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NOUN (4)

1. making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances;
[syn: adjustment, accommodation, fitting]

2. a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system;

3. (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel);
[syn: appointment, fitting]

4. putting clothes on to see whether they fit;
[syn: fitting, try-on, trying on]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion;
- Example: "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this"

2. being precisely fitting and right;
- Example: "it is only meet that she should be seated first"
[syn: fitting, meet]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fit \Fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fitting.] 1. To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation. [1913 Webster] The time is fitted for the duty. --Burke. [1913 Webster] The very situation for which he was peculiarly fitted by nature. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc. [1913 Webster] The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes. --Is. xliv. 13. [1913 Webster] 3. To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required. [1913 Webster] No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits you, put it on. [1913 Webster] That's a bountiful answer that fits all questions. --Shak. [1913 Webster] That time best fits the work. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To fit out, to supply with necessaries or means; to furnish; to equip; as, to fit out a privateer. To fit up, to furnish with things suitable; to make proper for the reception or use of any person; to prepare; as, to fit up a room for a guest. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fitting \Fit"ting\, n. Anything used in fitting up; especially (pl.), necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study; gas fittings. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fitting \Fit"ting\, a. Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. -- Fit"ting*ly, adv. -- Fit"ting*ness, n. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fitting adj 1: 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" 2: being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" [syn: fitting, meet] n 1: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances [syn: adjustment, accommodation, fitting] 2: a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system 3: (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) [syn: appointment, fitting] 4: putting clothes on to see whether they fit [syn: fitting, try-on, trying on]