different between practicable vs fitting

English

Etymology

From French praticable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?ækt?k?b?l/

Adjective

practicable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being accomplished; feasible.
   • 1986, Fred Matheny, Solo Cycling: How to Train and Race Bicycle Time Trials (page 136)

     The law in most states says that cyclists must ride as far to the right as is practicable.

2. Serving a useful function; useful, functional or handy.
3. Available for use; accessible or employable.

Usage notes

Example of use contrasted with practical:

• "While others might agree that it really was practical to rewrite the entire section, it just was not truly practicable given other considerations."

Synonyms

• (capable of being accomplished): feasible, workable
• usable

Antonyms

• impracticable

Derived terms

• practicability
• practicableness
• practicably

Related terms

• practical

Translations

Spanish

Adjective

practicable (plural practicables)

1. practicable, feasible

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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