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Definition of Fitting
1. Adjective. In harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion. "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this"
2. Noun. Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances.
Specialized synonyms: Readjustment, Domestication, Habituation, Shakedown
Generic synonyms: Advance, Betterment, Improvement
Derivative terms: Accommodate, Accommodate, Accommodate, Adjust, Fit, Fit
3. Adjective. Being precisely fitting and right. "It is only meet that she should be seated first"
4. Noun. A small and often standardized accessory to a larger system.
Specialized synonyms: Gas Fitting, Pipe Fitting, Pipefitting, Receptacle
5. Noun. (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel).
Generic synonyms: Furnishing
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Derivative terms: Fit
6. Noun. Putting clothes on to see whether they fit.
Definition of Fitting
1. n. Anything used in fitting up
2. a. Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper.
Definition of Fitting
1. Verb. (present participle of fit) ¹
2. Adjective. appropriate, or in keeping ¹
3. Noun. A small detachable part of a device or machine. ¹
4. Noun. The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit. ¹
5. Noun. (context: manufacturing) The process of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products. ¹
6. Noun. (chiefly British) Domestic moveable piece of furniture, which can be taken along when moving out, US furnishing. Opposite of fixture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fitting
1. a small often standardized accessory part [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fitting
Literary usage of Fitting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"This obviously covers the ease where the fitting out is by the ... The act of
Congress does not require that the fitting out should be by the owner ..."
2. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"PIPE-fitting EQUIPMENT. (For a class of 12 men.) A pipe-threading machine is
desirable but not absolutely necessary unless large sizes of pipe arc used. ..."
3. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1894)
"COLLEGE fitting IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. JAMES JH HAMILTON, LL.B., KASTON, PA. ...
in merely fitting for its active duties, and it becomes a pertinent question, ..."
4. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"HOW HE LOST HIS FRIEND, AND WROTE A TREATISE ON THE "FAIR AND fitting." HOW HE
GAVE SOME ATTENTION TO THE LIBERAL ARTS, AND TO THE ARISTOTELIAN CATEGORIES. ..."
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