fitness
Americannoun
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capability of the body of distributing inhaled oxygen to muscle tissue during increased physical effort.
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Also called Darwinian fitness. Biology.
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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.
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the ability of a population to maintain or increase its numbers in succeeding generations.
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noun
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the state of being fit
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biology
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the degree of adaptation of an organism to its environment, determined by its genetic constitution
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the ability of an organism to produce viable offspring capable of surviving to the next generation
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Etymology
Origin of fitness
Example Sentences
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Those managing him did not consider it a coincidence that as demands on Palmer increased, his fitness suffered.
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The fitness influencer from the UK had made the trip with the intention of relocating his coaching business there and securing residency.
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I don’t look like a person who would be a fitness freak, but I’m pretty intense about it.
After confessing his illiteracy on TikTok, a fitness influencer discovered that his online audience was ready to help him learn to read.
But the regulator said that state driver’s licensing agencies don’t have the ability to verify foreign drivers’ histories and that this “compromises the agency’s ability to ensure the safety fitness for drivers.”
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