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Fitting
Definitions
- 1 That fits.; Chiefly preceded by a descriptive adverb or noun: that fits in some manner (often closely) to the shape or size of something.
"close-fitting form-fitting ill-fitting"
- 2 That fits.; Appropriate, suitable, proper. figuratively
"O my ſvveet ſir, nevves fitting to the night, / Blacke, fearefull, comfortleſſe, and horrible."
- 1 being precisely fitting and right wordnet
- 2 in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion wordnet
- 1 A surname.
- 1 gerund of fit: an act of making something fit (“conform in shape and size; be suitable for; etc.”). countable, form-of, gerund
"As soon as we received our orders to proceed to Spithead, Mr. Somerville, who had kept his house at Blackheath while the ship was fitting, in hopes that my promotion might have taken place before she was ready, now prepared to quit the place."
- 2 gerund of fit: the action or condition of having one or more fits (“convulsions or seizures”). form-of, gerund, uncountable
"Since her medication was changed, her fitting has got worse."
- 3 putting clothes on to see whether they fit wordnet
- 4 gerund of fit: an act of making something fit (“conform in shape and size; be suitable for; etc.”).; An act of trying on an item of clothing to adjust or inspect how well it fits. countable, uncountable
- 5 (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) wordnet
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- 6 A (generally small) component or part of a device or machine, especially one that is standardized and replaceable; specifically, a standardized part of a piping system used to connect sections of pipe together, such as a coupling. countable
- 7 a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system wordnet
- 8 The process of fitting up; especially, of applying skilled methods to the installation of components to machines or other products. uncountable
- 9 making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances wordnet
- 10 A removable item (such as a carpet, a movable piece of furniture, or a picture) in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when moving out. UK, countable, in-plural, often
"the fittings of a church or study"
- 1 present participle and gerund of fit form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
From fit (“to conform to in shape or size; to be suitable for”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming present participles of verbs, and gerunds and nouns denoting the act of doing something or the embodiment of an action).
From fit (“to conform to in shape or size; to be suitable for”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming present participles of verbs, and gerunds and nouns denoting the act of doing something or the embodiment of an action).
From fit (“to conform to in shape or size; to be suitable for”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming present participles of verbs, and gerunds and nouns denoting the act of doing something or the embodiment of an action).
From fit (“to suffer a fit (‘convulsion, seizure’)”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds and nouns denoting the act of doing something or the embodiment of an action).
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