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Definitions for Fittings

[1] suitable or appropriate; proper or becoming.
[2] the act of a person or thing that fits.
[3] an act or instance of trying on clothes that are being made or altered to determine proper fit.
[4] anything provided as equipment, parts, supply, etc.
[5] Usually fittings. furniture, fixtures, etc., as of a building or apartment.
[6] adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
[7] proper or becoming: fit behavior.
[8] qualified or competent, as for an office or function: a fit candidate.
[9] prepared or ready: crops fit for gathering.
[10] in good physical condition; in good health: He's fit for the race.
[11] Biology . being adapted to the prevailing conditions and producing offspring that survive to reproductive age. contributing genetic information to the gene pool of the next generation. (of a population) maintaining or increasing the group's numbers in the environment.
[12] to be adapted to or suitable for (a purpose, object, occasion, etc.).
[13] to be proper or becoming for.
[14] to be of the right size or shape for: The dress fitted her perfectly.
[15] to adjust or make conform: to fit a ring to the finger.
[16] to make qualified or competent: qualities that fit one for leadership.
[17] to prepare: This school fits students for college.
[18] to put with precise placement or adjustment: He fitted the picture into the frame.
[19] to provide; furnish; equip: to fit a door with a new handle.
[20] to be suitable or proper.
[21] to be of the right size or shape, as a garment for the wearer or any object or part for a thing to which it is applied: The shoes fit.
[22] the manner in which a thing fits: The fit was perfect.
[23] something that fits: The coat is a poor fit.
[24] the process of fitting.
[25] fit out /up , to furnish with supplies, equipment, clothing, furniture, or other requisites; supply; equip: to fit out an expedition.
[26] simple past tense of fight.
[27] appropriate or proper; suitable
[28] an accessory or part an electrical fitting
[29] (plural) furnishings or accessories in a building
[30] work carried out by a fitter
[31] the act of trying on clothes so that they can be adjusted to fit
[32] British size in clothes or shoes a narrow fitting
[33] to be appropriate or suitable for (a situation, etc)
[34] to be of the correct size or shape for (a connection, container, etc)
[35] (tr) to adjust in order to render appropriate they had to fit the idea to their philosophy
[36] (tr) to supply with that which is needed
[37] (tr) to try clothes on (someone) in order to make adjustments if necessary
[38] (tr) to make competent or ready the experience helped to fit him for the task
[39] (tr) to locate with care
[40] (intr) to correspond with the facts or circumstances
[41] suitable to a purpose or design; appropriate
[42] having the right qualifications; qualifying
[43] in good health
[44] worthy or deserving a book fit to be read
[45] (foll by an infinitive) in such an extreme condition that a specified consequence is likely she was fit to scream ; you look fit to drop
[46] mainly British informal (of a person) sexually attractive
[47] the manner in which something fits
[48] the act or process of fitting
[49] statistics the correspondence between observed and predicted characteristics of a distribution or model See goodness of fit
[50] pathol a sudden attack or convulsion, such as an epileptic seizure
[51] a sudden spell of emotion a fit of anger
[52] an impulsive period of activity or lack of activity; mood a fit of laziness
[53] give a person a fit to surprise a person in an outrageous manner
[54] have a fit or throw a fit informal to become very angry or excited
[55] in fits and starts or by fits and starts in spasmodic spells; irregularly
[56] (intr) informal to have a sudden attack or convulsion, such as an epileptic seizure
[57] archaic a story or song or a section of a story or song

Words related to Fittings

fittingproper, apt, felicitous, furniture, meet, becoming, right, correct, due, extra, accouterment, appointment, equipment, attachment, paraphernalia, component, convenience, instrument, connection, part

Words nearby Fittings

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Origin of Fittings

11325–75; Middle English fitten; akin to Middle Dutch vitten to befit

Other words from Fittings

fit·ting·ly , adverb
fit·ting·ness , noun
self-fit·ting , adjective
un·der·fit·ting , noun
un·fit·ting , adjective
un·fit·ting·ly , adverb
well-fit·ting , adjective
fit·ta·ble , adjective
un·fit·ta·ble , adjective

Word origin for Fittings

Old English fitt ; related to Old Norse fit hem, Old High German fizza yarn

Synonyms for Fittings

apt, felicitous, proper, becoming, correct, due, meet, right, applicable, comme il faut, decent, decorous, desirable, happy, just, just what was ordered, on the button, on the nose, right on, seemly, that's the ticket