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Definition: Fitting |
FittingAdjective1. 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". 2. Being precisely fitting and right. Noun1. Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances. 2. A small and often standardized accessory to a larger system. 3. (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel). 4. Trying on clothes to see whether they fit. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fitting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | Furniture fixed, often by the builder, as opPosed to the loose furniture bought by the occupier. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | An apparatus which distributes, filters or transforms the light given by a lamp or lamps and which includes all the items necessary for fixing and protecting these lamps and for connecting them to the supply circuit. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An accessory, such as a lock nut or bushing, to a wiring system. Its function is primarily mechanical rather than electrical. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mechanical Engineering | A short hollow piece, straight or bent, made of cast iron, steel, ceramic or plastic, and used to effect a leakproof assembly of two lengths of pipe. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | Of denture. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Hand or bench work involved in the assembly of finished parts by a fitter. (references) |
Social Sciences | Of handicapped into employment. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: FittingSynonyms: meet (adj), accommodation (n), adjustment (n), appointment (n), trying on (n), try-on (n). (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. | |
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Screenplays | He died a fitting end for the garbage he was. (Blood Feast; writing credit: Allison Louise Downe; David F. Friedman) The condom works by fitting snugly over a woman's wine glass (Saturday Night Live; writing credit: Doug Abeles; Leo Allen) What a fitting end to your life's pursuits (Raiders of the Lost Ark; writing credit: George Lucas; Philip Kaufman) Then perhaps you weren't afforded a seat be fitting your status and your knowledge of the arts (The Phantom of the Opera; writing credit: Gerry O'Hara) That gun, it looks more fitting for a woman (Thunderball; writing credit: Kevin McClory; Jack Whittingham) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Fitting In (1981) Girls Fitting In (1980) No Fitting Habitat (1979) | |
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 | Fitting the ladder into the dam. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Fitting the right lenses in his spectacles ... means he can once more see the world about him. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by N. Willard.. |
 | At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21 September 1936, two days after she went into commission. The destroyer astern of Smith is Preston (DD-379), which was still fitting out. Credit: NAVY. |  | Ships fitting out at the Fore River shipyard, 19 March 1918. The six destroyers are Little (DD-79), Kimberly (DD-80), Sigourney (DD-81), Gregory (DD-82), Colhoun (DD-85) and Stevens (DD-86), which had builder's hull numbers 274-277 and 280-281 respectively. The freighter at right is Katrina Luckenbach, yard hull # 267, which served as USS Katrina Luckenbach in 1918-19. Most of the equipment on the pier is for her. Note the large submarine being built in the background, under the revolving crane. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Cutting and fitting. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sergeant David P. Keith fitting an artifical leg into a shoe, for a soldier whose leg was amputated, in an orthopedic shop, at Walter Reed General Hospital, Army Medical Center. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Fitting upper to lower part of boot. Bootmaking shop, Alpine, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Fitting beading to upper of boot in bootmaking shop. Alpine, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Fitting the tail of a transport plane to the wing center section in the fuselage mating fixture at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bond's, business at 6th and Vine Sts., Cincinnati, Ohio. Fitting rooms. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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O.m. Mitchell | The Bible furnishes the only fitting vehicle to express the thoughts that overwhelm us when contemplating the stellar universe. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The bourgeoisie has disclosed how it came to pass that the brutal display of vigour in the Middle Ages, which Reactionists so much admire, found its fitting complement in the most slothful indolence. (reference) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1863 | It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. (The Gettysburg Address) |
