Meaning

4 senses
  1. Gerund of fit: an act of making something fit (“conform in shape and size; be suitable for; etc.”).

    (countable, uncountable)An act of trying on an item of clothing to adjust or inspect how well it fits.

    Anpassen, Anpassung, Anprobe

    приме́ркаprimérka

  2. (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.

    Armatur, Element, Formstück

    фи́тингfíting, гарниту́раgarnitúra, освети́тельные прибо́рыosvetítelʹnyje pribóry

    a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system

  3. (uncountable)The process of fitting up; especially, of applying skilled methods to the installation of components to machines or other products.

    Anpassung, Aufbau, Einbau

  4. (UK, countable, in the 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

    Einrichtung, Einrichtungsgegenstand, Möbel

    ме́бельmébelʹ

Examples

78 sentences
  1. Tom is fitting in very well.

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  2. Tom was wearing tight-fitting jeans.

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  3. Tom likes to wear loose-fitting clothes.

    deTom trägt gerne locker sitzende Kleidung.

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  4. Tom wore a long, loose-fitting coat.

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  5. Tom is wearing a loose-fitting coat.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
act of trying on an item of clothing to adjust or inspect how well it fits:
component or part of a device or machine, especially one that is standardized and replaceable:
removable item in a house or other building:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
act of trying on an item of clothing to adjust or inspect how well it fits:
component or part of a device or machine, especially one that is standardized and replaceable:
standardized part of a piping system used to connect sections of pipe together:
process of fitting up:
removable item in a house or other building:

Origin

From fit (“to conform to in shape or size; to be suitable for”, verb) + -ing (suffix formi

From fit (“to conform to in shape or size; to be suitable for”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming present participles of verbs, and gerunds and nouns denoting the act of doing something or the embodiment of an action).

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Forms

plural: fittings
Singularfitting
Pluralfittings

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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