fitting, meet
(adjective) being precisely fitting and right; “it is only meet that she should be seated first”
fitting, decent
(adjective) in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion; “a decent burial”; “We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this”
fitting, try-on, trying on
(noun) putting clothes on to see whether they fit
appointment, fitting
(noun) (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
fitting
(noun) a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
adjustment, accommodation, fitting
(noun) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
fit
(verb) insert or adjust several objects or people; “Can you fit the toy into the box?”; “This man can’t fit himself into our work environment”
fit
(verb) make fit; “fit a dress”; “He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out”
match, fit
(verb) make correspond or harmonize; “Match my sweater”
fit, conform to, meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
(verb) fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction; “does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?”; “This job doesn’t match my dreams”; “meet a need”
equip, fit, fit out, outfit
(verb) provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; “The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities”
match, fit, correspond, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
(verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; “The two stories don’t agree in many details”; “The handwriting checks with the signature on the check”; “The suspect’s fingerprints don’t match those on the gun”
fit, go
(verb) be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; “This piece won’t fit into the puzzle”
suit, accommodate, fit
(verb) be agreeable or acceptable to; “This suits my needs”
fit
(verb) conform to some shape or size; “How does this shirt fit?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Fitting (plural Fittings)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fitting is the 26814th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 907 individuals. Fitting is most common among White (94.82%) individuals.
fitting
present participle of fit
(informal, US, with infinitive) Getting ready; preparing.
• (ready): fixing to (see also going to)
fitting (comparative more fitting, superlative most fitting)
Ready, appropriate, suitable, or in keeping
fitting (countable and uncountable, plural fittings)
A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine.
(engineering) 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.
(manufacturing) The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
(chiefly British, often plural) 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.
(uncountable) The action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions.
Source: Wiktionary
Fit"ting, n.
Definition: Anything used in fitting up; especially (pl.),
Definition: necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study; gas fittings.
Fit"ting, a.
Definition: Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper.
– Fit"ting*ly, adv.
– Fit"ting*ness, n. Jer. Taylor.
Fit,
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Fight. [Obs. or Colloq.]
Fit, n. Etym: [AS. fitt a song.]
Definition: In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus. [Written also fitte, fytte, etc.] To play some pleasant fit. Spenser.
Fit, a. [Compar. Fitter; superl. Fittest.] Etym: [OE. fit, fyt; cf. E. feat neat, elegant, well made, or icel. fitja to web, knit, OD. vitten to suit, square, Goth. f to adorn.
1. Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy. That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. Shak. Fit audience find, though few. Milton.
2. Prepared; ready. [Obs.] So fit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel. Fairfax.
3. Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper. Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked Job xxxiv. 18.
Syn.
– Suitable; proper; appropriate; meet; becoming; expedient; congruous; correspondent; apposite; apt; adapted; prepared; qualified; competent; adequate.
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. The time is fitted for the duty. Burke. The very situation for which he was peculiarly fitted by nature. Macaulay.
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. The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes. Is. xliv. 13.
3. To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required. No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. Shak.
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. That's a bountiful answer that fits all questions. Shak. That time best fits the work. Shak. To fit out, to supply with necessaries or means; to furnish; to equip; as, to fit out a privateer.
– To fit up, to firnish 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.
Fit, v. i.
1. To be proper or becoming. Nor fits it to prolong the feast. Pope.
2. To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.
Fit, n.
1. The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer.
2. (Mach.) (a) The coincidence of parts that come in contact. (b) The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly. Fit rod (Shipbuilding), a gauge rod used to try the depth of a bolt hole in order to determine the length of the bolt required. Knight.
Fit, n. Etym: [AS. fit strife, fight; of uncertain origin. sq. root 77.]
1. A stroke or blow. [Obs. or R.] Curse on that cross, quoth then the Sarazin, That keeps thy body from the bitter fit. Spenser.
2. A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness. And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake. Shak.
3. A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of passion, or of laughter. All fits of pleasure we balanced by an equal degree of pain. Swift. The English, however, were on this subject prone to fits of jealously. Macaulay.
4. A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or insction; an impulse and irregular action. The fits of the season. Shak.
5. A darting point; a sudden emission. [R.] A tongue of light, a fit of flame. Coleridge. By fits, By fits and starts, by intervals of action and re
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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