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Hunting of the Snark | Carroll, Lewis | This also seems a fitting occasion to notice the other hard words in that poem |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This patron saint was fitting for this soul |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The young man paused in fitting the brace to the valve slot |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | If such work cannot be delegated, wearing a tightly fitting dust mask can greatly reduce exposure and resulting symptoms. (references) | |
You may need to have your teeth cleaned and to take care of any problems such as cavities, gum abscesses, gum disease, or poorly fitting dentures. (references) | ||
If their sons' language disability seems to prevent them from fitting in socially, the parents of XXY boys may want to ask school officials about a social skills training program. (references) | ||
Business | They can find a company fitting their intentions and invest in a "brown-field" operation. (references) | |
The most significant security development in recent years has been the increasingly widespread fitting by manufacturers of electronic immobilizers. (references) | ||
China has about 200 pesticide producers, of which 50 are large and medium-scale manufacturers and several hundred are small processing and fitting plants. (references) | ||
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | Increased intake of non-alcoholic beverages is advised, as well as wearing loose fitting, cotton clothing. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | One hundred expeditions of circumnavigation like those of Cook and La Prouse would not burden the exchequer of the nation fitting them out so much as the ways and means of defraying a single campaign in war. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper. |
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| "Fitting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 47.38% of the time. "Fitting" is used about 1,012 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) | 47.38% | 479 | 12,412 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 27.25% | 276 | 17,631 |
| Noun (singular) | 25.37% | 257 | 18,451 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,012 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "fitting" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Fitting | Last name | 1,000 | 15,516 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "fitting": badly fitting ♦ be fitting ♦ cactus fitting ♦ capillary fitting ♦ close fitting ♦ closely fitting ♦ ending fitting ♦ fitting out ♦ fitting room ♦ fitting shop ♦ fitting together ♦ flare fitting ♦ flared fitting ♦ gas fitting ♦ have a fitting ♦ light fitting ♦ lighting fitting ♦ overflow fitting ♦ pipe fitting ♦ Prosthesis Fitting ♦ recessed fitting ♦ recessed lighting fitting ♦ reducing pipe fitting ♦ splice fitting ♦ steam fitting ♦ tee fitting ♦ tightly fitting. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fitting": fitting-out, fitting-room, fitting-up. | |
Ending with "fitting": best-fitting, closely-fitting, flush-fitting, slim-fitting, tight-fitting, tightly-fitting, well-fitting. | |
Containing "fitting": close-fitting dress, well-fitting shoes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
fitting | 331 | club fitting | 40 |
pipe fitting | 330 | conduit fitting | 35 |
pvc fitting | 176 | grease fitting | 35 |
golf club fitting | 175 | bulkhead fitting | 35 |
pvc pipe fitting | 113 | earl fitting | 34 |
parker fitting | 89 | the fitting room | 33 |
hydraulic fitting | 86 | bicycle fitting | 31 |
brass fitting | 86 | saddle fitting | 30 |
tube fitting | 76 | copper pipe fitting | 29 |
stainless steel fitting | 75 | pipe fitting plastic | 29 |
bra fitting | 66 | bike fitting | 26 |
compression fitting | 60 | sanitary fitting | 25 |
hose fitting | 57 | custom golf club fitting | 24 |
copper fitting | 53 | pneumatic fitting | 22 |
plastic fitting | 51 | steel pipe fitting | 22 |
shop fitting | 47 | air fitting | 22 |
plumbing fitting | 43 | weatherhead fitting | 21 |
curve fitting | 43 | aluminum pipe fitting | 20 |
bathroom fitting | 42 | aeroquip fitting | 20 |
stainless steel pipe fitting | 41 | light fitting | 20 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "fitting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | behoorlik (decent, decently, proper, properly, suitable). (various references) | |
