Fitter Meaning
/ˈfɪtə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who fits or assembles something.
nounAn epileptic.
Sentence Examples
Valencia is a much fitter candidate for student body president than her competitors.
I've gotten much fitter, sleeker, and sexier thanks to all this running from the cops.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The skilled machine ____ carefully assembled the complex engine components in the factory.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A skilled pipe ____ was called to the construction site to install the complex industrial plumbing system.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English fit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English fitter From fit (verb) + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"But in the early days of the scheme the new machines created some problems for the fitters, who found them over-complex and their faults hard to diagnose after many years' experience of small, simple steam locomotives."
— 1962 October, M. J. Wilson, “Three years of dieselisation at Devons Road depot”, in Modern Railways, pages 262, 264:
""They have gone past their sell-by date. But the fitters have done an amazing job keeping these units running for as long as they have."
— 2021 January 13, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Island Line bids farewell to 1930s "icon of transport"...”, in Rail, page 8:
"For the fitter of film music in the silent era visual reference was the surest indicator of content."
— 2012, Stephen Neale, The Classical Hollywood Reader, page 268:
"All stood together on the deck, / For a charnel-dungeon fitter: / All fixed on me their stony eyes, / That in the Moon did glitter."
— 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The skilled machine ____ carefully assembled the complex engine components in the factory.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A skilled pipe ____ was called to the construction site to install the complex industrial plumbing system.