Definition of "fitting" in Englisch

verb

1. present participle and gerund of fit

2. (informal, US, with infinitive) Getting ready; preparing.

   • I'm fitting to go home and sleep.

adjective

1. Appropriate; suitable.

noun

1. A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine.

2. (engineering) A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling

3. The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.

4. (manufacturing) The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.

5. (chiefly British, often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.

   • the fittings of a church or study

6. (uncountable) The action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions.

   • Since her medication was changed, her fitting has got worse.