Albanian | provë (assay, audition, averment, demonstration, evidence, experiment, fact, flier, prill, probation, prolusion, proof, reasoning, rehearsal, run through, rush, school, seal, sign, substantiation, taste, tasting, test, touch, trial, try, try on, try out, witness), pajisje (amenities, capital goods, device, equipage, equipment, facilities, fit out, fitment, fittings, fixing, fixings, gadget, mounting, provision, rig, rigging, supply, tackle), montim (assemblage, assembly, editing, erection, fixing, frame, hookup), i përshtatshëm (adapt, adequate, adjustable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, canny, comely, competent, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, done, due, elastic, eligible, expedient, fit, germane, handy, likely, livable, liveable, opportune, Pat, proper, propitious, qualified, rated, relevant, seemly, suitable, suited, tenable, well-becoming, well-suited), i duhur (accordant, appropriate, befitting, comely, due, due to, indispensable, necessary, needful, owing, proper, required, right). (various references) | |
Arabic | مناسب (adequate, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, conformable, congruent, congruous, convenient, due, expedient, favorable, favourable, feasible, felicitous, fit, harmonious, in agreement, in conformity, in harmony, opportune, pat, proper, right, seasonable, seemly, suitable, suited, timely), ملائم (acceptable, accordant, adapted, adequate, advantageous, agreeable, agreeing, appropriate, apt, becoming, click, compatible, concordant, conformable, conforming, congruent, congruous, consistent, consonant, convenient, expedient, favorable, favourable, feasible, fit, harmonious, in accord, in agreement, in conformity, in harmony, matching, opportune, proper, propitious, right, seasonable, seemly, suitable, suited, timely), لوازم الحمام, تجهيزات (appointment, equipment, fixture, outfit, rigging, supply), تركيبات. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сглобяване (fit out, integration), натъкмяване, пробване, приспособяване (accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, conversion, modification, readjustment, tailoring), подходящ (adaptable, adequate, agreeable, answerable, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, congenial, congruent, congruous, convenient, correct, correspondent, fit, germane, god given, likely, opportune, pointful, proper, propitious, sensible, suitable, suited, sympathetic, worthy). (various references) | |
Chinese | 錩 (metal utensil, mounting), 适合 (Fitted, suit, suitability, suited, suiting), 事 (useful), 當 (adequate, at or in the very same..., during, equal, just at, manage, match equally, obstruct, on the spot, ought, proper, replace, represent, right, same, should, suitable, to act as, to be, to pawn, when, withstand). (various references) | |
Czech | zkouška u krejèího, vybavení (appointments, equipage, equipment, facility, outfit, paraphernalia), vhodný (adequate, advisable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, convenient, desirable, eligible, expedient, felicitous, fit, good, happy, matching, opportune, presentable, proper, propitious, right, sufficient, suitable, suited), trefný (apt, incisive, snappy). (various references) | |
Danish | finindstilling (exact fit, fine tuning, focusing, focussing, levelling, precision fitting), fitting (accessory, line fittings, pipe fitting, special), fittings (line fittings, pipe fitting, special), forbindelse (connection), pakning (bordering, compacting, encapsulation, fomentation, gasket, gland packing, joint, jointing, pack, package, packaging, packing, poultice, tamping), belysningsanordning (lantern, lighting fitting, ligthing fixture, luminaire), belysningsarmatur (lantern, lighting fitting, ligthing fixture, luminaire), indstilling (adjusting, fit, setting, setup), armatur (armour, lantern, lighting fitting, ligthing fixture, luminaire), løs del til rørlægning (line fittings, pipe fitting, special), tilslutning (affiliation, assembly, attachment, connection, connections, connector, joint, junction, tag, terminal, termination), proevning (test), rørfitting (pipe fitting), regulering (regulation), samling (collection), sammenfoejning (assembly, connection, joint), smedearbejder (interlocking work), som passer, tilpasning (adaptation, adjustment), justering (adjuster, adjustment, adjustment device, end-butting, end-trimming, equalising, equalizing, fit, justification, meter proving, realignment, rigging, setting, trimming, verification). (various references) | |
Dutch | fatsoenlýk (above-board, decent, decently, honest, proper, properly, suitable, upright), fatsoenlijk (decent, proper, suitable), fitting (line fittings, pipe fitting, socket, special), armatuur (armature, brace, cramp-iron), lamp (bulb, lamp), keurig (decent, gentlemanlike, jaunty, ladylike, pretty, proper, suitable), instelling (adjustment, establishment, institution), het samenbouwen (assembly, connection, joint), het afstellen, gemonteerde (assembly, connection, joint), adequaat (adequate, conforming), býpassend (conforming), lichtarmatuur (lantern, lighting fitting, ligthing fixture, luminaire), buisverbinding (pipe fitting), bijstelling (adaptation, adjusting, updating), betamelijk (becoming, decent, proper, suitable), betamelýk (appropriate, becoming, decent, proper, seemly, suitable), behoorlijk (decently, proper, properly, suitable), behoorlýk (decent, decently, proper, properly, suitable), geassembleerde (assembly, connection, joint), pijpfitting (line fittings, pipe fitting, special), welvoeglýk (decent, proper, suitable), vormstuk (line fittings, pipe fitting, special), voegzaam (decent, proper, suitable), verlichtingsartikelen (lantern, lighting fitting, ligthing fixture, luminaire), verlichtingsarmatuur (lantern, lighting fitting, ligthing fixture, luminaire), verlichtingsapparaat (lantern, lighting fitting, ligthing fixture, luminaire), verbinding (combination, connection), verbinden (agglutinate, bind, combine, connect, connect up, join, plug in, tie, tie up), lampenarmatuur (lantern, lighting fitting, ligthing fixture, luminaire), precisiepassing (precision fitting), lantaarn (lantern), passing (accommodation, fit, setting), passend (appropriate, becoming, conforming, convenient, decently, handy, opportune, properly, seemly, suitable), passen (attempt, be appropriate, be fitting, be suitable, befit, conform, fit, fit in, suit, test, try, try on), overeenstemmend (conforming), nastelling (adjusting), montagewerkzaamheden (interlocking work), montage (assemblage, assembly, composing, erecting, fitting up, mounting), samenvoegen (combine). (various references) | |
Esperanto | konforma (conforming), deca (decent, proper, suitable). (various references) | |
Faeroese | samsvarandi (conforming, equivalent). (various references) | |
Finnish | valaisin (lamp, lighting fixture), sovitus (adaptation, arrangement, atonement, expiation), sovittelu (conciliation, mediation), sopiva (appropriate, convenient, decent, expedient, fit, fitted, opportune, proper, suitable, suited, timely, well-timed), säätö (adjustment, regulation), putkiliitin (pipe fitting), liitoskappale (pipe fitting, splice), liitos (join, joint, scarf, seam), koetus (test, trial), jalkaansopivuus, hienosäätö (fine tuning, trimming), asianmukainen (due, proper), asennus (installation), arvonmukainen (due, proper). (various references) | |
French | convenable (fit), essayage, conforme. (various references) | |
German | passend (acceptable, apposite, appropriate, appropriately, apropos, apt, aptly, befittingly, compatibility, compatible, convenient, convienient, feasible, fittingly, matching, opportune, pertinent, pertinently, proper, properly, relevant, suitable, suitably, well-fitting), fitting (line fittings, pipe fitting, special), einbau (fixture, installation, mounting), anprobe, anliegend (adjacent, enclosed, flat, tight-fitting). (various references) | |
Greek | εφαρμογή (adjustment, appliance, application, enforcement, implementation). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתאים (applicable, apposite, appropriate, apt, concurrent, congruous, convenient, fit, germane, likely, meet, proper, propitious, suitable), מתאם (correlation, symmetry), מ"י"" (measure, measurement, mensuration, survey), יא" (befitting, proper, seemly, suitable), "תקן קבוע, "ולם (adequate, appropriate, congruous, felicitous, fit, meet, suitable), ראוי (appropriate, deserving, designated, fit, meet, proper, suitable, worth, worthy). (various references) | |
Hungarian | felszerelés (accessories, accoutrement, accoutrements, apparel, appointments, armature, bag of tricks, device, equipage, equipment, facilities, facility, fittings, garniture, gear, habiliment, installation, kit, materials, mounting, outfit, pack, paraphernalia, plant, rig, rigging, set, setout, setting, supply, tackle), testhezálló (clinging, slinky), szerelvény (kit, outfit, pack, rake, relief train, train, trip), megfelelõ (adaptable, adequate, applicable, appropriate, be sufficient, competent, convenient, correspondent, corresponding, decent, due, eligible, fit, proper, proportional, right, suitable, up to the mark), illesztés (drive fit, join, joint, setting, suiting), helyes (appropriate, apt, compt, correct, legitimate, nice, nice-looking, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, Ortho, pertinent, proper, quite so, right, Roger, seemly, true, well), alkalmas (able, applicable, appropriate, apt, capable, competent, congenial, convenient, eligible, expedient, feasible, fit, friendly, handy, of use, opportune, practical, qualified, right, suitable, susceptible, the ground plays well, timely). (various references) | |
Indonesian | yogya (proper), yogia (proper), sepantasnya (proper). (various references) | |
