English Online Dictionary. What means fitting? What does fitting mean?
English
Alternative forms
- (ready): fittin', fittin
Etymology
By surface analysis, fit + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪtɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɪtɪŋ
Verb
fitting
- present participle and gerund of fit
- (informal, US, with infinitive) Getting ready; preparing.
Synonyms
- (ready): fixing to (see also going to)
Adjective
fitting (comparative more fitting, superlative most fitting)
- Appropriate; suitable.
Translations
Noun
fitting (countable and uncountable, plural fittings)
- A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine.
- (engineering) A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling
- The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
- (manufacturing) The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
- (chiefly British, often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.
- the fittings of a church or study
- (uncountable) The action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions.
Derived terms
- banjo fitting
- fitting-out
- fitting room (noun)