suit in English dictionary

  • suit

    Meanings and definitions of "suit"

    • A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.
    • (by extension) A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit
    • (pejorative, slang) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
    • A full set of armour.
    • (law) The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit.
    • (obsolete): The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
    • Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
    • The full set of sails required for a ship.
    • (card games) Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards.
    • (obsolete) Regular order; succession.
    • (obsolete) The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
    • (archaic) A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
    • (archaic) A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)
    • To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
    • (said of clothes, hairstlye or other fashion item) To be suitable or apt for one's image.
    • To be appropriate or apt for.
    • (most commonly used in the passive form) To dress; to clothe.
    • To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to fit one's taste.
    • (intransitive): To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; — usually followed by to , archaically also followed by with .
    • noun
      A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.
    • noun
      (by extension)
      A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit.
    • noun
      (pejorative, slang)
      A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
    • noun
      A full set of armour.
    • noun
      (law)
      The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit.
    • noun
      ( obsolete): The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
    • noun
      Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
    • noun
      The full set of sails required for a ship.
    • noun
      ( card games) Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Regular order; succession.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
    • noun
      (archaic)
      A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
    • noun
      (archaic)
      A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)
    • verb
      To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
    • verb
      (said of clothes, hairstyle or other fashion item)
      To be suitable or apt for one's image.
    • verb
      To be appropriate or apt for.
    • verb
      (most commonly used in the passive form)
      To dress; to clothe.
    • verb
      To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to fit one's taste.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; — usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with.
    • suit of clothes
    • single garment that covers the whole body
    • slang: person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a hierarchical superior
    • law: lawsuit
    • card games: set of cards distinguished by color and emblems
    • to be fitted to
    • to please, to make content
    • (be) suitable
    • (to) suit
    • To change to reach a certain scope or condition.
    • A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
    • One of several classes of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems
    • A set of men's clothes consisting of trousers and a jacket, traditionally worn with a shirt and a tie.
    • To be agreeable or acceptable to.
    • noun
      a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord"
    • noun
      a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship"
    • noun
      a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
    • noun
      a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; "they buried him in his best suit"
    • noun
      playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?"
    • noun
      (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line"
    • verb
      accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"
    • verb
      be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me"
    • verb
      be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"
    • verb
      enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"

    Synonyms of "suit" in English dictionary

    prayer, beseem, case are the top synonyms of "suit" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of suit

    • suit ( third-person singular simple present suits, present participle suiting, simple past and past participle suited)
    • suit ( plural  suits)
    • suit (plural suits)
    • suit (third-person singular simple present suits, present participle suiting, simple past and past participle suited)
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