'Fitting' definitions:
Definition of 'fitting'
From: WordNet
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"
adjective
Being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" [syn: fitting, meet]
noun
Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances [syn: adjustment, accommodation, fitting]
noun
A small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
noun
(usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) [syn: appointment, fitting]
noun
Definition of 'Fitting'
From: GCIDE
- Fitting \Fit"ting\, a. Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. -- {Fit"ting*ly}, adv. -- {Fit"ting*ness}, n. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fitting'
From: GCIDE
- Fit \Fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fitting.]
- 1. To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation. [1913 Webster]
- The time is fitted for the duty. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- The very situation for which he was peculiarly fitted by nature. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc. [1913 Webster]
- The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes. --Is. xliv. 13. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required. [1913 Webster]
- No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits you, put it on. [1913 Webster]
- That's a bountiful answer that fits all questions. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- That time best fits the work. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To fit out, to supply with necessaries or means; to furnish; to equip; as, to fit out a privateer.
- To fit up, to furnish with things suitable; to make proper for the reception or use of any person; to prepare; as, to fit up a room for a guest. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fitting'
From: GCIDE
- Fitting \Fit"ting\, n. Anything used in fitting up; especially (pl.), necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study; gas fittings. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fitting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a propos,
- about-face,
- accessories,
- accommodation,
- accordant,
- according to Hoyle,
- accouterments,
- ad rem,
- adaptation,
- adapted,
- adjustment,
- advantageous,
- advisable,
- alteration,
- amelioration,
- apostasy,
- apparatus,
- appliances,
- applicable,
- appointments,
- apposite,
- appropriate,
- appurtenances,
- apropos,
- apt,
- armament,
- attachments,
- auspicious,
- banausic,
- becoming,
- befitting,
- beneficial,
- betterment,
- break,
- change,
- change of heart,
- changeableness,
- civil,
- comely,
- comme il faut,
- commodious,
- concordant,
- condign,
- conditioning,
- congruous,
- constructive change,
- continuity,
- conveniences,
- convenient,
- conversion,
- correct,
- decent,
- decorous,
- defection,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- desirable,
- desired,
- deterioration,
- deviation,
- difference,
- discontinuity,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- dovetailing,
- due,
- duffel,
- elements,
- employable,
- enablement,
- equipage,
- equipment,
- expedient,
- facilities,
- facility,
- favorable,
- feasible,
- felicitous,
- fit,
- fitted,
- fitten,
- fittings,
- fixtures,
- flip-flop,
- fortunate,
- fructuous,
- functional,
- furnishing,
- furnishings,
- furniture,
- gear,
- geared,
- genteel,
- germane,
- good,
- good for,
- gradual change,
- happy,
- harmonious,
- helpful,
- impedimenta,
- improvement,
- inspired,
- installations,
- just,
- just right,
- kit,
- kosher,
- likely,
- lucky,
- machinery,
- materiel,
- meet,
- melioration,
- meshing,
- mitigation,
- modification,
- modulation,
- munition,
- munitions,
- nice,
- normal,
- normative,
- of general utility,
- of help,
- of service,
- of use,
- on the button,
- opportune,
- outfit,
- overthrow,
- paraphernalia,
- parts,
- pat,
- pertinent,
- pieces,
- plant,
- plumbing,
- politic,
- practical,
- pragmatical,
- profitable,
- proper,
- propitious,
- providential,
- qualification,
- qualified,
- radical change,
- recommendable,
- redesign,
- reform,
- reformation,
- relevant,
- remaking,
- renewal,
- reshaping,
- restructuring,
- reversal,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- rig,
- rigging,
- right,
- right and proper,
- righteous,
- rightful,
- ripe,
- seasonable,
- seemly,
- serviceable,
- shift,
- sortable,
- stock-in-trade,
- sudden change,
- suitable,
- suited,
- suiting,
- switch,
- tackle,
- tailored,
- things,
- timely,
- to be desired,
- to the point,
- to the purpose,
- total change,
- transition,
- trappings,
- tuning,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- units,
- upheaval,
- urbane,
- useful,
- utensils,
- utilitarian,
- variation,
- variety,
- violent change,
- well-chosen,
- well-expressed,
- well-put,
- well-timed,
- wise,
- worsening,
- worthwhile
Words containing 'Fitting'
- By fits,
- Fit,
- Fitful,
- Fitfully,
- Fitfulness,
- Fitly,
- Fitness,
- Fitted,
- Fittingly,
- To fit out,
- To fit up,
- fit in,
- fit out,
- fits,
- fitted out,
- have a fit,
- By fits and starts,
- Fainting fit,
- Fit rod,
- Forcing fit,
- Pipe fitting,
- Steam fitting,
- fit the bill,
- fit to be tied,
- fits and starts,
- fitted out outfitted,
- fitted sheet,
- fitted to the meridian of,
- gas fitting,
- physical fitness,
- see fit,
- throw a fit,
- tight fitting,
- tightly fitting,
- Reducing pipe fitting,
- close-fitting,
- ill-fitting,
- loose-fitting,
- tight-fitting