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fit out

fit out
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fit out]
    • /fɪt aʊt/
    • /fɪt ˈaʊt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fit out]
    • /fɪt aʊt/

Definitions of fit out words

  • adjective fit out adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops. 1
  • adjective fit out proper or becoming: fit behavior. 1
  • adjective fit out qualified or competent, as for an office or function: a fit candidate. 1
  • adjective fit out prepared or ready: crops fit for gathering. 1
  • adjective fit out in good physical condition; in good health: He's fit for the race. 1
  • adjective fit out Biology. being adapted to the prevailing conditions and producing offspring that survive to reproductive age. contributing genetic information to the gene pool of the next generation. (of a population) maintaining or increasing the group's numbers in the environment. 1

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Origin of fit out

First appearance:

before 1325
One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English fitten; akin to Middle Dutch vitten to befit

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Fit out

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

fit out popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

fit out usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for fit out

verb fit out

  • gear — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
  • fit — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
  • supply — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
  • provide — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
  • outfit — an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.: an explorer's outfit.

Antonyms for fit out

verb fit out

  • refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
  • take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • dismiss — to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
  • fire — combustion

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