fitter
part of speech
adjective (fitter, comparative of fit); noun (a fitter, fitters)
meaning for a pupil
1) Fitter means more fit: healthier and stronger, especially from exercise. tree →
2) A fitter is a worker who puts parts of machines, kitchens, gas pipes or carpets in place. tree →
3) A fitter can also be a person who fits clothes or shoes on people. tree →
sense in the lessons
In PE and health lessons «fitter» compares fitness: exercise makes you fitter. In everyday life a fitter comes to install a kitchen, carpet or gas boiler. Phrases: «get fitter», «fitter and stronger», «a gas fitter», «a kitchen fitter».
examples
- I'm getting fitter because I run every day. tree →
- Swimming made her fitter and stronger. tree →
- The kitchen fitter put in the new cupboards. tree →
- A gas fitter came to check the boiler. tree →
- Who is fitter, you or your dad? tree →
- Walking to school helps you stay fitter. tree →
- The carpet fitter measured the room. tree →
note
Comparative pattern: fit, fitter, fittest (double «t»). The noun «fitter» is a job. «Survival of the fittest» in science means the best suited to the environment, not the strongest.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fitter» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.