Past tense of fit
regular verb
The past tense of fit is fitted or fit. The past participle is also fitted or fit.
Forms of fit
| Base form (V1) | fit /fɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | fitted /ˈfɪtɪd/ fit /fɪt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | fitted /ˈfɪtɪd/ fit /fɪt/ |
| Present participle | fitting /ˈfɪtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | fits /fɪts/ |
Past tense of fit by meaning
- to be suitable for.: fitted or fit
- to suffer a fit.: fitted
Fitted in a sentence
- I had a suit fitted by the tailor.
- That analysis must be descriptively correct for, say, the 10th cent.; whether it would have fitted the facts in the 8th cent. is much less clear.2004 October 14, Don Ringe, “Old English maþelian, mæþlan, mǣlan”, in J. H. W. Penney, editor, Indo-European Perspectives: Studies in...
- The warning system was extensively trialed before being fitted to all our vehicles.From the entry trial
- Limnophilid larvae are fitted for life in almost every aquatic situation.From the entry limnophilid
- After the mouth surgery, she was fitted with a denture.From the entry denture
Meaning of fit
- adjective Suitable; proper.
- adjective Adapted to a purpose or environment.
- adjective In good shape; physically well.
Questions about the past tense of fit
- What is the past tense of fit?
- The past tense of fit is fitted or fit.
- What is the past participle of fit?
- The past participle of fit is fitted or fit.
- Is fit a regular or irregular verb?
- Fit is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fit (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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