Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

befitting

/bɪˈfɪt.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: be-fit-ting
IPA: /bɪˈfɪt.ɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of befit

adj

Appropriate, becoming.

Example Sentences

"But these are not thoughts befitting me; I will endeavour to resign myself cheerfully to death and will indulge a hope of meeting you in another world."
"Emmanuel Macron joined heady celebrations in the France dressing room, dabbing alongside star midfielder Paul Pogba and delivering a rousing speech to the team after they won the World Cup in a final befitting a thrilling month-long tournament."
"He moved with a befitting grace."
"At a time when the old have never been more vulnerable and, in many cases, lonely, here is a befitting reminder that the frail souls you see sitting in a semi-circle in a day room on the TV news, their eyes distant and their hair like candy floss, do not necessarily feel as you think they look."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bɪˈfɪt.ɪŋ/
British English: /bɪˈfɪt.ɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

more befitting (comparative) most befitting (superlative)

Derived Forms

befittingly befittingness misbefitting unbefitting

Rhymes With

sitting hitting fitting committing admitting splitting quitting submitting spitting permitting knitting transmitting

Questions

How do you pronounce befitting?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɪˈfɪt.ɪŋ/.
What does befitting mean?: present participle and gerund of befit

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