fitting

Noun
  1. Making or becoming suitable;
    Adjusting to circumstances (synset 107384204)
    is a type of: advance, betterment, improvement - a change for the better; progress in development
    subtypes:
    • readjustment - the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances)
    • domestication - accommodation to domestic life
    • habituation - a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
    • shakedown - initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
    same as: accommodation, adjustment
  2. A small and often standardized accessory to a larger system (synset 103358462)
    is a type of: accessory, add-on, appurtenance, supplement - a supplementary component that improves capability
    subtypes:
    • gas fitting - the fitting (pipes or valves or meters) that convey gas from the gas main to the gas fixtures of a building
    • pipe fitting, pipefitting - 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
  3. (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) (synset 102733566)
    domain usage: plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
    is a type of: furnishing - (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable
    same as: appointment
  4. Putting clothes on to see whether they fit (synset 100796669)
    is a type of: run, test, trial - the act of testing something
    same as: try-on, trying on
Adjective
  1. In harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion (synset 301885720)
    "a decent burial"; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this"
    similar to: proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
    same as: decent
  2. Being precisely fitting and right (synset 301373068)
    "it is only meet that she should be seated first"
    similar to: just - used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting
    same as: meet

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