1 (formal) suitable or right for the occasion
SYNAPPROPRIATE:
The award was a fitting tribute to her years of devoted work. * A fitting end to the meal would be a glass of port. * It is fitting that the new centre for European studies should be in a university that teaches every European language.
2 (-fitting) (in adjectives) having a particular FIT:
a tight-fitting dress
Part of speech: noun
1 [usuallypl.] a small part on a piece of equipment or furniture:
light fittings * a pine cupboard with brass fittings
2 [usuallypl.] (BrE) items in a house such as a cooker, lights or shelves that are usually fixed but that you can take with you when you move to a new house
compareFIXTURE
3 an occasion when you try on a piece of clothing that is being made for you to see if it fits:
to have a fitting for a wedding dress
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for fitting is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is fitting a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, fitting is tagged as adjective.
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