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befit

[ bih-fit ]

verb (used with object)

, be·fit·ted, be·fit·ting.
  1. to be proper or appropriate for; suit; fit:

    His clothes befit the occasion.



befit

/ bɪˈfɪt /

verb

  1. tr to be appropriate to or suitable for


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Derived Forms

  • beˈfitting, adjective
  • beˈfittingly, adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of befit1

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; be-, fit 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of befit1

C15: from be- + fit 1

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Example Sentences

In recent years senior Taliban members have been feted by government officials for peace talks in Doha and Moscow, driven in chauffeured cars with blackened windows and visited high-end hotels — much that befits a regular diplomat.

From Time

On the other hand — in an ironic twist befitting the pandemic’s impact on Japan — the Tokyo Olympics’ July 23 kick-off may also come too soon.

From Digiday

While Leclerc ranks third in our driver Elo ratings, as befitting one of the quickest and most talented drivers in the field, he ranks last out of 20 drivers in reliability score, and his car ranks seventh out of 10 teams early in the season.

It also befits the fact that Roku would be investing in original programming to reap revenue from advertising alone, which isn’t as lucrative as recurring subscription revenue, especially when combined with ad revenue.

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This was not the attire befitting a free man, Pace told him.

The love scenes themselves befit all the romantic clichés typical of a story so soap operatic in nature.

Arrogance and party political calculations with an eye to the next election do not befit the gravity of the moment.

It would ill befit the dignity of a Villiers to be frightened out of her abode by a party of rude soldiers.

I have never craved wealth for its own sake, though I have always known that a costly setting would befit beauty such as mine.

The rooms were decorated to befit the day, and great jack-o'-lanterns grinned from mantels or brackets.

And then he would sit in his arm-chair for hours, intending to turn his mind to such solemn thoughts as might befit a dying man.

They would better befit a debating society than an assembly of statesmen met to consider constitutional questions.

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