Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY
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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | fitt 'disagreement, opposition, fighting' |
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fit3
1 a time when you feel an emotion very strongly and cannot control your behaviour
emotion
[countable]2 a short period of time when someone loses consciousness and cannot control their body because their brain is not working properly :
lose consciousness
[countable]MI3 a short time during which you laugh or cough a lot in a way that you cannot control :
laugh/cough
[countable] fit of 
The girls collapsed into a fit of the giggles.
The girls collapsed into a fit of the giggles.4 to be very angry or shocked : If your mother finds out about this, she'll have a fit.
have/throw a fit
informalIf your mother finds out about this, she'll have a fit.5 the way in which something fits on your body or fits into a space :
right size
[singular]6 if there is a fit between two things, they are similar to each other or are suitable for each other
suitable
[singular] formal fit between We must be sure that there's a fit between the needs of the children and the education they receive.
We must be sure that there's a fit between the needs of the children and the education they receive.7 if something happens in fits and starts, it does not happen smoothly, but keeps starting and then stopping again : Technology advances by fits and starts. He spoke in fits and starts.
in/by fits and starts
Technology advances by fits and starts.He spoke in fits and starts.
