fit
/fɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.95 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Adapted to a purpose or environment.
adj
In good shape; physically well.
verb
To have sufficient space available at some location to be able to be there.
Example Sentences
- "You have nothing to say about it. I'll do exactly as I see fit."
- "Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked?"
- "He had drunk more than was fit for him, and he was singing some light song, when he saw approaching, as he said, the pale horse mentioned in the Revelation, with Death seated as the rider."
- "The rest we'll leave to be examined later, if we think fit;"
- "Sergeant Schlock has no horse, no armor, and no sword, but even the mightiest Mongol horse-warrior would see in him a fit heir."
- "survival of the fittest"
Etymology
Possibly from Middle English fit (“an adversary of equal power”), of uncertain further origin. The original sense appears to have been "to marshal or deploy troops", which shifted to "to suit (troops to a certain location" > "suitable", and may be further related to Icelandic fitja (“to web, knit, cast on”).