fitting

adj

1. That fits.

   “close-fitting    form-fitting    ill-fitting”

   “Certainly, in her well-fitting light-blue dress— […] she was a remarkable Cinderella.”

2. (figuratively)That fits.

   “O my ſvveet ſir, nevves fitting to the night, / Blacke, fearefull, comfortleſſe, and horrible.”

   “Though all your actions are noble, though your ſentiments ſpeak the purity of your ſoul, is it fitting that I ſhould accompany you alone into theſe perplexed retreats? ſhould vve be found together, vvhat vvould a cenſorious vvorld think of my conduct?”

   “Cast with him here in this forlorn estate, / In all things for the man she was a fitting mate.”

   “The last regular steam-hauled passenger train between Glasgow and Helensburgh Central was given a fitting send-off from Queen Street Low Level at 11.2 p.m. on Friday, November 4.”

   “It was a fitting scoreline on the club's landmark anniversary, and appropriate that [Robin] Van Persie should get the winner.”

noun

1. (countable, form-of, gerund)gerund of fit: an act of making something fit (“conform in shape and size; be suitable for; etc.”).

   “curve fitting”

   “As soon as we received our orders to proceed to Spithead, Mr. Somerville, who had kept his house at Blackheath while the ship was fitting, in hopes that my promotion might have taken place before she was ready, now prepared to quit the place.”

   “[T]he fitting of cushions where they would not slip, the rounding of corners for more delicate repose; […] the perfect fitting of windows, on which one-half the comfort of a travelling carriage really depends; […] —all this was an imaginary journey in itself, with every pleasure, and none of the discomfort, of practical travelling.”

2. (countable, uncountable)gerund of fit: an act of making something fit (“conform in shape and size; be suitable for; etc.”).
3. (countable)A (generally small) component or part of a device or machine, especially one that is standardized and replaceable; specifically, a standardized part of a piping system used to connect sections of pipe together, such as a coupling.
4. (uncountable)The process of fitting up; especially, of applying skilled methods to the installation of components to machines or other products.
5. (UK, countable, in-plural, often)A removable item (such as a carpet, a movable piece of furniture, or a picture) in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when moving out.

   “the fittings of a church or study”

6. (form-of, gerund, uncountable)gerund of fit: the action or condition of having one or more fits (“convulsions or seizures”).

   “Since her medication was changed, her fitting has got worse.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of fit

name

1. A surname.