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[ fit-ing ] / ˈfɪt ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fitting ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivesuitable or appropriate; proper or becoming. nounthe act of a person or thing that fits. an act or instance of trying on clothes that are being made or altered to determine proper fit. anything provided as equipment, parts, supply, etc. Usually fittings. furniture, fixtures, etc., as of a building or apartment. Origin of fittingFirst recorded in 1525–35; fit1 + -ing2, -ing1 SYNONYMS FOR fitting1 fit, meet, right, decorous, seemly. SEE SYNONYMS FOR fitting ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM fittingfit·ting·ly, adverbfit·ting·ness, nounself-fitting, adjectiveun·der·fit·ting, noun un·fit·ting, adjectiveun·fit·ting·ly, adverbwell-fitting, adjective Words nearby fittingfitspiration, fitspo, fitted, fitten, fitter, fitting, fitting room, Fittipaldi, fit to be tied, fit to kill, fittonia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fittingIt was the epitome of Kim Kardashian, and a fitting summation of the Year of Butt. Year of the Butt: How the Booty Changed the World in 2014|Kevin Fallon|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Induction would be a fitting gesture, even now when the honor would be posthumous. The Greatest Rock Voice of All Time Belonged to Joe Cocker|Ted Gioia|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST How fitting that Joe Cocker would get a little help from his friend Billy Joel. The Greatest Rock Voice of All Time Belonged to Joe Cocker|Ted Gioia|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST When Garfield moved to the big screen in 2004 and 2006, it was fitting for Bill Murray to replace the deceased actor. Garfield Television: The Cat Who Saved Primetime Cartoons|Rich Goldstein|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It would be only fitting, the reductio ad absurdum of our divided age, for this election to take two extra months. How This Election Could Go to January|Michael Tomasky|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST This is removed and allowed to set, thus giving a paper shell just fitting the mandrel. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers|George J. Cox She wanted a touch at which she need not shudder, and surely it was fitting that some one should kiss her on her wedding-day. Moor Fires|E. H. (Emily Hilda) Young During its progress I have tried to make a fitting return for it to the Royal Institution, and through it to science. Michael Faraday|J. H. Gladstone Montmorency's death was the fitting sequel of a holy and useful life. The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.|E. Rameur They are fitting the new generation of Indians for a life of usefulness. The Washington Historical Quarterly, Volume V, 1914|Various
British Dictionary definitions for fitting
adjectiveappropriate or proper; suitable nounan accessory or partan electrical fitting (plural) furnishings or accessories in a building work carried out by a fitter the act of trying on clothes so that they can be adjusted to fit British size in clothes or shoesa narrow fitting Derived forms of fittingfittingly, adverbfittingness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fittingproper, apt, felicitous, furniture, meet, becoming, right, correct, due, extra, accouterment, appointment, equipment, attachment, paraphernalia, component, convenience, instrument, connection, part |