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fitting English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word fitting once they have reached the level C1 – Advanced. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning fitting meaning

What does fitting mean?

Definitions in simple English

fitting Adjective

— Appropriate. It's fitting that they marry in Spain because that's where they met.

fitting Noun

— The act of trying on clothes to see how they fit and maybe make adjusments.

fitting

— adjective 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

— adjective (= meet) being precisely fitting and right it is only meet that she should be seated first

— noun a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system

— noun putting clothes on to see whether they fit

— noun (= appointment) (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

— noun (= adjustment) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

Synonyms fitting synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as fitting?

fitting English » English

suitable

appropriate

proper

becoming

right

fit

seemly

opportune

convenient

apt

adjustment

mounting

meet

befitting

adequate

trying on

try-on

just

decent

assemblage

advantageous

useful

reasonable

pertinent

pat

part

matching

expedient

correct

assembly

applicable

worthy

suit

setting

piece

of use

jointing

installation

inexpensive

handy

good

erection

equipment

due

congruous

congenial

component

comfortable

cheap

assembling

Topics fitting topics

What do people use fitting to talk about?

Social behavior Law Justice

Deserve

• What words describe something that someone deserves?
  well-deserved well-earned fitting appropriate

States Quality Good

Right, proper

• What words refer to something someone does that is right for a particular situation?
  right proper acceptable appropriate apt correct fitting suitable be the done thing be the way it's done in keeping with

States Quality Good Right, proper

Compatible

• What words describe things that are compatible?
  compatible congruent congruous consistent consonant suitable proper fitting presentable

Examples fitting examples

How do I use fitting in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Follow me to a fitting room.

The fitting room is occupied.

Very high demands are placed on the fitting accuracy of the tubing. The error tolerance is normally in the range of one to a few millimeters.

Tom likes to wear loose-fitting clothes.

Mary was a sight for sore eyes in her stunning, form-fitting red outfit.

Tom wore a tight-fitting sweater.

Mary wore a tight-fitting sweater.

It's not fitting to preach among the ravens.

Tom has trouble fitting in.

Tom prefers his clothes to be loose-fitting.

I'd like to try this on. Where are the fitting rooms?

Movie subtitles

Kind of fitting for your first day.

Maybe Mrs Wadsworth had a special fitting.

We would have been referring Susan for artificial limb fitting in January anyway, but I spoke to them today and they were happy to see her sooner.

The Baron von Chanterelle does not wish for his lineage to die out and therefore invites all of the region's maidens to gather in the marketplace so that his nephew, the sole heir, may choose a fitting maiden to take as his wife.

My fiance is fitting the Spanish Ambassador's wife with a new dress.

Friends, neighbours! It is fitting that we give thanks to the Almighty.

Do you plan fitting the ladies yourself, John?

As a sentimental gesture toward the best friend that opera ever had-- the late Mr. Semple-- l think it only fitting that his nephew, Mr. Longfellow Deeds. should be made our next chairman.

It's a fitting climax to my sense of humor.

That isn't fitting.

I think champagne is so fitting to round out our romance.

It wouldn't be fitting at all.

It wouldn't be fitting for me to thank a woman who saved my husband's life?

Oh, no. That wouldn't be fitting.

You just need a good bra. I'll take you for a fitting after school.

Quite fitting for a bunch of windup dolls like you.

It is fitting that we give thanks to the Almighty.

As a gesture toward the best friend that opera ever had, the late Mr Semple, it's fitting his nephew, Longfellow Deeds, be made our next chairman.

A fitting climax to my sense of humour.

No matter where you go, fitting' ain't good.

That wouldn't be fitting.

Mr. Rhett, I done told you and told you it just ain't fitting' for a girl to ride astraddle with her dress flying up.

Well, I don't think it's fitting', but..

It ain't fitting', it just ain't fitting'.

I scheduled a fitting for you tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. sharp.

Oh. - Okay, fitting is now over.

I'm going to a fitting.

It's only fitting that he's done things for you.

Mr. Rhett, I done told you and told you. it just ain't fitting' for a girl to ride astraddle with her dress flying up.

Well, I don't think it's fitting', but.

News and current affairs

Given Liberia's recent success in post-conflict reconstruction and human development, following a 14-year civil war, it is a fitting setting for the Panel's deliberations.

Whatever the truth in this perception, it is little wonder--and perhaps fitting--that a fight about the future of food should form a key battleground in a fight about who we are.

This month, in short, has been a fitting prelude to the happy occasion on December 13 th when UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and the United Nations organization itself share this year's Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.

The prize is a fitting measure of the role that the UN now plays and must continue to play in promoting a successful and peaceful globalization.

It is entirely fitting that the Indian team has been led by captains from each of its major faiths - Hindus, Muslims, Parsis, Christians, and a colorful Sikh.

That is only fitting: an award for moral courage ought not to be compromised by those offering it.

At times, this may be fitting: in 1950's Germany, for example, American youth culture had a strong anti-authoritarian component that helped to undermine authoritarianism and contributed to the process of postwar democratization.

Ehud Olmert, the party's leader and now elected prime minister, has been a maverick of the center since his student days - a fitting symbol for the rapprochement of left and right.

It would be highly regrettable if the competitive sport's narrow focus on point-scoring were to limit our appreciation of the beauty and harmony we can experience riding a wave without fitting as many turns as possible into our time on it.

Fitting a rising power into a decaying international system has rarely occurred peacefully.

It is fitting that Rome and Athens, the two seats of classical Western civilization, have turned to these two urbane, erudite men for leadership.

Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize is a fitting tribute to a world leader who has been prescient, bold, and skillful in alerting the world to the dangers of manmade climate change.

It is truly fitting that South Korea is hosting this forum, because it is so often seen as a model of what investment in education can deliver.

And, given the current rage for all things Bollywood in France, a lavish Indian wedding would be fitting.

With memories of the old system already beginning to fade, it seems fitting to look back at the region's achievements, review the lessons learned, and examine the challenges ahead.

BERKELEY - It is fitting that the upcoming G-20 summit is being held in Pittsburg, an old industrial center of an advanced industrial country, for the advanced countries have been allowed to set the agenda for strengthening financial systems.

This is a fitting description, because it is one of the global challenges that we hear relatively little about in the developed world.

In a fitting irony, the United Nations is going down with him.