adjective · common

fitting

fit·ting

fitting · more fitting · most fitting

правий, прямий, правильний

подходящий

recht, geeignet, passend, angemessen

That fitsThat fits.: Chiefly preceded by a descriptive adverb or noun: that fits in some manner (often closely) to the shape or size of something.

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/ˈfɪtɪŋ/

» Tom is fitting in very well.

Meaning

2 senses

That fits.
Chiefly preceded by a descriptive adverb or noun: that fits in some manner (often closely) to the shape or size of something.
close-fitting form-fitting ill-fitting
(figuratively)Appropriate, suitable, proper.
angemessen, gebührend, geeignet
подходя́щийpodxodjáščij

More definitions

being precisely fitting and right
in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion

Examples

78 sentences

Tom is fitting in very well.
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Tom was wearing tight-fitting jeans.
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Tom likes to wear loose-fitting clothes.
deTom trägt gerne locker sitzende Kleidung.
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Tom wore a long, loose-fitting coat.
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Tom is wearing a loose-fitting coat.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

appropriate, suitable — see also appropriate, suitable, adequate, apt, convenient, favorable, opportune:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

appropriate, suitable — see also appropriate, suitable, adequate, apt, convenient, favorable, opportune:

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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