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fit
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
Possibly from Middle English fit (“an adversary of equal power”).
Adjective
fit (comparative fitter, superlative fittest)
- Suitable, proper.
- Adapted to a purpose or environment.
- In good shape; physically well.
- (Britain, informal, chiefly slang) Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.
- Prepared; ready.
- So fit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitting, simple past and past participle fitted or fit)
- (transitive) To be suitable for.
- 1918, Richard Dennis Teall Hollister, Speech-making, publ. George Wahr, pg. 81:
- The speaker should be certain that his subject fits the occasion.
- 1918, Richard Dennis Teall Hollister, Speech-making, publ. George Wahr, pg. 81:
- (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
- (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape
- 2016 February 2, Kate Winslet & al., Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Even though in a way you let him freeze to death in the water, because the way I see it...
I agree. Y'know, I think he actually could have fitted on that bit of door.
There was plenty of room on the raft.
I know. I know, I know.
- Even though in a way you let him freeze to death in the water, because the way I see it...
- 2016 February 2, Kate Winslet & al., Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
- (transitive) To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
- (transitive) To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
- (transitive) To be in agreement with.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
- (transitive) To equip or supply.
- (transitive) To make ready.
- (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
- To be proper or becoming.
- (intransitive) To be in harmony.
Usage notes
- In senses 1 to 6, this is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
fit (plural fits)
- The degree to which something fits.
- Conformity of elements one to another.
- The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
- (advertising) Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
- (statistics) Goodness of fit.
- (bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.
Usage notes
Usually used in the singular preceded by an indefinite article and an adjective.
Translations
References
- (advertising): The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, Washington, April 2005
Etymology 2
Unknown, possibly from Old English fitt (“song”), or from the sense of fitted to length.
Noun
fit (plural fits)
- (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
- 1771, Samuel Johnson, "Letter to Bennet Langton, Esq. (March 20)," in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol 2:
- Dr. Percy has written a long ballad in many fits.
- 1771, Samuel Johnson, "Letter to Bennet Langton, Esq. (March 20)," in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol 2:
References
- Oxford English Dictionary: fit, fyte n. 1
Etymology 3
Unknown, possibly from Old English fitt (“conflict”).Probably cognate with Italian fitta (“pain, especially sudden and stabbing pain”).See more at Latin f?gere.
Noun
fit (plural fits)
- A seizure or convulsion.
- (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
- A sudden outburst of emotion.
- Synonyms: blowout, hissy, tantrum, spell, moment
- A sudden burst (of an activity).
- Synonyms: flurry, frenzy, paroxysm
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitting, simple past and past participle fitted)
- (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.
- 2016, 18 May, Three dogs die and seven more ill after drinking from the same Kent lake amid contamination fears (in The Telegraph)
- A spokesman said: "It is believed they (the dogs) got into the lake and drank from it. They came out and started fitting. Shortly after that three of them died and vets are attempting to resuscitate the other one."
- 2016, 18 May, Three dogs die and seven more ill after drinking from the same Kent lake amid contamination fears (in The Telegraph)
Etymology 4
Verb
fit
- (African-American Vernacular, dated) Fought.
- Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
- Joshua fit the battle of Jericho and the walls came tumbling down
- Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Anagrams
- ITF, TIF, if't
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Of onomatopoetic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fit]
Noun
fit (definite accusative fiti, plural fitl?r)
- whistle
- siren (a device that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device)
Declension
Derived terms
- fit çalmaq (“to whistle”)
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?fit/
- Rhymes: -it
Adjective
fit (feminine fita, masculine plural fits, feminine plural fites)
- fixed (of eyes, regard, etc.)
