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FIT/fɪt/

Fit as a verb means be the right size: the jacket does not fit; a key fits the lock. Suit is about style or situation (that colour suits you; Tuesday suits me), not size. Fit can also mean be healthy and strong: keep fit, get fit. Fit in means be accepted in a group. Fitness is the noun for health.

Meaning

To be the right size, or to be healthy and strong.

Examples

• “These shoes do not fit.”
• “These gloves do not fit me.”
• “She goes running to keep fit.”

Good to know

clothes fit (size). colours / times suit. keep / get fit. fit in = belong in a group.

Near in meaning

match

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