If something fits you or fits into a place, it is the right size or shape for you or for that place:
These fit perfectly. And I like the colour. I think I’ll buy them. (trying on shoes in a shoe shop)
I’ve put on weight and my trousers don’t fit me anymore!
Will this table fit into the space between the bookshelf and the wall?
If something suits someone or something, it is right for that person or thing or situation, or it makes that person or thing look more attractive.
Wednesday at ten o’clock for the meeting suits me perfectly.
That sofa suits the room really well – the colours match the walls.
Black doesn’t suit me; I look better in lighter colours.
Warning:
We don’t use fit when we mean that something is right for a person or thing or situation:
This restaurant suits people who like simple food.
Not: This restaurant fits people …
However: If you add a preposition into the mix, the distinction is not so clear:
fit with something
- to harmonize with something; to go well with something.
Do you think that your behavior fits with the occasion? This coat doesn't fit with these slacks.
fit (somebody/something) in with somebody/something
- to belong with something
We must fit new buildings in with the styles and scale of buildings that have been here for two hundred years. She will fit in well with those high-powered environmental lawyers.
fit in with
- to modify your plans to be compatible with someone else's (especially schedules and timetables)
Don't worry about us, we'll just fit in with you. (A house gusts to their host)
Let's meet on Tuesday if that fits in with you.
Also when used as a noun, fit can have the wider meaning of "suitability".
The new position was a good fit for his skill set.
There is also the expression in statistics goodness of fit which refers to the extent to which observed sample values of a variable approximate to values derived from a theoretical density, often measured by a chi-square test
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