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right; suitable; things permanently fixed in a building

appropriate, suitable

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1) an article of clothing fitting round the waist and below the knees (breeches)

2) a person whose work is filling, cleaning and taking out teeth, and fitting artificial teeth (dentist)

3) an article of clothing fitting close to the body from the shoulders to the top of the legs, worn by (women) dancers, acrobats, people doing exercises etc (leotard)

4) (of) a work of art in which designs etc are made by fitting together coloured pieces of stone etc (mosaic)

5) loose fitting trousers with shoulder straps, as worn by workmen (overalls)

6) (in an engine) a round, short piece of metal fitting closely inside a tube in which it moves to cause motion (piston)

7) careless and untidy; (of clothes) loose and fitting badly; foolishly sentimental; weakly emotional (sloppy)

8) fastened, fixed, fitting or held closely; stretched fully; (especially in compounds) made so that something cannot get out or in; packed so as to occupy the smallest possible space or to get in as much as possible (tight)

9) suitable for or fitting all and everything; concerning the universe (universally)

FITTING as in Wiktionary
FITTING as in Wikipedia