What does befitting mean?

Definitions for befitting
bɪˈfɪt ɪŋbe·fit·ting

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. befittingadjective

    appropriate to

    "behavior befitting a father"

Wiktionary

  1. befittingadjective

    appropriate, becoming

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  1. befitting

    Befitting refers to being appropriate, suitable, or proper in the circumstances or for a particular purpose. It denotes a certain behavior, characteristic, or action that matches or is fitting to the status, role, occasion, or condition of an individual or a situation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Befitting

    of Befit

  2. Befittingadjective

    suitable; proper; becoming; fitting

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of befitting in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of befitting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of befitting in a Sentence

  1. Artist Dave Poulin:

    From the day of its installation, I have shared my disappointment in the final outcome and have always believed it to be by far my most unsettling sculpture, not befitting of Lucy's beauty or my ability as a sculptor.

  2. Ted Cruz:

    It is utterly un-befitting of a President to be engaging in those kinds of personal insults, attacks.

  3. Imran Khan:

    I want to tell you, Narendra Modi, that we will give a befitting response. Our armed forces are ready.

  4. Stendhal:

    The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse -- as a luxury befitting a young man.

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