fitnessnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈfɪt.nəs/us/ˈfɪt.nəs/fitness noun [ U ] (HEALTH)
B1 the condition of being physically strong and healthy:
I'm trying to improve my fitness by cycling to work.
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- His interest in personal fitness borders on the monomaniacal.
- We saw a victory by an athlete at the very peak of her fitness and career.
- His dancing technique is good, but he needs to work on his fitness.
- We're in an era of fitness and health worship.
- She has her own personal fitness instructor.
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Animal physiology: fit & healthy
- agile
- amazon
- an apple a day keeps the doctor away idiom
- apple
- athleticism
- be (as) fit as a fiddle idiom
- be (as) right as rain idiom
- beach-ready
- bouncing
- clean
- fighting fit
- foot
- healthy
- iron man
- limber
- lithe
- muscle-bound
- strength
- sturdy
- virility
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fitness noun [ U ] (SUITABLE QUALITY)
how suitable someone or something is:
His fitness for the new position is not in question.
[ + to infinitive ] Many people are concerned about her fitness to govern.
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Suitable and acceptable
- able
- acceptable
- accepted
- accordingly
- age-appropriate
- correct
- doctor
- felicitous
- fit in
- fit in with sth
- fitting
- germane
- horse
- keeping
- rightly
- satisfaction
- seasonable
- seemly
- sit
- sit right/well (with sb) idiom
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