different between fitness vs uprightness

English

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Etymology

From fit +? -ness, 16th century, physical sense from 1935.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?tn?s/
• Rhymes: -?tn?s

Noun

fitness (usually uncountable, plural fitnesses)

1. The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
2. The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique.
3. (evolutionary theory) An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring.
4. (Britain, slang) The condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful.

Synonyms

• (cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique): beauty, health
• (condition of being suitable): strength, suitability, competence, capability

Antonyms

• unfitness
• (cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique): flab, sloth
• (ability to perform): weakness

Derived terms

• warrant of fitness

Translations

Anagrams

• infests, stefins

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fitness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fitnes?/, [?fit?ne?s??]
• Rhymes: -itnes?
• Syllabification: fit?ness

Noun

fitness

1. fitness (a type of fitness sport)

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English fitness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fit.n?s/

Noun

fitness m (uncountable)

1. (physical) fitness

Further reading

• “fitness” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English fitness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?it.n?s/

Noun

fitness m inan

1. aerobics or similar physical exercises

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English fitness.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?fit??.nes/

Noun

fitness m (uncountable)

1. fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)
2. (artificial intelligence) fitness (degree of appropriateness of an answer in a genetic algorithm)

Spanish

Noun

fitness m (uncountable)

1. fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)

English

Etymology

From upright +? -ness

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p??a?tn?s/

Noun

uprightness (countable and uncountable, plural uprightnesses)

1. (uncountable) The state of being moral, honest and honourable.

2. (uncountable) The state of being erect, or vertical.
3. (countable) The result or product of being upright.

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