fit.
  • They had altered the dress so that it fitted perfectly.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
to put a piece of equipment somewhere and connect it so that it is ready to be used: · The company is installing a new computer system.· How much does it cost to install central heating?
to install something. Put in is more common in everyday English than install and is used especially about things that are not very complicated to install: · The workmen are coming to put the new windows in today.· They removed the bath and put in a shower instead.
to put a new part or piece of equipment into or onto something: · I had to fit new locks after the burglary.· All vehicles must have seat belts fitted.
to put cables or a carpet in the correct place on the ground: · Work on laying the telephone cables has not yet begun.· Two workmen were laying carpet tiles in the kitchen.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=an occasion when someone suddenly becomes angry)· His occasional outbursts of anger shocked those around him.
(=cut to fit a room, and fixed to the floor)· Do you prefer rugs or a fitted carpet?
(=cut it to fit a room and fix it to the floor)· Will it cost extra to have the carpet fitted?
· Rogers doesn’t fit into either category.
 My mother threw a conniption fit when I didn’t come home till two in the morning.
British English (=ones that are there permanently and cannot be moved)· The kitchen has built-in cupboards.
(=be like the person in a police description)· The first man they arrested did not fit the description given by the victim.
 He had an epileptic fit.
· I couldn’t get to the gym, so I did a few keep-fit exercises in my bedroom.
(=a short time when you laugh a lot in a way you cannot control)· The boys collapsed in a fit of giggles.
(=because a sudden feeling of jealousy makes you do something)· In a fit of jealousy, Ben broke off their engagement.
 Peter cycles to work to keep fit.
(=a period in which you laugh uncontrollably)· Her funny stories had us in fits of laughter.
(=be like other things of the same type)· She doesn't fit the mould of the stereotypical mother.
(also conform to a pattern formal) (=match a particular pattern)· Last week’s bombing fits this pattern.
· It is important to keep yourself physically fit.
 He stormed out in a fit of pique.
(=it should be appropriate)· The public believe that the punishment should fit the crime.
· In a fit of rage, he seized the poor man by the shoulders and shouted at him.
· Decide what kind of table and chairs will fit best into the space.
(=be like the usual idea of something)· He doesn’t fit the stereotype of a Stanford student.
(=when you are very angry for a short time)· A businessman assaulted his wife and son in a fit of temper, a court heard yesterday.
 The jacket is rather a tight fit (=it fits too tightly).
 Six in the car will be a tight squeeze.
(=wardrobes built against a wall or fitted between two walls)
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • A floral design with a Regency stripe background, for example, fits the bill perfectly.
  • And the martini fits the bill?
  • But it also fits the bill because people could order their favorite liquor.
  • It is revealing, therefore, to see what sort of people are thought to fit the bill in these places.
  • It just happened that Bobby filled the bill in this case.
  • Many other jobs get handed out simply because a minister happens to know some one who might fit the bill.
  • The fact that she and Hugh happened to fit the bill seemed to give her every opportunity for finding out.
  • The martini perfectly fits the bill because of its simplicity.
► somebody’s face doesn’t fit
  • Consequently, it hosts an excellent wild brown trout population and fish are pink-fleshed and fighting fit, averaging 10oz in weight.
  • Masie had responded brilliantly to treatment and seemed fighting fit.
  • She was taken in by Maggie Taylor and now five month old Teka is fighting fit and lapping up all the attention.
► ready/fit for the knacker’s yard
  • A brief moment of madness, I admit.
  • Essex are likely to fine Neil Foster for his moments of madness yesterday.
  • Francis made his will in a moment of madness.
  • Grandcourt finds Gwendolen screaming in a fit of madness.
  • He wondered if the bad blood of the d'Urbervilles was to blame for this moment of madness.
  • In a moment of madness Rosenoir kicked Alan Kernaghan as he lay on the ground.
  • It was a moment of madness.
  • Just that one brief moment of madness ... Then the bitter tears of self-reproach.
  • And as all we fifths of six know, life is, ahem, strictly survival of the fittest.
  • It is survival of the fittest out there and if I had to do it again I believe I would.
  • Skiing involves the survival of the fittest.
  • The law of the survival of the fittest was not made by man.
  • These are metaphors of battle, struggle and the survival of the fittest.
  • They call it survival of the fittest, although it's their own survival they are now worried about.
  • We are now entering the era of strict personal accountability, value for money, and survival of the fittest.
  • Rogers threw a fit when he didn't get the sales account.
  • But she could not go home, given how she felt; fit to throw a tantrum.
  • Hannah cried furiously and frequently threw tantrums when she had to put them on in the morning.
  • He threw a tantrum when she complained he should have treated her earlier.
  • He could throw a tantrum or a punch.
  • If you have children, you may have experienced them coming home from school and immediately throwing a tantrum in front of you.
  • Try to avoid surprises and avoid throwing a tantrum yourself.
  • You will not scream and throw a tantrum.
  • A violent headache can be safely dissolved within minutes without having to resort to aspirin or paracetamol with their accompanying side-effects.
  • He still paid with violent headaches, but it could have been so much worse.
  • They were both attacked, one having a violent headache, the other being possessed as I now realised I had been.
 to have a seizure (=a sudden condition in which someone cannot control the movements of their body):  The patient was fitting.
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