fitting
Meaning of fitting
verb
- To be suitable for.
It fits the purpose.
- To conform to in size and shape.
If I lose a few kilos, the gorgeous wedding dress might fit me.
- To be of the right size and shape
I wanted to borrow my little sister's jeans, but they didn't fit.
- (with to) To make conform in size and shape.
I want to fit the drapes to the windows.
- To be in agreement with.
These definitions fit most of the usage.
- To adjust.
The regression program fit a line to the data.
- To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
- To equip or supply.
The chandler will fit us with provisions for a month.
- To make ready.
I'm fitting the ship for a summer sail home.
- To be seemly.
- To be proper or becoming.
- To be in harmony.
The paint, the fabrics, the rugs all fit.
verb
To suffer a fit.
noun- A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine.
- A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling
- The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
- The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
- (often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.
the fittings of a church or study
- The action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions.
Since her medication was changed, her fitting has got worse.
adjective
Ready, appropriate, suitable, or in keeping
Information about fitting
- The plural form of fitting is: fittings.
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Hyphenation of fitting
fit-ting
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- fitting is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
fitting synonyms
Meaning meet:
Meaning adjustment:
Meaning appointment:
Translation of fitting
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