different between equitable vs fitting

English

Alternative forms

• æquitable (obsolete)

Etymology

From French équitable, from Old French, from equité (“equity”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??k.w?.t?.b?l/

Adjective

equitable (comparative more equitable, superlative most equitable)

1. Marked by or having equity.
2. Fair, just, or impartial.
   • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 33.

     I may justly require you to produce that argument; nor have you any pretence to refuse so equitable a demand.

3. (law) Relating to the general principles of justice that correct or supplement the provisions of the law.

Related terms

• equity

Translations

See also

• equitabilis

Middle French

Alternative forms

• aequitable

Adjective

equitable m or f (plural equitables)

1. equitable (fair, just, even, balanced)

Descendants

• French: équitable
  • English: equitable

English

Alternative forms

• (ready): fittin', fittin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?t??/
• Rhymes: -?t??

Verb

fitting

1. present participle of fit
2. (informal, US, with infinitive) Getting ready; preparing.

   I'm fitting to go home and sleep.

Synonyms

• (ready): fixing to (see also going to)

Adjective

fitting (comparative more fitting, superlative most fitting)

1. Ready, appropriate, suitable, or in keeping

Translations

Noun

fitting (countable and uncountable, plural fittings)

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 Britain, 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.

Derived terms

• fitting-out
• fitting room (noun)

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