as in suitable
meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation
her personality is well fitted to a desk job
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as in corresponded
to be in agreement on every point
now that you've explained your absence to me, my records and the office's fit
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as in adjusted
to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation
I can undo the hem on these old culottes and fit them into a skirt
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as in equipped
to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function
that final computer course should fit him for a career in programming
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as in prepared
to make ready in advance
I won't have time to fit the spare room for the guests
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Recent Examples of fitted
Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 14 Mar. 2026
This Gap pick is well-made, fitted but not too fitted, and endlessly versatile.
—Annie Blackman, InStyle, 10 Mar. 2026
Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
Choose projects that fit your time, skills, and ambition.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 May 2026
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Adjective
The same silver metallic fabric covered the fitted bodice, straight front panel and rounded hip panels.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 14 Mar. 2026
This Gap pick is well-made, fitted but not too fitted, and endlessly versatile.
—Annie Blackman, InStyle, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
After that he can be fitted for prosthetics.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
Choose projects that fit your time, skills, and ambition.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fitted
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As a major destination for outdoor parties ranging from pop-up shops for local vendors to off-season wedding celebrations, the team informs guests of any events on the agenda before booking, so each stay is suitable to visitor preferences.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
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By that point, then owner James Dolan, the controversial businessman whose family has a controlling interest in the companies that oversee MSG and the New York Knicks, cast the team out of New York City and up to Westchester County Center, a microdome more suitable for high schoolers.—
Yohana Desta,
Vanity Fair,
7 May 2026
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What sufficed for drama down the stretch was whether May’s team would join Jerry Tarkanian’s 1990 UNLV juggernaut as only the second team to hit triple digits at the Final Four in the modern era.—
Eddie Pells,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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What sufficed for drama down the stretch was whether May’s team would join Jerry Tarkanian’s 1990 UNLV juggernaut as only the second team to hit triple digits at the Final Four in the modern era.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
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McMahon corresponded with his professors.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Two greats of 17th-century math, Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat, corresponded about the problem in a famous series of letters.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
19 Apr. 2026
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Over its 36-year lifespan, it’s been adjusted six times with little opposition.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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The first movie opened in June 2006 and would go on to earn over $326 million worldwide, not adjusted for inflation.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Fortune,
4 May 2026
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In fact, the Sixers will be better equipped to attack this Knicks flaw if Embiid can return at any point in the series.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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The property is equipped with a heating system and a wall unit cooling system.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
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And that’s why there was a minor case of hysteria when Hillsborough County officials recently suggested the team’s June 1 deadline of finalizing the agreement would not likely be accommodated.—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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The representative did not share any details as to whether or not passengers were accommodated with other travel arrangements.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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Don’t leave without ordering the bread pudding for dessert, which is prepared in a deep fryer and is the perfect consistency.—
Anna Katherine Clemmons,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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The proposal would burden doctors with giving parents a highly detailed consent statement to be prepared by boards of medicine and osteopathic medicine, and forbid health authorities to order vaccinations during outbreaks of familiar or new deadly diseases.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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How fitting, then, that a primitive predator from five hundred and sixty million years ago, a fossilized example of which was discovered near where the young David grew up, should have been named Auroralumina attenboroughii in his honor.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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The San Francisco Giants announced a fitting tribute to one of the best players in the history of Major League Baseball on Wednesday afternoon.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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“Fitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fitted. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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