fitting
Americanadjective
noun
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an accessory or part
an electrical fitting
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(plural) furnishings or accessories in a building
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work carried out by a fitter
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the act of trying on clothes so that they can be adjusted to fit
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size in clothes or shoes
a narrow fitting
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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fittingnessnoun
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underfittingnoun
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self-fittingadjective
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unfittingadjective
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well-fittingadjective
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fittinglyadverb
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unfittinglyadverb
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Etymology
Origin of fitting
Explanation
Something fitting is perfectly appropriate or proper — it's just right. When someone finds your beloved lost turtle, it's fitting to offer them a reward, or at least a sincere thanks. If your cousin loves ponies, a pony theme is a fitting choice for his birthday party. As a noun, fitting has a completely different meaning. A clothing fitting is the process of trying on an outfit to see how it fits. A hardware or plumbing fitting is one small piece that fits into a bigger system. The thing all of these definitions have in common is the root word fit.
Example Sentences
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“Once you have that thing up and running, you need it to be loaded,” Shih said, given the high fixed costs of building a fabrication plant and fitting it with chip-making equipment.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 3, 2026
What Deschamps was doing with this rarely seen system was fitting his favoured players in the roles they perform for their clubs.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026
Eight million people showed up to see the fair, which featured Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone and Thomas Edison’s telegraph, a fitting tribute to American innovation.
From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026
However, this also meant they needed a fitting finale, which they didn’t have when they first wrapped production.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
Still and all, to me it seemed fitting, her having moved up from housekeeper to bona fide widow.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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