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fitting
noun
1 fitting
Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances.
synonyms: accommodation, adjustment.
Dutch: afstemming
Polish: dostosowywanie, przystosowywanie
2 fitting
A small and often standardized accessory to a larger system.
Polish: armatura
3 fitting
usually in the plural Furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel).
synonym: appointment.
Polish: osprzęt, armatura
4 fitting
Putting clothes on to see whether they fit.
synonyms: try-on, trying on.
Polish: przymierzenie
adjective
1 fitting
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.
synonym: decent.
2 fitting
Being precisely fitting and right.
synonym: meet.
Roget 924:
having a right to
etc.
v.;
entitled to;
claiming;
deserving,
meriting,
worthy of.
privileged,
allowed,
sanctioned,
warranted,
authorized;
ordained,
prescribed,
constitutional,
chartered,
enfranchised.
prescriptive,
presumptive;
absolute,
indefeasible;
unalienable,
inalienable;
imprescriptible†,
inviolable,
unimpeachable,
unchallenged;
sacrosanct.
due to,
merited,
deserved,
condign,
richly deserved.
allowable
etc.
(permitted)
760;
lawful,
licit,
legitimate,
legal;
legalized
etc.
(law)
963.
square,
unexceptionable,
right;
equitable
etc.
922;
due,
en r gle;
fit,
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 gles [Fr.].
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Roget 646:
expedient;
desirable,
advisable,
acceptable;
convenient;
worth while,
meet;
fit,
fitting;
due,
proper,
eligible,
seemly,
becoming;
befitting
etc.
v.;
opportune
etc.
(in season)
134;
in loco;
suitable
etc.
(accordant)
23;
applicable
etc.
(useful)
644.
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Moby thesaurus: a propos, about-face, accessories, accommodation, accordant, according to Hoyle, accouterments, ad rem, adaptation, adapted, adjustment, advantageous, advisable, alteration, amelioration, apostasy, apparatus, appliances, applicable, appointments, apposite, appropriate, appurtenances, apropos, apt, armament, attachments, auspicious, banausic, becoming, befitting, beneficial, betterment, break, change, change of heart, changeableness, civil, comely, comme il faut, commodious, concordant, condign, conditioning, congruous, constructive change, continuity, conveniences, convenient, conversion, correct, decent, decorous, defection, degeneration, degenerative change, desirable, desired, deterioration, deviation, difference, discontinuity, divergence, diversification, diversion, diversity, dovetailing, due, duffel, elements, employable, enablement, equipage, equipment, expedient, facilities, facility, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitten, fittings, fixtures, flip-flop, fortunate, fructuous, functional, furnishing, furnishings, furniture, gear, geared, genteel, germane, good, good for, gradual change, happy, harmonious, helpful, impedimenta, improvement, inspired, installations, just, just right, kit, kosher, likely, lucky, machinery, materiel, meet, melioration, meshing, mitigation, modification, modulation, munition, munitions, nice, normal, normative, of general utility, of help, of service, of use, on the button, opportune, outfit, overthrow, paraphernalia, parts, pat, pertinent, pieces, plant, plumbing, politic, practical, pragmatical, profitable, proper, propitious, providential, qualification, qualified, radical change, recommendable, redesign, reform, reformation, relevant, remaking, renewal, reshaping, restructuring, reversal, revival, revivification, revolution, rig, rigging, right, right and proper, righteous, rightful, ripe, seasonable, seemly, serviceable, shift, sortable, stock-in-trade, sudden change, suitable, suited, suiting, switch, tackle, tailored, things, timely, to be desired, to the point, to the purpose, total change, transition, trappings, tuning, turn, turnabout, units, upheaval, urbane, useful, utensils, utilitarian, variation, variety, violent change, well-chosen, well-expressed, well-put, well-timed, wise, worsening, worthwhile ... show more.
fittings
noun
Roget 633:
machinery,
mechanism,
engineering.
instrument,
organ,
tool,
implement,
utensil,
machine,
engine,
lathe,
gin,
mill;
air engine,
caloric engine,
heat engine.
gear;
tackle,
tackling,
rig,
rigging,
apparatus,
appliances;
plant,
materiel;
harness,
trappings,
fittings,
accouterments;
barde†;
equipment,
equipmentage†;
appointments,
furniture,
upholstery;
chattels;
paraphernalia
etc.
(belongings)
780.
mechanical powers;
lever,
leverage;
mechanical advantage;
crow,
crowbar;
handspike†,
gavelock†,
jemmy†,
jimmy,
arm,
limb,
wing;
oar,
paddle;
pulley;
wheel and axle;
wheelwork,
clockwork;
wheels within wheels;
pinion,
crank,
winch;
cam;
pedal;
capstan
etc.
(lift)
307;
wheel
etc.
(rotation)
312;
inclined plane;
wedge;
screw;
spring,
mainspring;
can hook,
glut,
heald†,
heddle†,
jenny,
parbuckle†,
sprag†,
water wheel.
handle,
hilt,
haft,
shaft,
heft,
shank,
blade,
trigger,
tiller,
helm,
treadle,
key;
turnscrew,
screwdriver;
knocker.
hammer
etc.
(impulse)
276;
edge tool
etc.
(cut)
253;
borer
etc.
262;
vice,
teeth,
etc.
(hold)
781;
nail,
rope
etc.
(join)
45;
peg
etc.
(hang)
214;
support
etc.
215;
spoon
etc.
(vehicle)
272;
arms
etc.
727;
oar
etc.
(navigation)
267;
cardiograph,
recapper†,
snowplow,
tenpenny†,
votograph†.
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