fitter

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fit1

▶adjective (fitter, fittest)

• 1 of a suitable quality, standard, or type.

  ■ having the requisite qualities or skills to do something competently.

  ■ socially acceptable: a fit subject on which to correspond.

• 2 in good health, especially because of regular exercise.

• 3 Brit. informal sexually attractive.

• 4 (fit to do something) informal having reached such an extreme condition as to be on the point of doing something: they were fit to kill him.

▶verb (fits, fitting, fitted (US also fit))

• 1 be of the right shape and size for.

  ■ (usu. be fitted for) try clothing on (someone) in order to make or alter it to the correct size.

• 2 be of the right size, shape, or number to occupy a position or place.

• 3 fix into place.

  ■ (often be fitted with) provide with a particular component or article.

  ■ join together to form a whole.

• 4 agree with; match.

  ■ be or make suitable for: the punishment should fit the crime.

▶noun

• 1 the way in which something fits: the dress was a perfect fit.

• 2 Statistics the correspondence between observed data and the values expected by theory.

– phrases
fit for purpose (of an institution, facility, etc.) well equipped or well suited for its designated role or purpose.
fit to be tied informal very angry.
fit to bust informal with great energy.
see (or think) fit consider it correct or acceptable.

– phrasal verbs
fit in

• 1 be compatible or in harmony.

• 2 (also fit into) constitute part of a situation or larger structure.

fit someone/thing in (or into) succeed in finding time to see someone or do something.
fit someone/thing out (or up) provide someone or something with necessary items.
fit someone up Brit. informal incriminate someone by falsifying evidence against them.

– derivatives
fitly adverb,
fitter noun.

– origin ME: of unknown origin.

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fit2

▶noun

• 1 a sudden attack of convulsions.

• 2 a sudden attack of coughing, fainting, laughter, etc.

  ■ a sudden burst of intense emotion.

▶verb have an epileptic fit.

– phrases
in (or by) fits and starts with irregular bursts of activity.

– origin OE fitt ‘conflict’, in ME also ‘position of danger’ and ‘short period’.

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fit3 (also fytte)

▶noun archaic a section of a poem.

– origin OE fitt, perh. the same word as fit2, or rel. to Ger. Fitze ‘skein of yarn’.