Befitting

Definition: Befitting

Befitting

Adjective

1. Appropriate to; "behavior befitting a father".

Date "befitting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonym: Befitting

Synonym: Advisable. (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Dueness	Fitting; correct, proper, meet, befitting, becoming, seemly; decorous; creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet; just the thing, quite the thing; selon les r
Expedience	Adjective: expedient; desirable, advisable, acceptable; convenient; worth while, meet; fit, fitting; due, proper, eligible, seemly, becoming; befitting; Verb: opportune; (in season); in loco; suitable; (accordant); applicable; (useful).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Befitting

Specialty definitions using "befitting": limb. (references)

Etymologies containing "befitting": Befit ♦ secretarial. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	So always comport yourself in a manner befitting - quick! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)
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Domain	Title
Books	Befitting a Bride (Hotp-121) (reference) Befitting Emblems of Adversity: A Modern Irish View of Edmund Spenser from W. B. Yeats to the Present (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Quotation
Sir William Ramsay	The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Travel	Guyana	Business dress is relaxed befitting Guyana's tropical climate. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman. 'Twas a pair of boots that the lady bought, And the salesman laced them tight To a very remarkable height -- Higher, indeed, than I think he ought -- Higher than can be right. For the Bible declares -- but never mind: It is hardly fit To censure freely and fault to find With others for sins that I'm not inclined Myself to commit. Each has his weakness, and though my own Is freedom from every sin, It still were unfair to pitch in, Discharging the first censorious stone. Besides, the truth compels me to say, The boots in question were made that way. As he drew the lace she made a grimace, And blushingly said to him: "This boot, I'm sure, is too high to endure, It hurts my -- hurts my -- limb." The salesman smiled in a manner mild, Like an artless, undesigning child; Then, checking himself, to his face he gave A look as sorrowful as the grave, Though he didn't care two figs For her paints and throes, As he stroked her toes, Remarking with speech and manner just Befitting his calling: "Madam, I trust That it doesn't hurt your twigs." B. Percival Dike
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James K. Polk	1845-1849	A concise enumeration of the principles which will guide me in the administrative policy of the Government is not only in accordance with the examples set me by all my predecessors, but is eminently befitting the occasion.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Befitting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 96.97% of the time. "Befitting" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	96.97%	32	61,292
Noun (proper)	3.03%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	33	N/A

Expression using "befitting": befitting for a lady. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "befitting": ill-befitting.
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Language		Translations for "befitting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i përshtatshëm (adapt, adequate, adjustable, appropriate, becoming, canny, comely, competent, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, done, due, elastic, eligible, expedient, fit, fitting, germane, handy, likely, livable, liveable, opportune, Pat, proper, propitious, qualified, rated, relevant, seemly, suitable, suited, tenable, well-becoming, well-suited), i duhur (accordant, appropriate, comely, due, due to, fitting, indispensable, necessary, needful, owing, proper, required, right). (various references)

Bulgarian		подобаващ (becoming, due, fit, proper, seemly, worthy). (various references)

Czech		patřièný (appropriate, becoming, due, respective), náležitý (appropriate). (various references)

Dutch		zoals billijk is (as befitting), zoals behoort (as befitting), naar billijkheid (as befitting), naar behoren (as befitting, decently, properly). (various references)

Finnish		asianmukaisesti (as befitting, duly, in due form). (various references)

French		ainsi qu'il appartiendra (as befitting). (various references)

German		ziemend. (various references)

Greek		αρμόζων (adequate, becoming, fit, fitting, pertinent, proper). (various references)

Hebrew		יא�" (fitting, proper, seemly, suitable). (various references)

Italian		conveniente (agreeable, appropriate, becoming, cheap, convenient, expedient, fit, fitting, good, right, seemly, suitable), adatto (able, appropriate, apt, becoming, capable, convenient, correct, due, fit, fitted, fitting, made, of use, proper, right, suitable, suited). (various references)

Pig Latin		efittingbay

Portuguese		como lhe pertence (as befitting). (various references)

Romanian		potrivit (according, according to, adequate, ample, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, assorted, average, becoming, commensurate, condign, congenial, congruous, conservative, correct, corresponding, decorous, due, duly, eligible, felicitous, fit, fitting, in point, likely, middling, moderate, moderately, opportune, Pat, proper, pursuant to, right, seemly, suitable, suited, to), care stã bine (becoming), adecvat (adequate, adequately, applicable, appropriate, condign, fit, likely, meetly, opportune, pertinently, proper, suitable). (various references)

Russian		годиться подобающий. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pristajući, koji lepo stoji (well-becoming). (various references)

Spanish		propio (individual, like, own, peculiar, personal, proper, very own). (various references)

Swedish		som sig bör (as befitting, duly), såsom det passar sig (as befitting). (various references)

Turkish		yerinde (answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, calculated, condign, conformable, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitted, grandiloquent, in, in one's stead, in place, just, legitimate, on the premises, opportune, Pat, pertinent, pointed, pro-, proper, pursuant, rightful, snappy, sound, suitable, valid, well, well-judged), yakışır (seemly, worthy), yakışık alır (appropriate, becoming, seemly), uygun (acceptable, accommodating, adaptable, adequate, advisable, agreeable, allowable, answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, calculated, comely, commensurate, comparative, compatible, concordant, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, consistent, convenient, cool, correct, decent, done, due, eligible, enjoyable, equal, expedient, fair, fair enough, favorable, favourable, felicitous, fine, fit, fitted, fitting, for, in place, keen, likely, lovely, made to order, matching, meet, nice, opportune, permitting, pertinent, pleasant, proper, propitious, proportional, prosperous, pursuant, relevant, ripe, seasonable, seemly, Square, suitable, suited, tailormade, up to, well, well-matched). (various references)

Ukranian		підхожий (acceptable, adapted, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, canny, eligible, feasible, fit, fitting, good, likely, meet, o.k., ok, okay, okey, opportune, proper, qualified, suitable). (various references)

Vietnamese		thích hợp (advisable, applicable, apposite, apropos, becoming, compatible, congenial, congruous, congurent, fitting, meet, met, pertinent, properly, suitable), hợp với l� nhiệm vụ của. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	condignae, condignus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "befitting": befittingly. (additional references)
	Words ending with "befitting": unbefitting. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Befitting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baffetti, beffiting, befiting. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "befitting" (pronounced bufi"ting)
5	-f i" t i ng	fitting, refitting.
4	-i" t i ng	acquitting, admitting, bitting, committing, emitting, flitting, gritting, hitting, knitting, omitting, permitting, pitting, quitting, resubmitting, sitting, slitting, spitting, splitting, submitting, transmitting, unremitting, unwitting, witting.
3	-t i ng	abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, wresting, writing, yachting.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-f-g-i-i-n-t-t"
	-2 letters: betting, bitting, fetting, fitting.
	-3 letters: biting, bitten, feting, finite, gittin, ignite, tieing.
	-4 letters: befit, begin, being, binge, binit, feign, feint, genii, tinge.
	-5 letters: bent, bine, bint, bite, bitt, fine, gent, gibe, gien, gift, inti, neif, nett, nite, tent, tine, ting, tint, titi.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-f-g-i-i-n-t-t"
	+2 letters: befittingly, benefitting, unbefitting.
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