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FITN-uh-s/ˈfɪtnəs/

Fitness is how healthy and strong your body is: improve your fitness, a fitness test, a fitness class. Fit is the adjective (I feel fit). Exercise is the activity; fitness is the result. Health is wider (mind and body, not only sport). Do not say “my fit” for the noun.

Meaning

How healthy and strong your body is.

Examples

• “Cycling to college improved her fitness.”
• “Swimming twice a week helped his fitness.”
• “The school offers a fitness class after lessons.”

Good to know

improve / a fitness class. Adjective: fit. Wider idea: health. Activity: exercise.

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