fitness
noun
- the genetic contribution of an individual to the next generation's gene pool relative to the average for the population, usually measured by the number of offspring or close kin that survive to reproductive age.
- the ability of a population to maintain or increase its numbers in succeeding generations.
Origin of fitness
Related Words for fitness
vigor, strength, health, readiness, eligibility, compatibility, preparedness, suitability, qualification, consistency, adequacy, competence, trim, repair, kilter, fettle, shape, robustness, pertinence, applicabilityExamples from the Web for fitness
Contemporary Examples of fitness
The amenities include a fitness room, a sauna, a beauty parlor, and a karaoke setup.
“LCDR Peters is an outstanding Supply Corps officer…” says one one fitness report from 2004.
The NFL, for instance, has a fitness campaign designed to address childhood obesity.
Or Sensoria, a new athletic-wear company whose socks have GPS and whose shirts have a fitness tracker built into the bra.
When the doctors in his group get fitness band data, they have time to put some thought into what the information implies.
Historical Examples of fitness
It did not occur to him to question his fitness for the work.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
The young girl no longer listened to these reasons of the fitness of things.
The DreamEmile Zola
Only this very morning I read her a sermon upon 'Propriety, and the fitness of things.'
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
The place had an Homeric simplicity and beauty which touched his sense of fitness.
A Singer from the SeaAmelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Candidates must only be proposed for their fitness, and opposed on the ground of unfitness.
LawsPlato