fitting

Meanings

Plural: fittings

Noun

• making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
• a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
• (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
• putting clothes on to see whether they fit
• 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.
• 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 action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions.

Verb

• be agreeable or acceptable to
• be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
• satisfy a condition or restriction
• make fit
• insert or adjust several objects or people
• be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
• conform to some shape or size
• provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
• make correspond or harmonize
• present participle and gerund of fit
• Getting ready; preparing.

Adjective Satellite

• 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"
• being precisely fitting and right

Adj

• Appropriate; suitable.

Synonyms

accommodate, accommodation, adjustment, agree, appointment, check, condign, conform to, correspond, equip, fit, fit out, fixing to, gibe, go, jibe, match, meet, outfit, suit, tally, try-on, trying on

Antonyms

disagree

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