| Noun | 1. | fitting - making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstancesshakedown - initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown" | |
| 2. | fitting - a small and often standardized accessory to a larger systemgas fitting - the fitting (pipes or valves or meters) that convey gas from the gas main to the gas fixtures of a building receptacle - an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert | |
| 3. | fitting - (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)furnishings - the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable | |
| 4. | fitting - trying on clothes to see whether they fitrun, test, trial - the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial" | |
| Adj. | 1. | fitting - in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this"proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" | |
| 2. | fitting - being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first"just - used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance" | |