fitness

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the quality of being suitable
  2. noun good physical condition; being in shape or in condition
  3. noun fitness to traverse the seas

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

fittingness

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