fitting in English dictionary

  • fitting

    Meanings and definitions of "fitting"

    • Present participle of fit.
    • appropriate, or in keeping
    • A small detachable part of a device or machine.
    • The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
    • (manufacturing) The process of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
    • (chiefly UK) Domestic furnishings or fixtures.
    • adjective
      Ready, appropriate, or in keeping
    • noun
      A small detachable part of a device or machine.
    • noun
      (engineering)
      tube connector; standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling
    • noun
      The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
    • noun
      (manufacturing)
      The process of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
    • noun
      (chiefly Britain)
      Domestic moveable piece of furniture, which can be taken along when moving out, US furnishing (see also fixture).
    • verb
      present participle of [i]fit[/i]
    • verb
      (informal, US, with infinitive)
      Ready, preparing.
    • Plumbing equipment in a building.(Source: RRDA)
    • appropriate
    • a small detachable part of a device or machine
    • the act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit
    • adjective
      being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first"
    • adjective
      in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion; "a decent burial"; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this"
    • noun
      a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
    • noun
      making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
    • noun
      putting clothes on to see whether they fit
    • noun
      (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

    Synonyms of "fitting" in English dictionary

    try-on, furnishing, test are the top synonyms of "fitting" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of fitting

    • fitting ( comparative more fitting, superlative most fitting)
    • fitting ( plural  fittings)
    • fitting (comparative more fitting, superlative most fitting)
    • fitting (plural fittings)
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