Fitting
['fɪtɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) putting clothes on to see whether they fit.
(noun.) a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system.
(adj.) being precisely fitting and right; 'it is only meet that she should be seated first' .
(adj.) in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion; 'We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this' .
Typist: Lycurgus--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fit
(n.) Anything used in fitting up
(n.) necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study; gas fittings.
(a.) Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper.
Edited by Davy
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See FIT]
Editor: Sallust
Examples
- A more fitting time will come. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Therefore, Jew, I will see thee safe under some fitting escort. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- On Thursday the manufacturer hired a neighbouring building and set carpenters at work fitting it up. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In some sisterhood of the strictest order, shalt thou have time for prayer and fitting penance, and that repentance not to be repented of. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But there goes the bell, and as I stand to win a little on this next race, I shall defer a lengthy explanation until a more fitting time. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I am hardly furnished with counsel fitting the circumstances. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I administered the fitting remedies, and left my sweet niece to watch beside him, and bring me notice of any change she should observe. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The fitting out of old Betty Higden was favourable to this, as keeping Bella engaged and interested, and as occupying the general attention. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A Cistertian Prior sends a letter to a soldier of the Temple, and can find no more fitting messenger than an unbelieving Jew. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Far from that, Diana; his sole idea in proposing to me is to procure a fitting fellow-labourer in his Indian toils. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Unless the powder from a badly fitting cartridge happens to spurt backward, one may fire many shots without leaving a sign. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A tight-fitting ferule is then forced into the groove, thus holding the cloth firmly between the cushion and the rail. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In such a case as yours, the object is a fitting establishment. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Hear my tale; it is long and strange, and the temperature of this place is not fitting to your fine sensations; come to the hut upon the mountain. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- And it is now well-nigh the fitting time to summon the brethren to breakfast in the refectory--Ah! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In 1883 no such fittings as fixture insulators were known. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Wilfer, modestly dropping his voice on the word, as he eyed the canary-coloured fittings. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Die-sinking is the art of preparing dies for stamping coins, buttons, medallions, jewelry, fittings, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was certainly more roomy than the ordinary four-wheeled disgrace to London, and the fittings, though frayed, were of rich quality. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Lily felt for these objects the same distaste which the prisoner may entertain for the fittings of the court-room. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- After which he composes himself for an easy ride and takes note of the fittings of the carriage in case he should ever find such knowledge useful. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was part of the fittings of the professor's own desk. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Xenia