| ADJECTIVE | all | fitting, decent | in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion |
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| all | fitting, meet | being precisely fitting and right | |
| NOUN | event | fitting, adjustment, accommodation | making or becoming suitable |
| artifact | fitting | a small and often standardized accessory to a larger / larger system | |
| artifact | fitting, appointment | (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) | |
| act | fitting, try-on, trying on | putting clothes on to see whether they fit |
| Sounds | fih'tihng | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | In harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion. | |
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| Example | "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this" | |
| Synonym | decent | |
| Broader | proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
| Spanish | decente, decoroso | |
| Catalan | decent | |
| Nouns | fittingness | the quality of being suitable |
| Meaning | precisely fitting and right. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | meet | |
| Broader | just | Used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting |
| Spanish | acertado, adecuado, apropiado, apto, capaz, conveniente, idóneo, indicado | |
| Catalan | adequat, adient, apropiat, apte, capaç, convenient, encertat, escaient, idoni, indicat | |
| Nouns | fittingness | the quality of being suitable |
| Meaning | making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances. | |
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| Synonyms | adjustment, accommodation | |
| Narrower | domestication | accommodation to domestic / domestic life |
| habituation | A general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions | |
| readjustment | The act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances) | |
| shakedown | initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state | |
| Broader | improvement, betterment, advance | A change for the better |
| Spanish | ajuste, atemperación | |
| Verbs | fit | make correspond or harmonize |
| fit | make fit | |
| Meaning | A small and often standardized accessory to a larger / larger system. | |
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| Narrower | gas fitting | The fitting (pipes or valves or meters) that convey gas from the gas main to the gas fixtures of a building |
| pipefitting, pipe fitting | fitting consisting of threaded pieces of pipe for joining pipes together | |
| receptacle | An electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert | |
| Broader | accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on | A supplementary component that improves capability |
| Meaning | (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel). | |
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| Synonym | appointment | |
| Broader | furnishing | (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home / home / home (or other area) livable |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| Verbs | fit | provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose |
| Meaning | Putting clothes on to see whether they fit. | |
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| Synonyms | try-on, trying on | |
| Broader | test, trial, run | The act of testing something |
| Spanish | prueba | |
| Catalan | emprova | |
| Verbs | fit | be the right size or shape |
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