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[ verb ] be agreeable or acceptable to
Synonyms Examples "This suits my needs" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Walnut , wormy chestnut , pecan , three varieties of burl , hand-woven Philippine cane , ceramic tiles , marble are used to emphasize the feeling of texture and of permanence , the furniture to fit into rooms with tiled floors , brick or paneled walls , windows that bring_in the outdoors . (Richard B. Morris, "Seven Who Set Our Destiny"...)Madison once remarked : `` My life has been so_much a public one '' , a comment which fits the careers of the other six . |
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[ verb ] be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
Synonyms Examples "This skirt won't go around your waist" Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Although the armored vest fitted the upper part of his body snugly , he felt no security . |
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[ verb ] satisfy a condition or restriction
Synonyms Examples "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" Used in print (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)The simple , naked idea of one man chasing another is of its nature better fitted for the film than it is for any other form of fiction . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make fit
Examples "fit a dress" "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out" Used in print (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)Some time in 1912 , Picasso cut_out and folded a piece_of_paper in the shape of a guitar ; to this he glued and fitted other pieces_of_paper and four taut strings , thus creating a sequence of flat surfaces in real and sculptural space to which there clung only the vestige of a picture_plane . Related terms |
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[ verb ] insert or adjust several objects or people
Examples "Can you fit the toy into the box?" "This man can't fit himself into our work environment" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Yet it is the accumulation of distortion , the fitting together of fractional bits until the total reaches the threshold of our awareness , that makes records sound like records . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)With leather cups fitted in his handlebars , he steered his bicycle . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] meeting adequate standards for a purpose
Examples "a fit subject for discussion" "it is fit and proper that you be there" "water fit to drink" "fit for duty" "do as you see fit to" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)An Alabamian wrote : `` Col._Henry is [ an ignoramus ] fit for nothing higher than the cultivation of corn '' . A Floridian stated that his officers were `` not fit to tote_guts_to_a_bear '' . (Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)`` Why , I 'm not fit to touch the hem of her garment '' . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
Examples "The two stories don't agree in many details" "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check" "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)The useful suggestion of Professor_David_Hawkins which considers culture as a third stage in biological evolution fits quite beautifully then with our suggestion that science has provided us with a rather successful technique for building protective artificial environments . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)The place of religion in the simple , preliterate societies is quite definite ; as a complex it fits into the whole social_organization and functions dominantly in every part of_it . |
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[ adjective ] (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed
Examples "in no fit state to continue" "fit to drop" "laughing fit to burst" "she was fit to scream" "primed for a fight" "we are set to go at any time" Used in print (Doris Miles Disney, Mrs. Meeker's Money....)Garth was prepared to be helpful in what he referred to with fastidious distaste as this unfortunate Johnston affair , which would not , he said more than once , have ever come_about if Mrs._Meeker had only seen fit to consult Mr._Hohlbein or him about it . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a display of bad temper
Synonyms Examples "he had a fit" "she threw a tantrum" "he made a scene" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)Something of this can be learned from `` The_Way_to_the_Churchyard '' ( 1901 ) , an anecdote about an old failure whose fit of anger at a passing cyclist causes him to die of a stroke or seizure . Piepsam calls the cyclist `` cur '' and `` puppy '' among other things , and at the crisis of his fit a little fox-terrier stands before him and howls into his face . (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)Max , in a fit of despair , takes Alicia and runs_off for two marvelous weeks in Burbank ( Fink calls it `` the most wonderful and lovely fourteen days in my whole life '' ) , at the end of which Alicia tragically contracts Parkinson's_disease and dies . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (medicine) physically and mentally sound or healthy
Synonyms Examples "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday" "keeps fit with diet and exercise" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Also , perhaps , table-tennis and other indoor sports to keep them fit and contented . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)President_Kennedy has asked that we become a physically fit nation . To be fit , one has_to start early with young children , and today the only person who really reaches such children is the teacher of dance . |
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[ noun ] (medicine) a sudden uncontrollable attack
Synonyms Examples "a paroxysm of giggling" "a fit of coughing" "convulsions of laughter" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)This passion brings_on a fit which proves fatal . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)It went right on creaking under his own considerable weight , and all it needed , Harold thought , was for somebody to fling himself back in a fit of laughter and that would be the end of_it . Related terms |
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[ verb ] provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
Examples "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" Used in print (Richard Sanders Allen, "When Fogg Flew the Mail"...)The ship was a Waco biplane , one of the first two of its type to be fitted with the air cooled , 225 HP_Wright radial_engine known as the Whirlwind . |
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[ verb ] conform to some shape or size
Examples "How does this shirt fit?" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)He says the state , in_order_to proceed with economic development , must develop an understanding of how the various parts of its economy fit together and dovetail into the national economy . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make correspond or harmonize
Synonyms Examples "Match my sweater" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
Synonyms Examples "a burst of applause" "a fit of housecleaning" Related terms |
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