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Definition of fit adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fit

adjective
 
 
/fɪt/
 
/fɪt/
(comparative fitter, superlative fittest)
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    healthy

  1.  
     healthy and strong, especially because you do regular physical exercise
    • Top athletes have to be very fit.
    • She tries to keep fit by jogging every day.
    • Hiking helps keep him physically fit.
    • All the recruits seemed fit and healthy.
    • my new year's resolution to get fit
    • He is back in training after his back injury but is not yet considered match fit (= fit enough to play in a match).
    • fit to do something He won't be fit to play in the match on Saturday.
    • The judge concluded that the applicant was fit to stand trial.
    • fit for something (British English) He's had a bad cold and isn't fit enough for work yet.
    • After two days, Douglas was declared fit for duty.
    • (figurative) The government aims to make British industry leaner and fitter (= employing fewer people and with lower costs).
    opposite unfit
    Synonyms wellwellall right ▪ OK ▪ fine ▪ healthy ▪ strong ▪ fitThese words all describe somebody who is not ill and is in good health.well [not usually before noun] (rather informal) in good health:
    • I’m not feeling very well.
    • Is he well enough to travel?
    Well is used especially to talk about your own health, to ask somebody about their health or to make a comment on it.    all right [not before noun] (rather informal) not feeling ill; not injured:
    • Are you feeling all right?
    OK [not before noun] (informal) not feeling ill; not injured:
    • She says she’s OK now, and will be back at work tomorrow.
     all right or ok?These words are slightly less positive than the other words in this group. They are both used in spoken English to talk about not actually being ill or injured, rather than being positively in good health. Both are rather informal but OK is slightly more informal than all right.fine [not before noun] (not used in negative statements) (rather informal) completely well:
    • ‘How are you?’ ‘Fine, thanks.’
    Fine is used especially to talk about your health, especially when somebody asks you how you are. It is also used to talk about somebody’s health when you are talking to somebody else. Unlike well it is not often used to ask somebody about their health or make a comment on it: Are you keeping fine?     healthy in good health and not likely to become ill:
    • Keep healthy by exercising regularly.
    strong in good health and not suffering from an illness:
    • After a few weeks she was feeling stronger.
    Strong is often used to talk about becoming healthy again after an illness.    fit (especially British English) in good physical health, especially because you take regular physical exercise:
    • I go swimming every day in order to keep fit.
    Patterns
    • all right/​OK/​fit for something
    • all right/​OK/​fit to do something
    • to feel/​look well/​all right/​OK/​fine/​healthy/​strong/​fit
    • to keep (somebody) well/​healthy/​fit
    • perfectly well/​all right/​OK/​fine/​healthy/​fit
    • physically well/​healthy/​strong/​fit
    see also keep-fit
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    • She felt physically fitter and more alive than she could ever remember.
    • A reasonably fit adult should have no difficulty with the climb.
    • She won't compete unless she's fully fit.
    Topics Health and Fitnessa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • for
    phrases
    • as fit as a fiddle
    • fit and healthy
    • fit and well
    • …
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    2.

    suitable

  2.  
     suitable; of the right quality; with the right qualities or skills
    • fit for somebody/something The food was not fit for human consumption.
    • It was a meal fit for a king (= of very good quality).
    • fit for doing something The children seem to think I'm only fit for cooking and washing!
    • fit to do something Your car isn't fit to be on the road!
    • He's so angry he's in no fit state to see anyone.
    • (formal) This is not a fit place for you to live.
    • He was not considered a fit and proper person to run a bank.
    • Schools should be allowed to operate as they deem fit.
    opposite unfit
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • consider something
    • see
    • think
    • …
    preposition
    • for
    phrases
    • fit and proper
    • fit for a king
    • in no fit state
    • …
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    3.

    ready

  3. fit to do something (British English, informal) ready or likely to do something extreme
    • They worked until they were fit to drop (= so tired that they were likely to fall down).
    • I've eaten so much I'm fit to burst.
    • She was laughing fit to burst (= very much).
    4.

    attractive

  4. (British English, informal) sexually attractiveTopics Appearancec2
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    5. Word Originadjective late Middle English: of unknown origin.
Idioms
fighting fit
  1. extremely fit or healthy
(as) fit as a fiddle
  1. (informal) in very good physical condition
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fit for purpose
  1. (of an institution, a system, a thing, etc.) suitable for the function or purpose that it was designed for
    • The minister argued that the education system wasn’t fit for purpose.
    • The new executive flats are fully equipped and fit for purpose.
    • I returned the goods as they weren’t fit for purpose.
see/think fit (to do something)
  1. (formal) to consider it right or acceptable to do something; to decide or choose to do something
    • You must do as you think fit (= but I don't agree with your decision).
    • The newspaper did not see fit to publish my letter (= and I criticize it for that).
the survival of the fittest
  1. the principle that only the people or things that are best adapted to their environment will continue to existTopics Biologyc2
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