fitting

 
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪtɪŋ/

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