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fitness

noun

ˈfit-nəs How to pronounce fitness (audio)
Definition of fitnessnext
1
as in health
the condition of being sound in body a gymnastics program promoting fitness and agility in school-aged children

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Relevance

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2
as in relevance
the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting I have to question the fitness of wearing a bright red dress to a funeral

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Recent Examples of fitness An Australian indoor fitness athlete apologized Thursday for continuing to participate in a recent competition after apparently soiling herself. — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 There’s a 24-hour fitness room with Technogym equipment, but no spa, sauna or swimming pool. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026 The result is an event that mixes coffee and cold plunges with music and fitness, recreating the party atmosphere around a completely different centerpiece. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026 Not another fitness tracker, but the infrastructure that lets community leaders, at any scale, spend less time on logistics and more time doing the work that actually keeps people coming back. — Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fitness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fitness
  1. health
  2. relevance
  3. wellness
  4. validity
  5. strength
  6. suitability
  7. appropriateness
  8. applicability
Noun
  • Certain health conditions and changes in your red blood cells can affect the results.
    — Yolanda Harris, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Organizers say the initiative combines nutrition and education, providing seniors with healthy food options while offering resources about Alzheimer's prevention and brain health.
    — Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of health
Noun
  • This works because the brand builds on existing equity without assuming its reputation or relevance will automatically transfer.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Veteran receiver Demarcus Robinson returns to relevance yet again.
    — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of relevance
Noun
  • Flowers’ body was discovered during a police wellness check the following day, unresponsive, soaked in blood and with multiple injuries.
    — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Its Asaya wellness concept comes with a full-size swimming pool and offers various dining options from Masayoshi Takayama’s Tobi Masa to New York cult favorite Carbone’s first outpost in London.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of wellness
Noun
  • Instead, its validity depends on the mathematical rules governing information updates.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
  • On September 25, the blue state AGs have to respond to a motion from red state Iowa and Montana to take the validity of the antitrust suit to the Supreme Court.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of validity
Noun
  • The fitness center is top-notch, with heart rate monitoring and LCD screen treadmills, strength-training machines, free weights, and a Kinesis® exercise wall.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Populism, distilled from the witches’ brew of 1893, only attained its full strength closer to the end of the century.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of strength
Noun
  • Meller states that the material is resistant to fluorine up to 300°C, adding to its suitability for specialized industrial and semiconductor-processing environments.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Private markets introduce heavier servicing requirements, more complex liquidity management, harder reporting, valuation sensitivity, suitability obligations and greater operational oversight.
    — Satish Avhad, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of suitability
Noun
  • But she’s been persuaded about the appropriateness of projects approved so far.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • But if that lens doesn’t include cultural intelligence, cultural appropriateness or a prompt to consider how different types of consumers could receive the campaign, those factors may never be evaluated.
    — Sonia Thompson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of appropriateness
Noun
  • There is a broad debate over the applicability of PNB to modern anti-trust cases, with many legal scholars finding the application of a random number, without any real analysis of the potential harm a merger might cause, to be a fatal flaw.
    — Shubha Ghosh, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The study focused on young, fit, predominantly male participants, which limits its applicability to older or less conditioned groups.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of applicability

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“Fitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fitness. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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