Italian | prova (approval, attempt, bout, check, demonstration, essay, event, evidence, examination, experiment, probation, proof, rehearsal, sample, shot, sign, test, token, trial, try), decente (chaste, decent, decorous, descreet, discreet, proper, reasonable, seemly, suitable). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 着付け (dressing), フィールド競技 (face, face sheet, face value, face-card, face-off, fade, fade ball, fade-in, fade-out, fatal, Federation Internationale de Nation Amateur cup, FI, fiance, fiction, field events, fielder's choice, fifty-fifty, figurative, figure, figure skating, Fiji, filament, filaria, filibuster, fill, fill-in, film, film library, film net, filter, filter-bank, filtering, fin, FINA cup, finale, finger, finger bowl, fingering, finish, Finland, fiscal policy, fish, fish meal, fishing, fit, fitness, fitness shoes, fitting room, fix, fixed, fixer, fjord, FO, phase, Philadelphia, philanthropy, philharmonic, philharmonie, Philippines, Philips, philosophy, physical, physical protection, questionnaire that asks for a demographic profile, vinyl drainpipe with fins), 据え付け (installation, mounting, setting), 取り付け (furnishing, installation, run on a bank), 好適 (fit, fitted, ideal, suitable). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すえつけ (installation, mounting, setting), フィッティング , きつけ (bringing around, care of, dressing, encouragement, resuscitation), "うてき (fit, fitted, ideal, official, public, public enemy, suitable), とりつけ (furnishing, installation, run on a bank). (various references) | |
Korean | 합XX억합. (various references) | |
Manx | traaoil (apposite, apropos, apt, felicitous, fortunate, opportune, punctual, seasonable, timely, topical), mie-howshit, fittal. (various references) | |
Norwegian | passende (appropriate, convenient, eligible, fit), montering. (various references) | |
Papiamen | adekuado (adequate, conforming, effective, effectual, efficacious, of use, suitable), adaptabel (adaptable, conforming, of use, suitable). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ittingfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | próprio (becoming, congenial, correct, due, fit, good, herself, himself, itself, meet, own, particular, personal, proper, rightdown, seemly, self, selfsame, special, suitable, very), conveniente (advisable, appropriate, becoming, beseeming, congenial, congruous, convenient, due, friendly, handy, of use, opportune, proper, propitious, rightdown, seasonable, seemly, suitable, timely, well-timed, wieldy), apropriado (adequate, applicable, apposite, appropriate, becoming, competent, conforming, congruous, decent, felicitous, good, happy, likely, opportune, proper, rightdown, seemly, suitable). (various references) | |
Romanian | propriu (adequate, appropriate, inherent, intrinsic, own, peculiar, personal, proper, resident, salient, suitable), potrivit (according, according to, adequate, ample, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, assorted, average, becoming, befitting, commensurate, condign, congenial, congruous, conservative, correct, corresponding, decorous, due, duly, eligible, felicitous, fit, in point, likely, middling, moderate, moderately, opportune, Pat, proper, pursuant to, right, seemly, suitable, suited, to), potrivire (accommodation, accord, adaptation, adequacy, adjustment, agreement, aptness, arrangement, congeniality, congruence, congruity, correspondence, decorum, dovetailing, felicity, fit, fitness, pairing, purpose, suitability), piese metalice (metal work), montaj (montage, paste up), mobilier (furnishings, furniture), mobilã (a piece of furniture, furniture), garniturã aparţinând unei instalaţii, exact (accurate, accurately, by the square, careful, clean-cut, clipping, clockwork, correct, dead, directly, due, even, exact, exactly, faithful, flat, for all the world, formal, just, just so, narrow, perfect, precise, precisely, proper, punctual, punctually, regular, right, rigorous, scholarly, sharp, slick, straight, strict, strictly, that's the idea, to a day, to a hair's breadth, true, truly, you've hit it), corespunzãtor (accordingly, adequate, answerable, commensurate, congenial, congruent, correct, correspondent, corresponding, decent, equal, equivalent, fit, normal, reciprocal, relative, respondent, several, suitable), convenabil (acceptable, admissible, appropriate, becoming, cheap, comely, convenient, conveniently, eligible, fair, feasible, fit, goodly, likely, reasonable, seemly, suitable, suited), bun (affectionate, applicable, belongings, beneficial, benevolent, bonny, bright, canny, capital, clever, decent, domain, eminent, fair, favorable, favourable, fine, fit, fond, fortunate, fortune, genuine, good, goods, grand, grandfather, grandparent, happy, honest, humane, kind, kindly, nice, okay, pleasurable, proper, real, right, salutary, skilful, skillful, soft-hearted, splendid, suitable, true, upright, useful, virtuous, well, wholesome), armãturã (armature, Armor, armour, coat, fixture, keeper), ajustare (accommodation, adjustment, modulating). (various references) | |
Russian | установка (adjustment, collocation, erection, fixing, hold-down, installation, mounting, outfit, setting, set-up, setups, stance), приспосабливать монтаж, пригонка (fit, matching), примерка (try on, trying-on), приладка. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | shodan (appropriate, pursuant to), probanje (sampling, taste), pogodan (apt, conducive, convenient, favorable, favourable, fit, likely, proper, serviceable, suitable), podesan (becoming, compatible, felicitous, opportune, pat, proper, ready, snug, suitable, timely, well-suited), deo opreme. (various references) | |
