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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
fit From the web:
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- what fitness component is push ups
- what fitbit should i buy
- what fitness component is walking
- what fitness component is jumping jacks
- what fitness component is running
- what fitness component is lunges
- what fitness component is jump rope
start
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /st??t/
- (General American) enPR: stärt, IPA(key): /st??t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Etymology 1
From Middle English stert, from the verb sterten (“to start, startle”). See below.
Noun
start (plural starts)
- The beginning of an activity.
- The movie was entertaining from start to finish.
- A sudden involuntary movement.
- He woke with a start.
- 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, Olalla
- The sight of his scared face, his starts and pallors and sudden harkenings, unstrung me […]
- The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
- Captured pieces are returned to the start of the board.
- An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
- Jones has been a substitute before, but made his first start for the team last Sunday.
- (horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
- 2009, Liz Primeau, Steven A. Frowine, Gardening Basics For Canadians For Dummies
- You generally see nursery starts at garden centres in mid to late spring. Small annual plants are generally sold in four-packs or larger packs, with each cell holding a single young plant.
- 2009, Liz Primeau, Steven A. Frowine, Gardening Basics For Canadians For Dummies
- An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
- to get, or have, the start
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? German: Start
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English sterten (“to leap up suddenly, rush out”), from Old English styrtan (“to leap up, start”), from Proto-West Germanic *sturtijan (“to startle, move, set in motion”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“to be stiff”). Cognate with Old Frisian stirta (“to fall down, tumble”), Middle Dutch sterten (“to rush, fall, collapse”) (Dutch storten), Old High German sturzen (“to hurl, plunge, turn upside down”) (German stürzen), Old High German sterzan (“to be stiff, protrude”). More at stare.
Verb
start (third-person singular simple present starts, present participle starting, simple past and past participle started)
- (transitive) To begin, commence, initiate.
- To set in motion.
- April 2, 1716, Joseph Addison, Freeholder No. 30
- I was some years ago engaged in conversation with a fashionable French Abbe, upon a subject which the people of that kingdom love to start in discourse.
- April 2, 1716, Joseph Addison, Freeholder No. 30
- To begin.
- To initiate operation of a vehicle or machine.
- To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
- To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
- 1674, William Temple, letter to The Countess of Essex
- Sensual men agree in the pursuit of every pleasure they can start.
- 1674, William Temple, letter to The Countess of Essex
- To set in motion.
- (intransitive) To begin an activity.
- (intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin.
- To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.
- (intransitive) To jerk suddenly in surprise.
- I start as from some dreadful dream.
- 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard
- Keep your soul to the work when it is ready to start aside.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXXI:
- [...] The tempest's mocking elf / Points to the shipman thus the unseen shelf / He strikes on, only when the timbers start.
- (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
- (transitive) To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.
- c. 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act I, Scene i[2]:
- [...]Upon malicious bravery dost thou come / To start my quiet?
- c. 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act I, Scene i[2]:
- (transitive) To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises
- One, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternon.
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises
- (intransitive) To jerk suddenly in surprise.
- (intransitive) To break away, to come loose.
- (transitive, sports) To put into play.
- 2010, Brian Glanville, The Story of the World Cup: The Essential Companion to South Africa 2010, London: Faber and Faber, ?ISBN, page 361:
- The charge against Zagallo then is not so much that he started Ronaldo, but that when it should surely have been clear that the player was in no fit state to take part he kept him on.
- 2010, Brian Glanville, The Story of the World Cup: The Essential Companion to South Africa 2010, London: Faber and Faber, ?ISBN, page 361:
- (transitive, nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To start one's periods (menstruation).
Usage notes
- In uses 1.1 and 1.2 this is a catenative verb that takes the infinitive (to) or the gerund (-ing) form. There is no change in meaning.
- For more information, see Appendix:English catenative verbs
Antonyms
- stop
- end
Derived terms
- astart
- start-up
- starter
Descendants
- ? Dutch: starten
- ? German: starten
- ? Norman: stèrter
- ? French: starter
- ? Icelandic: starta
- ? Faroese: starta
- ? Norwegian Bokmål: starte
- ? Norwegian Nynorsk: starta
- ? Swedish: starta
- ? Danish: starte
- ? Slovak: štartova?
Translations
See also
Etymology 3
From Middle English stert, start, from Old English steort, stert, from Proto-Germanic *stertaz (“tail”). Cognate with Dutch staart (“tail”), German Sterz (“tail, handle”), Swedish stjärt (“tail, arse”).
Noun
start (plural starts)
- A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
- A handle, especially that of a plough.
- The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
- The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
Derived terms
- redstart
Anagrams
- Strat, Tarts, strat, tarts
Breton
Adjective
start
- firm, strong
- difficult
Derived terms
- startijenn
Further reading
- Herve Ar Bihan, Colloquial Breton, pages 16 and 268: define "start" as "hard, difficult, firm"
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Borrowed from English start.
Noun
start
- start
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[3], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English start.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?start]
Noun
start m
- start (beginning point of a race)
Declension
Related terms
- p?ipravit se, pozor, start
See also
- cíl m
Further reading
- start in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- start in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English start.
Noun
start c (singular definite starten, plural indefinite starter)
- start
Inflection
Verb
start
- imperative of starte
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?rt/
- Hyphenation: start
- Rhymes: -?rt
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English start.
Noun
start m (plural starts, diminutive startje n)
- start
Derived terms
- pikstart
- startbaan
- starten
- startpunt
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
start
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of starten
- imperative of starten
German
Verb
start
- singular imperative of starten
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English start.
Noun
start m (definite singular starten, indefinite plural starter, definite plural startene)
- a start
Derived terms
- omstart
- startsted
Etymology 2
Verb
start
- imperative of starte
References
- “start” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English start.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?rt/
Noun
start m (definite singular starten, indefinite plural startar, definite plural startane)
- a start (beginning)
Verb
start
- imperative of starta
Derived terms
- omstart
References
- “start” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English start.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /start/
Noun
start m inan
- (sports) start (the beginning of a race)
- (aviation) takeoff
- Z niecierpliwo?ci? czeka?am na start samolotu do Pary?a.
- I was impatiently waiting for the plane to Paris to take off. (=for its take-off)
- Z niecierpliwo?ci? czeka?am na start samolotu do Pary?a.
- participation
- Wi?kszo?? kibiców ucieszy?a si?, ?e zdecydowa? si? on na start w zawodach.
- Most fans were happy to hear that he had decided to take part in the competition.
- Wi?kszo?? kibiców ucieszy?a si?, ?e zdecydowa? si? on na start w zawodach.
Declension
Derived terms
- startowa? (“to start”, verb)
- startowy (“tarting, take-off”, adjective)
- falstart m (“false start”, noun)
Further reading
- start in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English start.
Pronunciation
Noun
start c
- a start; a beginning (of a race)
- the starting (of an engine)
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
- starta
- starter
- startare
References
- start in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
- ratts, trast
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from English start.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sta?t]
- Hyphenation: start
Noun
start (definite accusative start?, plural startlar)
- start
Usage notes
As Turks are generally not easily spelling consonants at the beginning of a syllable, this word may often be spelled as [s?ta?t].
Declension
Antonyms
- fini?
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