fitness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the quality of being suitable

   they had to prove their fitness for the position

2. 2
   noun

   The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.

   Having introduced my two characters separately, let me present them together. Why not? He, young, wealthy, honorable; she also young, also intelligent — why not bring them together? There is an eternal fitness in all things, and nothing more so than in the case of man and woman.

3. 3
   noun

   The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique.

   Carroll has been edging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish.

4. 4
   noun

   the quality of being qualified

5. 5
   noun

   good physical condition

6. 6
   noun

   fitness to traverse the seas

7. 7
   noun

   An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring.

8. 8
   noun

   The condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful.

Etymology

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