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fitting - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'fitting' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fitting [ a.]
- Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper.
2 . Fitting [ n.]
- Anything used in fitting up
- necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study; gas fittings.
3 . Fitting [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Fit

Meaning of 'fitting' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fitting [ s]
Meaning (1):
- in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
Example in sentence:
  • a decent burial;
  • We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this
Meaning (2):
- being precisely fitting and right
Example in sentence:
  • it is only meet that she should be seated first