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# fitness

«fitness» in Mova's school dictionary: **being healthy and strong in your body, especially from…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (fitness; usually no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fitness is being healthy and strong in your body, especially from exercise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitness/#m1)

2) How good or suitable someone or something is for a task: «fitness for the job». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitness/#m2)

3) (science) In biology, how well a living thing survives and has young in its environment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitness/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in PE, sport and health: «fitness test», «fitness club», «physical fitness», «fitness tracker». It tells the reader about health and exercise.

### examples

- We did a fitness test in PE today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitness/#x1)
- Swimming is great for fitness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitness/#x2)
- Dad joined a fitness class on Saturdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitness/#x3)
- Her fitness improved after a month of running. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitness/#x4)
- My fitness tracker counts my steps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitness/#x5)
- The coach checked the players' fitness before the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitness/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: «fitness», not «a fitness». From the adjective «fit». Slang/informal: «get fit», «keep fit». In maths, fitness problems often count steps, laps or minutes of exercise.

### In the corpora

- [Breathing faster during exercise is normal, because the muscles need more oxygen, and fitness builds up gradually.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/34-exercise-and-posture/6/)
- [Fitness builds from many small, regular sessions, not from one huge session.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter/6/)
- [Fitness fades when you stop training, but it comes back faster than it took to build the first time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter/14/)
- [Two cans means twice the caffeine and more jitters and a bigger crash, not twice the fitness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids/13/)
- [A console game trains thumbs and quick eyes, but not running, balance, touch on a real ball or fitness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/57-gaming-nights-and-the-morning-after/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fitness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.