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These guidelines for the past tense of fit also apply to the past participle used in the perfect tense. So, in American English, there is a preference for fit: The punishment should havefit the crime. The company has just fit my carpets. Or in British English: The punishment should havefitted the crime. The company has just fitted my carpets.
Fit definition: adapted or suited; appropriate. See examples of FIT used in a sentence.
7 de sept. de 2011 · Fitted is indeed the adjectival form of fit (eg, fitted sheet), but it also can be used as the simple past or the past perfect verb form. However, whether fit is also acceptable when forming past tenses is in part a matter of geography. In British usage, fitted is considered always correct; however, many authorities of American usage— Merriam ...
fit vi (have correct dimensions) caber⇒ vi : entrar⇒ vi : The part won't fit because it's the wrong size. La pieza no cabe porque es de otro tamaño. fit in [sth], fit into [sth] vi + prep (have correct dimensions) entrar en vi + prep : caber en vi + prep : That table does not fit in the small room. La mesa no entra en la pequeña ...
traducir FITTED: hecho o cortado a medida, hecho/cha a medida [masculine-feminine], entallado/ada…. Más información en el diccionario inglés-español.
28 de feb. de 2011 · One of the two earliest quotes for this definition in the past tense uses 'fit'; the other uses 'fitted'. a1691 BOYLE Firmness Wks. 1744 I. 278 As much of the stone, as was contiguous to the marchasite..fitted the marchasite so close as if [etc.]. 1795 BURNS Song, Last May, a braw wooer, And how her new shoon fit her auld schachl't feet.
As a verb though… “we fitted the model” doesn’t seem to sound as right as “we fit the model.” However, perhaps “the model was fitted” is more correct (it has more google search results) than “the model was fit.” I have seen the terms used interchangeably in the latter two cases.
