fitting

[ fit-ing ]

/ ˈfɪt ɪŋ /

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adjective

suitable or appropriate; proper or becoming.

noun

the 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.

OTHER WORDS FOR fitting

1 fit, meet, right, decorous, seemly.

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Origin of fitting

First recorded in 1525–35; fit¹ + -ing², -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM fitting

fit·ting·ly, adverbfit·ting·ness, nounself-fitting, adjectiveun·der·fit·ting, noun

un·fit·ting, adjectiveun·fit·ting·ly, adverbwell-fitting, adjective

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How to use fitting in a sentence

The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.
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Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.
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The well, ghost or no ghost, is certainly a piece of history with a bold presence.
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In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.
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It is the obligation of citizens and journalists as well as governments.
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Mrs. Wurzel was quite right; they had been supplied, regardless of cost, from Messrs. Rochet and Stole's well-known establishment.
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The big room at King's Warren Parsonage was already fairly well filled.
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The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.
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Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
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Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
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British Dictionary definitions for fitting

fitting

/ (ˈfɪtɪŋ) /

adjective

appropriate or proper; suitable

noun

an 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 fitting

fittingly, adverbfittingness, noun

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