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fitting

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)

Translations

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politic

English

Alternative forms

  • politick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French politique, from Latin politicus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (politikós), from ??????? (polít?s, citizen). Cognate with German politisch (political). Doublet of politico.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?l?t?k/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?p?l?t?k/

Adjective

politic (comparative more politic, superlative most politic)

  1. (archaic) Of or relating to polity, or civil government; political.
  2. (archaic, of things) Relating to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong.
    • c. 1592, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Richard the Third, Act II, scene iii:
      For then this land was famously enrich'd / With politic grave counsel
  3. (archaic) Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious
    • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act V, scene iv:
      I have been politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy
  4. Shrewd, prudent and expedient.
  5. Discreet and diplomatic.
  6. Artful, crafty or cunning.

Antonyms

  • impolitic

Related terms

  • police
  • policy
  • political
  • politician
  • politicize
  • politics
  • polity

Noun

politic (plural politics)

  1. (archaic) A politician.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
    • 1871, Benjamin Jowett, Plato: The Republic Chapter III
      And therefore our politic Asclepius may be supposed to have exhibited the power of his art only to persons who... had a definite ailment.

Verb

politic (third-person singular simple present politics, present participle politicking, simple past and past participle politicked)

  1. To engage in political activity; politick.

Interlingua

Adjective

politic (comparative plus politic, superlative le plus politic)

  1. political

Ladin

Adjective

politic m pl

  1. plural of politich

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin pol?ticus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (politikós).

Adjective

politic m (feminine singular politica, masculine plural politics, feminine plural politicas)

  1. political

Derived terms

  • politizar

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