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UK
/fˈɪtɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈfɪtɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈfɪtɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
- (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
- making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- putting clothes on to see whether they fit
ADJECTIVE
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in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
a decent burial
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
it is only meet that she should be seated first
How To Use fitting In A Sentence
- The front end of the Jaguar was on stands and two mechanics were fitting a new shock absorber. A QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE
- They use cheap materials and actually destroy a lot of decent furniture and fittings in the process - if something is considered unfashionable it gets taken out or painted over.
- Connecticut schools have been fitting yellow intruder alarms next to fire alarms in their corridors and dining halls. Times, Sunday Times
- In more traditional settings, people wear boubous, loose-fitting cotton tunics with large openings under the arms.
- Coco Stylewood baby lounger, which is quite fitting, because your pet is totally your baby as well. bostonkayla on 2008-09-24 15: 46: 19 view bostonkayla's Apartment Therapy Main
- We were lectured by numerous academic doctors, usually wearing scruffy sports jackets or ill-fitting white coats. Times, Sunday Times
- This victory provided a fitting finale to a brilliant season for the club.
- So he vowed to fight for a fitting memorial to be erected to them. The Sun
- The powder charge and the ball and patch had to be rammed separately down the tight-fitting barrel and the pan primed with powder.
- The aim of this thesis is to present a new strategy of fitting offset to adjust time in order to achieve the effective synchronization between slave nod and reference node.