fits

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of fit.

   The lid fits tightly enough to keep the jar airtight.

   Her experience fits the requirements of the position closely.

   Note

   Here one spelling carries both of the verb's patterns. With an object, it means suiting or matching something in size and shape: the lid fits the jar, her experience fits the post. Without an object, it means being the right size or having room: the box fits under the bed. In the tailoring sense the subject is the person doing the altering: she fits the jacket to the client.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of fit.

   His sudden fits of anger frightened everyone in the office.

   The patient suffered recurring fits that puzzled her doctors for years.

   Note

   Many senses of fit name a quality, such as degree or conformity, so the plural turns up mainly where fits can be counted: the parts of an object that something fits onto, the competing fits of statistical models, or a partnership's holdings in different suits at bridge. The same spelling is also the verb in "it fits", and position tells them apart: two good fits, but the lid fits.

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