Noun
fit m (plural fits)
- target
Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from English fit.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fit
- (Cantonese) fit (physically well; in good shape)
Czech
Adjective
fit
- fit, healthy
Usage notes
- This adjective is indeclinable.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?t
Adjective
fit (comparative fitter, superlative fitst)
- fit (in good shape)
Inflection
French
Pronunciation
Verb
fit
- third-person singular past historic of faire
German
Etymology
From English fit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Adjective
fit (comparative fitter, superlative am fittesten)
- fit (in good physical shape)
Declension
Derived terms
- Fitmacher
- Fitness (rarely Fitheit)
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??t/
- Rhymes: -??t
Noun
fit f (genitive singular fitjar, nominative plural fitjar)
- (zoology) web, interdigital webbing, a membrane that connects the digits of an animal
- (knitting) a casting on, casting on
Declension
Related terms
- breiðafit
- fitja
- fuglafit
- fuglsfit
- gullfit
- hundafit
- lykkjufit
- Halldórufit
- silfurfit
- skollafit
- sundfit
Further reading
- A deliberation on the word "fit" on the Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum ("Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies")
Latin
Verb
fit
- third-person singular present passive indicative of faci?
- third-person singular present active indicative of f??
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From English fit, probably through German fit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fit/
- Rhymes: -it
Adjective
fit (masculine fitten, neuter fit, comparative méi fit, superlative am fitsten)
- fit (in good shape)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse fit.
Noun
fit f (definite singular fita or fiti, indefinite plural fitjar or fiter, definite plural fitjane or fitene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by fet
Old Norse
Noun
fit f (genitive fitjar, plural fitjar)
- (zoology, anatomy) webbed foot (of swimming birds)
- (zoology, anatomy) flippers (of a seal)
- (landform) meadowland on the banks of a lake or river
Declension
References
- fit in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Scots
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
fit (plural fits)
- foot
- lower end (of a street, river, field etc)
Derived terms
- fitbaw
Verb
fit (third-person singular present fits, present participle fitin, past fitt, past participle fitt)
- to foot
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronoun
fit
- Doric form of what
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fit]
Noun
fit (nominative plural fits)
- (male or female) fish (cold-blooded vertebrate)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
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address
English
Etymology
From Middle English adressen (“to raise erect, adorn”), from Old French adrecier (“to straighten, address”) (modern French adresser), from a- (from Latin ad (“to”)) + drecier (modern French dresser (“to straighten, arrange”)) < Vulgar Latin *d?recti?, from Latin d?rectus (“straight or right”), from the verb d?rig?, itself from reg? (“to govern, to rule”). Cognate with Spanish aderezar (“to garnish; dress (food); to add spices”).
Pronunciation
- Noun:
- enPR: ?dr?s?, ??dr?s, IPA(key): /??d??s/, /?æd??s/
- Verb:
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?dr?s?, IPA(key): /??d??s/
- (General American, Canada) enPR: ?dr?s?, ?dr?s?, IPA(key): /??d??s/, /æ?d??s/
- (General American, rare) enPR: ??dr?s, IPA(key): /?æd??s/
- Rhymes: -?s
- Hyphenation: ad?dress
Noun
address (plural addresses)
- Direction.
- (obsolete) Guidance; help. [15th–17th c.]
- (chiefly in the plural, now archaic) A polite approach made to another person, especially of a romantic nature; an amorous advance. [from 16th c.]
- 1723, Richard Steele, The Lover and Reader, page 115:
- [H]e was thus agreeable, and I neither insensible of his Perfections, nor displeased at his Addresses to me […] .
- 1723, Richard Steele, The Lover and Reader, page 115:
- A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style. [from 16th c.]
- A formal approach to a sovereign, especially an official appeal or petition; later (specifically) a response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament. [from 17th c.]
- An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this. [from 17th c.]
- 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, VII:
- Mr. Gregson, who had listened to this address with considerable impatience, could contain himself no longer.
- 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, VII:
- A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter. [from 17th c.]
- (by extension) The property itself. [from 19th c.]
- (computing) A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory; a string of characters identifying a location on the internet or other network; sometimes (specifically) an e-mail address. [from 20th c.]
- Preparation.
- (now rare) Preparedness for some task; resourcefulness; skill, ability. [from 16th c.]
