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fitting (root: fit)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fitting has 4 senses
- fitting(n = noun.event) accommodation, adjustment - making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances; Array has particulars: readjustment, domestication, habituation, shakedown
- fitting(n = noun.artifact) Array - a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system; Array is a kind of accessory, add-on, appurtenance, supplement
- fitting(n = noun.artifact) appointment - (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel); Array is a kind of furnishing
- fitting(n = noun.act) try-on, trying on - putting clothes on to see whether they fit; Array is a kind of run, test, trial
is a kind of advance, betterment, improvement
Derived forms verb fit4, verb fit9
has particulars: gas fitting, pipe fitting, pipefitting, receptacle
Derived form verb fit8
Derived form verb fit2
Adjective fitting has 2 senses
- fitting(s = adj.all) Array - 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" Derived form noun fittingness1
- fitting(s = adj.all) meet - being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" Derived form noun fittingness1
CIDE DICTIONARY
fitting, n.
Anything used in fitting up [1913 Webster]
fitting, a.
Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fitting, n. & adj.
--n.
1 the process or an instance of having a garment etc. fitted (needed several fittings).
2 a (in pl.) the fixtures and fitments of a building. b a piece of apparatus or furniture.
--adj. proper, becoming, right.
--n.
1 the process or an instance of having a garment etc. fitted (needed several fittings).
2 a (in pl.) the fixtures and fitments of a building. b a piece of apparatus or furniture.
--adj. proper, becoming, right.
Idiom
fitting-shop a place where machine parts are put together.
Derivative
fittingly adv. fittingness n.
THESAURUS
fitting
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, worthwhileROGET THESAURUS
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Expedience
N expedience, expediency, desirableness, desirability, fitness, utility, propriety, opportunism, advantage, high time, expedient, desirable, advisable, acceptable, convenient, worth while, meet, fit, fitting, due, proper, eligible, seemly, becoming, befitting, opportune, in loco, suitable, applicable, in the right place, conveniently, operae pretium est.Dueness
N due, dueness, right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright, immunity, license, liberty, franchise, vested interest, vested right, sanction, authority, warranty, charter, warrant, constitution, tenure, bond, claimant, appellant, plaintiff, having a right to, entitled to, claiming, deserving, meriting, worthy of, privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized, ordained, prescribed, constitutional, chartered, enfranchised, prescriptive, presumptive, absolute, indefeasible, unalienable, inalienable, imprescriptible, inviolable, unimpeachable, unchallenged, sacrosanct, due to, merited, deserved, condign, richly deserved, allowable, lawful, licit, legitimate, legal, legalized, square, unexceptionable, right, equitable, due, en r gle, fit, fitting, correct, proper, meet, befitting, becoming, seemly, decorous, creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet, just the thing, quite the thing, selon les r gles, duly, ex officio, de jure, by right, by divine right, jure divino, Dei gratia, in the name of, civis Romanus sum, +a chaque saint sa chandelle.
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