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FITTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Putting clothes on to see whether they fit
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fitting" is a kind of...):
run; test; trial (the act of testing something)
Derivation:
fit (be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
Synonyms:
appointment; fitting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fitting" is a kind of...):
furnishing ((usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Derivation:
fit (provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fitting" is a kind of...):
accessory; add-on; appurtenance; supplement (a supplementary component that improves capability)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fitting"):
gas fitting (the fitting (pipes or valves or meters) that convey gas from the gas main to the gas fixtures of a building)
pipe fitting; pipefitting (fitting consisting of threaded pieces of pipe for joining pipes together)
receptacle (an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
Synonyms:
accommodation; adjustment; fitting
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fitting" is a kind of...):
advance; betterment; improvement (a change for the better; progress in development)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fitting"):
readjustment (the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances))
domestication (accommodation to domestic life)
habituation (a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions)
shakedown (initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state)
Derivation:
fit (make fit)
fit (make correspond or harmonize)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being precisely fitting and right
Example:
it is only meet that she should be seated first
Synonyms:
fitting; meet
Classified under:
Similar:
just (used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting)
Derivation:
fittingness (the quality of being suitable)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
Example:
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this
Synonyms:
decent; fitting
Classified under:
Similar:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
Derivation:
fittingness (the quality of being suitable)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb fit
Context examples:
Their duties include taking impressions and bite registrations for preparing and repairing dentures and fitting dentures.
(Denturist, NCI Thesaurus)
Fitting regular exercise into your daily schedule may seem difficult at first.
(Exercise and Physical Fitness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
In addition, splicing inaccuracies or insertion of additional nucleotides at the segment junctions generate further junctional diversity and somatic hypermutation of V regions, as B-lymphocytes proliferate, create better fitting antigen-binding sites.
(Generation of Antibody Diversity, NCI Thesaurus)
Ill-fitting shoes often cause these problems.
(Foot Injuries and Disorders, NIH)
Far from that, Diana; his sole idea in proposing to me is to procure a fitting fellow-labourer in his Indian toils.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
It was a fitting avenue to a land of wonders.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The reins and fittings were of a light fawn colour, and the gentleman had a driving-coat to match, with a servant in dark livery behind.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I want to learn some new songs, and my children need fitting up for the summer.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The droop of loosely fitting skin and extensive ear leather give the Black and Tan a distinctive quality.
(Black and Tan Coonhound, NCI Thesaurus)
A cylindrical fitting that slides over a part and locks into place.
(Locking Sleeve Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
