fitness
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/ˈfɪt.nəs/
Definition of fitness
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
“Having introduced my two characters separately, let me present them together. Why not? He, young, wealthy, honorable; she also young, also intelligent — why not bring them together? There is an eternal fitness in all things, and nothing more so than in the case of man and woman.”
“That's chiefly why they're coming; I want you to meet them here and then tell me frankly what you think of their fitness for whatever we decide on doing.”
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noun
-
(uncountable, usually)The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
“Having introduced my two characters separately, let me present them together. Why not? He, young, wealthy, honorable; she also young, also intelligent — why not bring them together? There is an eternal fitness in all things, and nothing more so than in the case of man and woman.”
“That's chiefly why they're coming; I want you to meet them here and then tell me frankly what you think of their fitness for whatever we decide on doing.”
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(uncountable, usually)The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique.
“Carroll has been edging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish.”
- (uncountable, usually)An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring.
- (UK, slang, uncountable, usually)The condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From fit + -ness. First attested in the 16th century, with the physical sense from 1935.
Words you can make from fitness
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- NEIF 7 pts
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