What is the meaning of fitting?

noun

  • Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances.
  • A small and often standardized accessory to a larger system.
  • Usually plural. ( furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel))
  • Putting clothes on to see whether they fit.

verb

  • Be agreeable or acceptable to.
    • usage: "This suits my needs"
  • Be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired.
    • usage: "This piece won't fit into the puzzle"
  • Satisfy a condition or restriction.
    • usage: "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree"
  • Make fit.
    • usage: "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out"
  • Insert or adjust several objects or people.
    • usage: "Can you fit the toy into the box"; "This man can't fit himself into our work environment"
  • Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.
    • usage: "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"
  • Conform to some shape or size.
    • usage: "How does this shirt fit"
  • Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose.
    • usage: "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"
  • Make correspond or harmonize.
    • usage: "Match my sweater"

adjective

  • In harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion.
    • usage: "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field... It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this"
  • Being precisely fitting and right.
    • usage: "it is only meet that she should be seated first"
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