fitness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The condition of being healthy and strong, usually from exercise.

   Regular running has improved my fitness.

2. 2
   noun

   The quality of being suitable for a particular purpose.

   They had to prove their fitness for the position.

Appears in

From fit + -ness. First attested in the 16th century, with the physical sense from 1935.

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