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fitting

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪtɪŋ/

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Definition of fitting

noun

  • 1 (often fittings) a small part on or attached to a piece of furniture or equipment:the wooden fittings were made of walnut
  • (fittings) chiefly British items, such as a cooker or shelves, which are fixed in a building but can be removed when the owner moves:little remains of the house’s Victorian fittingsCompare with fixture (sense 1).
  • 2 [mass noun] the action of fitting something:the fitting of new engines by the shipyard
  • [count noun] an occasion when one tries on a garment that is being made or altered for one:she’s coming tomorrow for a fitting

adjective

  • 1suitable or appropriate under the circumstances; right or proper:a fitting reward [with clause]:it was fitting that his last innings for Middlesex should bring him his highest first-class score
  • 2 [in combination] fitted around or to something or someone in a specified way:loose-fitting trousers

Derivatives

fittingly

adverb

fittingness

noun

fitting in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of fitting in the US English dictionary

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