FITTING

Pronunciation (US):

• FITTING (noun)
  The noun FITTING has 4 senses:

1. making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
2. a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
3. (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
4. putting clothes on to see whether they fit

  Familiarity information: FITTING used as a noun is uncommon.

• FITTING (adjective)
  The adjective FITTING has 2 senses:

1. in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
2. being precisely fitting and right

  Familiarity information: FITTING used as an adjective is rare.

• FITTING (noun)

Meaning:

Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

fitting; adjustment; accommodation

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"):

shakedown (initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state)

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)

Meaning:

(usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

appointment; fitting

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)

Meaning:

Putting clothes on to see whether they fit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

try-on; trying on; fitting

Hypernyms ("fitting" is a kind of...):

run; test; trial (the act of testing something)

• FITTING (adjective)

Meaning:

In harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion

Context example:

We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this

Similar:

proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)

Meaning:

Being precisely fitting and right

Synonyms:

meet; fitting

Context example:

it is only meet that she should be seated first

Similar:

just (used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting)