"fitness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪt.nəs/ Audio: en-us-fitness.ogg Forms: fitnesses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtnəs Etymology: From fit + -ness. First attested in the 16th century, with the physical sense from 1935. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fit|-ness}} fit + -ness, {{etydate/the|16th century}} the 16th century, {{etydate|16th century}} First attested in the 16th century Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} fitness (usually uncountable, plural fitnesses)
  1. The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (condition of being fit): sopivuus (Finnish), condition physique (French), Fitness [feminine] (German), фитнес (fitnes) [masculine] (Macedonian), sprawność fizyczna [feminine] (Polish), приго́дность (prigódnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), го́дность (gódnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), dobra kondicija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-fitness-en-noun-eEs4ib3P Disambiguation of 'condition of being fit': 58 2 2 37
  2. The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique): صِحَّة (ṣiḥḥa) [feminine] [health, medicine, sciences] (Arabic), фитнес (fitnes) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 健康 (jiànkāng) [health, medicine, sciences] (Chinese Mandarin), 健身 (jiànshēn) (Chinese Mandarin), egnethed [common-gender] (Danish), kuntoilu (Finnish), fitness (Finnish), fitness [masculine] (French), Fitness [feminine] (German), 𐌿𐍃𐌸𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (usþrōþeins) [feminine] (Gothic), כֹּשֶׁר (kósher) [masculine] (Hebrew), כֹּשֶׁר גּוּפָנִי (kósher gufaní) (Hebrew), kebugaran (Indonesian), oiriúint [feminine] (Irish), oiriúnacht [feminine] (Irish), 健康 (kenkō) (alt: けんこう) [health, medicine, sciences] (Japanese), フィットネス (fitonesu) (Japanese), vingrums [masculine] (Latvian), fitness [masculine] (Latvian), kecergasan (Malay), egnethet (Norwegian Bokmål), eignahet [dialectal, feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fitness [masculine] (Polish), fitness [masculine] (Portuguese), хоро́шая физи́ческая фо́рма (xoróšaja fizíčeskaja fórma) [feminine] (Russian), фи́тнес (fítnɛs) [masculine] (Russian), здоро́вье (zdoróvʹje) [neuter] [health, medicine, sciences] (Russian), fitnes [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), aptitud [feminine] (Spanish), ámbito [Argentina, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fitness-en-noun-Ol~H8o95 Disambiguation of 'cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique': 2 64 1 33
  3. (evolutionary theory) An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Evolutionary theory, Exercise Synonyms: suitability, capability Translations (ability to perform): годност (godnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), способност (sposobnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 适合 (shìhé) (Chinese Mandarin), vhodnost [feminine] (Czech), kunto (Finnish), kyky (Finnish), Tauglichkeit [feminine] (German), Zweckmäßigkeit [feminine] (German), 適当 (tekitō) (alt: てきとう) (Japanese), sprawność [feminine] (Polish), приго́дность (prigódnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), го́дность (gódnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), kondicija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), capacidad [feminine] (Spanish), nivel físico [masculine] (Spanish), прида́тність (prydátnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian) Translations (degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring): kecocokan (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-fitness-en-noun-9SexijO3 Disambiguation of Exercise: 13 12 62 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 4 52 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 18 3 58 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 2 82 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 5 2 38 5 8 10 21 2 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 1 38 3 9 11 23 1 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 13 4 65 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 7 65 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 3 70 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 9 2 78 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 4 68 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 4 74 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 5 73 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 15 4 63 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 14 7 66 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 12 4 66 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 14 4 62 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 3 79 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 12 4 66 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 12 4 68 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 12 4 66 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 7 58 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 12 4 65 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 11 60 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 4 63 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 2 81 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 13 4 65 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 2 80 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 12 4 66 18 Disambiguation of 'ability to perform': 11 2 82 5 Disambiguation of 'degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring': 2 0 95 2
  4. (UK, slang) The condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful. Tags: UK, slang, uncountable, usually Synonyms: beautiful
    Sense id: en-fitness-en-noun-JuIGK49e Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aptitud"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ámbito"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring",
      "word": "kecocokan"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "godnost",
      "sense": "ability to perform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "годност"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sposobnost",
      "sense": "ability to perform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "способност"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìhé",
      "sense": "ability to perform",
      "word": "适合"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ability to perform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vhodnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ability to perform",
      "word": "kunto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ability to perform",
      "word": "kyky"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability to perform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tauglichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability to perform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zweckmäßigkeit"
    },
    {
      "alt": "てきとう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tekitō",
      "sense": "ability to perform",
      "word": "適当"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ability to perform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sprawność"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prigódnostʹ",
      "sense": "ability to perform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "приго́дность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gódnostʹ",
      "sense": "ability to perform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "го́дность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ability to perform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kondicija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ability to perform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "capacidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ability to perform",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nivel físico"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prydátnistʹ",
      "sense": "ability to perform",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прида́тність"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fitness"
  ],
  "word": "fitness"
}

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