<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.</li><li>proper or becoming: This is not fit behavior for a funeral service.</li><li>qualified or competent, as for an office or function: It took several interviews to find a fit candidate for the position.</li><li>prepared or ready: Constant updating of methods and equipment will ensure that we're fit for the future.</li><li>in good physical condition; in good health: He's fit for the race.</li><li>Biology: being adapted to the prevailing conditions and producing offspring that survive to reproductive age.</li><li>(of a population) maintaining or increasing the group's numbers in the environment.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>apropos</li><li>applicable</li><li>meet</li><li>proper</li><li>apt</li><li>suitable</li><li>befitting</li><li>fitting</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to be adapted to or suitable for (a purpose, object, occasion, etc.).</li><li>to be of the right size or shape for: The dress fitted her perfectly.</li><li>to adjust or make conform: She had the jeweler fit the ring to her finger.</li><li>to make qualified or competent: Courage and patience are among the qualities that fit a person for leadership.</li><li>to prepare: This school fits students for college.</li><li>to put with precise placement or adjustment: He fitted the picture into the frame.</li><li>to provide; furnish; equip: I fitted the cabinet door with a new handle.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the manner in which a thing fits: The fit was perfect.</li><li>something that fits: The coat is a poor fit.</li><li>the process of fitting.</li></ul>