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fitness
has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ noun ] the condition of being suitable
Synonyms Examples "they had to prove their fitness for the position" Used in print (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)Broad and Ross have lately contended that this fitness is one of the main facts of ethics , and I suspect they are right . whether there is such fitness or not , we all assume that there is , and if we do , we express in moral judgments more than the subjectivists say we do . In such a case , any attitude would be as fitting or unfitting as any other , which means that the notion of fitness has lost all point . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (medicine) good physical condition; being in shape or in condition
Synonyms Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)If a nation wished to get a head_start in physical fitness over all other nations , it would start its kindergarten students on a program of gymnastics the day they entered and thus eliminate a large_number of the problems that plague American schools . |
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[ noun ] fitness to traverse the seas
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[ noun ] the quality of being qualified
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