# fitnesses

Pronunciation: say "FIT-nuhs-iz" /ˈfɪt.nəs.ɪz/

## Noun

1. Plural of fitness. — plural of fitness
   - Simple: Plural of fitness. It is mostly used in science, to compare how well different living things survive and reproduce.
   - _Researchers compared the fitnesses of several bacterial strains under stress._
   - _The model predicts the relative fitnesses of the gene variants as the climate changes._

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