Definition of Fit

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Definition of Fit

Fit

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus.

Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.

Prepared; ready.

Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper.

To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation.

To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc.

To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required.

To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits you, put it on.

To be proper or becoming.

To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.

The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer.

The coincidence of parts that come in contact.

The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.

A stroke or blow.

A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness.

A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of passion, or of laughter.

A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or insction; an impulse and irregular action.

A darting point; a sudden emission.

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Fit Quotations

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
Thomas Jefferson

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
Zig Ziglar

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
Albert Einstein

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
Mark Twain

A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.
Mohandas Gandhi

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.
Ayn Rand

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the (be?) worthy of being known.
Confucius

Fit Translations

fit in Afrikaans is pas
fit in Danish is passe
fit in Dutch is afstemmen, aanpassen, adapteren
fit in Finnish is kelvata
fit in French is adapter
fit in Italian is accompagnarsi, montare
fit in Latin is congruus, competo, commodus, opportunus, decorus
fit in Norwegian is skikket, passende
fit in Portuguese is ajuste
fit in Spanish is adaptar, acomodar

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