fitting
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
clothing
engineering
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
textiles
Etymology: From fit (“to conform to in shape or size; to be suitable for”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming present participles of verbs, and gerunds and nouns denoting the act of doing something or the embodiment of an action).
Base: fit
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: more fitting
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most fitting
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: fittings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That fits.
pos: adj
examples: close-fitting    form-fitting    ill-fitting
Certainly, in her well-fitting light-blue dress— […] she was a remarkable Cinderella.
gloss: That fits.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: O my ſvveet ſir, nevves fitting to the night, / Blacke, fearefull, comfortleſſe, and horrible.
Though all your actions are noble, though your ſentiments ſpeak the purity of your ſoul, is it fitting that I ſhould accompany you alone into theſe perplexed retreats? ſhould vve be found together, vvhat vvould a cenſorious vvorld think of my conduct?
Cast with him here in this forlorn estate, / In all things for the man she was a fitting mate.
The last regular steam-hauled passenger train between Glasgow and Helensburgh Central was given a fitting send-off from Queen Street Low Level at 11.2 p.m. on Friday, November 4.
It was a fitting scoreline on the club's landmark anniversary, and appropriate that [Robin] Van Persie should get the winner.
And really, Michael Jackson is a more fitting aspiration for the similarly sexless would-be-former teen heartthrob, who’s compared himself to the late King Of Pop (perhaps a bit prematurely) on several occasions and sings in a Jackson-like croon over a sample of “We’ve Got A Good Thing Going” on Believe’s “Die In Your Arms.”
The L&YR built a small number of these trains, known as 'Rail Motors', for rural branch lines. It was only fitting that the Horwich branch should have its own.
gloss: gerund of fit: an act of making something fit (“conform in shape and size; be suitable for; etc.”).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A (generally small) component or part of a device or machine, especially one that is standardized and replaceable; specifically, a standardized part of a piping system used to connect sections of pipe together, such as a coupling.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: The process of fitting up; especially, of applying skilled methods to the installation of components to machines or other products.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A removable item (such as a carpet, a movable piece of furniture, or a picture) in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when moving out.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
in-plural
often
examples: the fittings of a church or study
Derived words: close-fitting
fittingly
fittingness
form-fitting
ill-fitting
loose-fitting
tight-fitting
unfitting
banjo fitting
fitting-out
fitting room
formfitting
gasfitting
grease fitting
gunfitting
photofitting
pipefitting
shipfitting
shopfitting
steamfitting
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: sovittaminen