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fitting::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | decent |
| Derivation | fittingness |
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
fitting::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | meet |
| Derivation | fittingness |
fitting::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | accommodation, adjustment |
| Type of | improvement, betterment, advance |
| Has types | habituation, readjustment, shakedown, domestication |
| Derivation | fit |
fitting::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | appointment |
| Type of | furnishing |
| Derivation | fit |
fitting::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | accessory, add-on, supplement, appurtenance |
| Has types | pipefitting, gas fitting, pipe fitting, receptacle |
Examples of fitting
fitting
Never fitting neatly into a single movement, she occupies a region unto herself.
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There would be something fitting about that, in a sick sense of oil-spill irony.
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Was there a more fitting event to launch U2 onto the global stage than Live Aid?
From the time.com
It was fitting Lancashire's band of grafters toasted victory with cans of lager.
From the telegraph.co.uk
A sense of peace and tranquility stands in fitting tribute to the fallen heroes.
From the democratandchronicle.com
All this might seem fitting given that the place houses diamonds by the hundred.
From the newscientist.com
This film will be a fitting tribute to their bravery on behalf of their country.
From the iwcp.co.uk
The idyllic scene provides a fitting bookend to what has been a spectacular day.
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The work included the supply and fitting of a new lavatory seat in his bathroom.
From the borehamwoodtimes.co.uk
- Adjustment: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- 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"
- A small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
- Being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first"
- Appointment: (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
- Putting clothes on to see whether they fit
- The AN thread is a particular type of fitting used to connect flexible hoses and rigid metal tubing that carry fluid. It is a US military-derived specification stemming from a joint standard agreed upon by the Army and Navy, hence AN. ...
- FITS or Flexible Image Transport System is a digital file format used to store, transmit, and manipulate scientific and other images. FITS is the most commonly used digital file format in astronomy. ...
- (Fits (album)) Fits is White Denim's second LP on European label Full Time Hobby Records, following up the critically acclaimed releases of 2008's EU debut Workout Holiday and US debut Exposion. ...