Spanish | conveniente (accordant, advisable, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, beseeming, convenient, decent, due, expedient, meet, proper, seemly, suitable, unisonous, useful), prueba (assay, audition, correction, demonstration, endorsement, event, evidence, exam, exercise, experiment, Gage, gauge, hardship, indorsation, indorsement, offer, paper, problem, proof, proving, race, sign, test, token, trial, trouble, try out). (various references) | |
Swedish | passande (appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, competent, decent, decently, due, eligible, fit, good, likely, meet, opportune, pass, seemly, suitable, suited). (various references) | |
Thai | การลองขนา"เสื้อผ้า, ที่เหมาะสม (fit). (various references) | |
Turkish | uygun (acceptable, accommodating, adaptable, adequate, advisable, agreeable, allowable, answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, 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, 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), uydurma (adjustment, apocryphal, arranging, cardboard box, coinage, colorable, concoction, fabled, fabrication, fabulous, fake, false, falsification, fib, fiction, fictitious, fictive, figment, flam, gold brick, improvisation, improvised, invention, made up, making up, mendacious, out of whole cloth, quack, tosh, trumped-up, tuning, untrue, untruth, untruthful), tesisat (fitment, fixture, installation, installment, instalment), prova (dry run, proof, rehearsal, trial, try on), montaj (assemblage, assembly, erecting, installation, montage, mounting), mekanizma (contraption, machine, machinery, mechanism), layık (deserving, fit, worth, worthy, worthy of), geçme (contagion, dissemination, encroachment, intervention, lapse, pass, passage, passing, permeation, slip on, splice, tenon, transit, transmigration, whirligig), ayarlama (adjustment, arrangement, calibration, regulation, setting up, standardization, tune up, tuning). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | підхожий (acceptable, adapted, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, befitting, canny, eligible, feasible, fit, good, likely, meet, o.k., ok, okay, okey, opportune, proper, qualified, suitable), примірка (try on), приладка, придатний (adapted, applicable, applicative, appointable, appropriate, apt, available, calculated, convenient, fit, of avail). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thích hợp (advisable, applicable, apposite, apropos, becoming, befitting, compatible, congenial, congruous, congurent, meet, met, pertinent, properly, suitable), sự l m cho khớp, sự điều chỉnh (adjustment, regulation), phù hợp phải, đúng (actually, apt, aptly, aright, correct, due, exact, fair, just, precise, precisely, proper, properly, right, rightly, true, very). (various references) | |
Welsh | addas (apposite, proper, suitable). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | du. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aptus, concinentem, concinentibus, conveniens, convenientes, convenientia, convenientibus, decet, decora, decoram, decoraque, decoras, decori, decoris, decoros, decorum, decorus, idoneus. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | gedefe, gerisenlic, riht. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fitting": fittingly, fittingness, fittingnesses, fittings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "fitting": backfitting, befitting, benefitting, formfitting, misfitting, outfitting, refitting, reoutfitting, retrofitting, unbefitting, unfitting. (additional references) | |
Words containing "fitting": befittingly. (additional references) | |
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"Fitting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fiating, fiatting, fiiting, Fitling, fixting, fotting, ittingen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fitting" (pronounced fi"ting) |
| 5 | f i" t i ng | befitting, 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 | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, 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, 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 "f-g-i-i-n-t-t" | |
-1 letter: gittin. | |
-3 letters: gift, inti, ting, tint, titi. | |
-4 letters: fig, fin, fit, gin, git, nit, tin. | |
-5 letters: if, in, it, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-g-i-i-n-t-t" | |
+1 letter: fittings, flitting, fritting. | |
+2 letters: befitting, fittingly, refitting, unfitting. | |
+3 letters: filtrating, flittering, frittering, misfitting, outfitting, testifying. | |
+4 letters: antifatigue, backfitting, befittingly, benefitting, festinating, filmsetting, fittingness, formfitting, frostbiting, fungistatic, fustigating, fustigation, infatuating, outfighting, prettifying, stratifying, stultifying, unbefitting. | |
+5 letters: facilitating, felicitating, filmsettings, frostbitings, fustigations, infiltrating, pettifogging, reoutfitting, retrofitting, trifurcating. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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