fit vs fitted
Definitions
verb
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- be agreeable or acceptable to
- make fit
- insert or adjust several objects or people
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction
noun
- a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
- the manner in which something fits
- a display of bad temper
- a sudden uncontrollable attack
adjective
- physically and mentally sound or healthy
- (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed
- meeting adequate standards for a purpose
Examples
Added to which there is a large increase in the fees receivable in 1994 to a level of almost £123,000 which accounts for the large increase in the gross profit over the previous and subsequent years.
The brightly colored outfits may be made of either cotton or such dressy fabrics as velvet, satin, and lamé.
Moreover, Mr Webb's point about what he calls disinterested management -- that is to say, the management of banks by officers whose remuneration bears no relation to the profit made on each piece of business transacted -- is one of the matters in which English banking seems likely at least to be modified.
Definitions
adjective
- being the right size and shape to fit as desired
Examples
Their Scottish backsword is fitted with opposing side rings that offer a good deal of hand protection while keeping the hilt light and easy to wear.
The dress fitted badly and puckered at the waist.
To reduce the wing trim drag, the fuselage was fitted with lateral surfaces called chines, which actually converted the forward fuselage into a fixed canard which developed lift.
