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fittin'

fittin' is the alternative form of fitting.

Meaning of fitting

Adjective

fitting (comparative more fitting, superlative most fitting)

  1. 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
  2. (figuratively) Appropriate, suitable, proper.
    • O my ſvveet ſir, nevves fitting to the night, / Blacke, fearefull, comfortleſſe, and horrible.c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Questions about fittin'

What is fittin' the alternative form of?
Fittin' is the alternative form of fitting.

Words near fittin' in the dictionary

  1. fitteth
  2. fittie
  3. fitties
  4. fittily
  5. fittin
  6. fittin'
  7. fitting
  8. fitting in
  9. fitting into
  10. fitting out
  11. fitting room

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fittin' (page history and authors); fitting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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