- 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 129:
- The warmth of Father Pedro's constitution had formerly drawn him into some scrapes from which it required all his address to disengage himself, and rendered him exceedingly cautious ever after.
- 1813, "Customs, Manners, and present Appearance of Constantinople", The New Annual Register, or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature for the year 1812, p. 179 (Google preview):
- At their turning-lathes, they employ their toes to guide the chisel; and, in these pedipulations, shew to Europeans a diverting degree of address.
- 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 129:
- (obsolete) The act of getting ready; preparation. [17th–18th c.]
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes:
- But now again she makes address to speak.
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes:
- (golf) The act of bringing the head of the club up to the ball in preparation for swinging. [from 19th c.]
- (now rare) Preparedness for some task; resourcefulness; skill, ability. [from 16th c.]
Synonyms
- adroitness
- discourse
- harangue
- ingenuity
- lecture
- oration
- petition
- readiness
- speech
- tact
Derived terms
- subaddress
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: adres
- ? Bole: adireshi
- ? Cebuano: adres
- ? Sinhalese: ??????? (æ?ras)
- ? Tagalog: adres
Translations
Verb
address (third-person singular simple present addresses, present participle addressing, simple past and past participle addressed or (obsolete) addrest)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To prepare oneself.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To direct speech.
- Young Turnus to the Beauteous Maid addre?s’d.
- (transitive, obsolete) To aim; to direct.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book I Canto X:
- And this good knight his way with me addrest.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book I Canto X:
- (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or make ready.
- Then Turnus, from his chariot, leaping light, Addre?s’d him?elf on foot to ?ingle fight.
- 1649, Jeremy Taylor, The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy Life According to the Christian Institution
- The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming.
- (transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3
- […] good heavens! dumplings for supper! One young fellow in a green box coat, addressed himself to these dumplings in a most direful manner.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3
- (reflexive) To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
- 1701, Thomas Brown, Laconics, or New Maxims of State and Conversation, London: Thomas Hodgson, section 76, p. 103,[1]
- In the Reign of King Charles the Second, a certain Worthy Divine at Whitehall, thus Address’d himself to the Auditory at the conclusion of his Sermon.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter 11,[2]
- He addressed himself directly to Miss Bennet, with a polite congratulation […]
- 1876, Henry Martyn Robert, Robert’s Rules of Order, Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., p. 66, Article V, Section 34,[3]
- When any member is about to speak in debate, he shall rise and respectfully address himself to “Mr. Chairman.”
- 1701, Thomas Brown, Laconics, or New Maxims of State and Conversation, London: Thomas Hodgson, section 76, p. 103,[1]
- (transitive, archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.
- Synonyms: beclothe, dight, put on; see also Thesaurus:clothe
- (Discuss(+) this sense) (transitive) To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
- though the young Heroe had addre?s’d his Prayers to him for his a??i?tance
- (transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.
- Are not your orders to address the senate?
- 1724, Jonathan Swift, Drapier's Letters, 3
- The representatives of the nation in parliament, and the privy council, address the king
- 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
- Rimmer paused for no discernible reason, then yelled, equally inexplicably: 'Shut up!', wheeled round 180º, and appeared to be addressing a dartboard.
- (transitive) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
- (transitive) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
- Synonyms: romance, put the moves on; see also Thesaurus:woo
- (transitive) To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
- (transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.
- 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger
- He stepped away from the sink, put up the toilet ring (Vi complained bitterly if he forgot to put it down when he was through, but never seemed to feel any pressing need to put it back up when she was), and addressed the John.
- 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger
- (transitive, formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
- (transitive, computing) To refer to a location in computer memory.
- (golf, transitive) To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).
Usage notes
- The intransitive uses can be understood as omission of the reflexive pronoun.
Derived terms
- addressee
- addresser
Translations
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?adr?s/
Noun
address (plural addresses)
- an address
Verb
address (third-person singular present addresses, present participle addressin, past addresst, past participle addresst)
- to address
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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