fit
/fɪt/ verbe C2En français : convenir, être adapté, être approprié, rentrer
- To be suitable for. · It fits the purpose.
- To have sufficient space available at some location to be able to be there. · Ten clowns fit in the car, but not a hundred.· The elevator can fit up to 10 people.
- To conform to in size and shape. · The small shirt doesn't fit me, so I'll buy the medium size.· If I lose a few kilos, the gorgeous wedding dress might fit me.
- To be of the right size and shape · I wanted to borrow my little sister's jeans, but they didn't fit.· That plug fitted into the other socket, but it won't go in this one.
- To make conform in size and shape. · I want to fit the drapes to the windows.
- To tailor; to change to the appropriate size. · I had a suit fitted by the tailor.
- To be in agreement with. · These definitions fit most of the usage.
- To adjust. · The regression program fit a line to the data.
He/she/it fits · Prétérit fitted · Participe passé fitted · Forme en -ing fitting
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
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- He/she/it
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- Prétérit
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- Participe passé
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- Forme en -ing
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Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
If a home is happy it cannot fit too close—let the dresser collapse and become a billiard table; let the mantel turn to a rowing machine, the escritoire to a spare bedchamber, the washstand to an upright piano; let the four walls come together, if they will, so you and your Delia are between.
“Tabaqui came to me not long ago with some rude talk that I was a naked man’s cub and not fit to dig pig-nuts.
It’s a far worse thing than her fit of temper.
I’ll make it to fit my niece, Jenny Gillis, for she and Anne are as like as two peas as far as figure goes.”
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