Definitions for suit
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. suit, suit of clothesnoun

   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"

2. lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causanoun

   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"

3. suitnoun

   (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit

   "all the suits care about is the bottom line"

4. courtship, wooing, courting, suitnoun

   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"

5. suitnoun

   a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank

6. suitverb

   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?"

7. suit, accommodate, fitverb

   be agreeable or acceptable to

   "This suits my needs"

8. suitverb

   be agreeable or acceptable

   "This time suits me"

9. befit, suit, beseemverb

   accord or comport with

   "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"

10. become, suitverb

    enhance the appearance of

    "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"

GCIDERate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Suitnoun

   A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes; a three-piece business suit.

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. suitnoun

   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.

   Nick hired a navy-blue suit for the wedding.

2. suitnoun

   A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit

3. suitnoun

   A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.

   Be sure to keep your nose to the grindstone today; the suits are making a "surprise" visit to this department.

4. suitnoun

   A full set of armour.

5. suitnoun

   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.

   If you take my advice, you'll file suit against him immediately.

6. suitnoun

   The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.

7. suitnoun

   Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.

   Rebate your loves, each rival suit suspend, Till this funereal web my labors end. Alexander Pope.

8. suitnoun

   The full set of sails required for a ship.

9. suitnoun

   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.

   To deal and shuffle, to divide and sort Her mingled suits and sequences. William Cowper.

10. suitverb

    To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.

    Let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action. Shakespeare

11. suitverb

    To be suitable or apt for one's image.

12. suitverb

    To be appropriate or apt for.

13. suitverb

    To dress; to clothe.

    So went he suited to his watery tomb. Shakespeare.

14. suitverb

    To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to fit one's taste.

    My new job suits me, as I work less hours and don't have to commute so much.

15. suitverb

    To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with.

16. suitnoun

    Regular order; succession.

    Every five and thirty years the same kind and suit of weather comes again. Francis Bacon.

17. suitnoun

    The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.

    Thenceforth the suit of earthly conquest shone. Edmund Spenser.

18. suitnoun

    A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.

19. suitnoun

    A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)

20. Etymology: From siute, from sieute (modern suite), originally a participle adjective from vulgar Latin *sequita (for Classical Latin secuta), from Latin sequi, because the component garments "follow each other", i.e. are worn together.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SUITnoun

   Etymology: suite, French.

   1. A set; a number of things correspondent one to the other.

   We, ere the day, two suits of armour sought,
   Which borne before him, on his steed he brought. Dryd.

   2. Cloaths made one part to answer another.

   What a beard of the general’s cut, and a horrid suit of the camp will do among foaming bottles and ale-wash’d wits is wonderful. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   Him all repute
   For his device in handsoming a suit;
   To judge of lace, pink, panes, print, cut and plait,
   Of all the court to have the best conceit. John Donne.

   His majesty was supplied with three thousand suits of cloaths, with good proportions of shoes and stockings. Edward Hyde.

   3. Consecution; series; regular order.

   Every five and thirty years the same kind and suite of weathers comes about again; as great frost, great wet, great droughts, warm winters, summers with little heat; and they call it the prime. Francis Bacon.

   4. Out of Suits. Having no correspondence. A metaphor, I suppose, from cards.

   Wear this for me; one out of suits with fortune,
   That would give more, but that her hand lacks means. William Shakespeare.

   5. [ Suite, French.] Retinue; company. Obsolete.

   Plexirtus’s ill-led life, and worse gotten honour, should have tumbled together to destruction, had there not come in Tydeus and Telenor, with fifty in their suite to his defence. Philip Sidney.

   6. [From To Sue.] A petition; an address of entreaty.

   Mine ears against your suits are stronger than
   Your gates against my force. William Shakespeare.

   She gallops o’er a courtier’s nose;
   And then dreams be of smelling out a suit. William Shakespeare.

   Had I a suit to Mr. Shallow, I would humour his men with the imputation of being near their master. William Shakespeare.

   Many shall make suit unto thee. Job xi. 19.

   My mind, neither with pride’s itch, nor yet hath been
   Poison’d with love to see or to be seen;
   I had no suit there, nor new suit to shew:
   Yet went to court. John Donne.

   7. Courtship.

   He that hath the steerage of my course,
   Direct my suit. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.

   Their determinations are to return to their home and to trouble you with no more suit, unless you may be won by some other sort than your father’s imposition. William Shakespeare.

   8. In Edmund Spenser it seems to signify pursuit; prosecution.

   High amongst all knights hast hung thy shield,
   Thenceforth the suit of earthly conquest shoone,
   And wash thy hands from guilt of bloody field: Edmund Spenser.

   9. [In law.]Suit is sometimes put for the instance of a cause, and sometimes for the cause itself deduced in judgment. John Ayliffe

   All that had any suits in law came unto them. Susanna.

   Wars are suits of appeal to the tribunal of God’s justice, where there are no superiors on earth to determine the cause. Francis Bacon, War with Spain.

   Involve not thyself in the suits and parties of great personages. Jeremy Taylor, Guide to Devotion.

   To Alibech alone refer your suit,
   And let his sentence finish your dispute. Dryden.

   John Bull was flattered by the lawyers that his suit would not last above a year, and that before that time he would be in quiet possession of his business. Arbuthnot.

2. To Suitverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To fit; to adapt to something else.

   Suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special observance, that you o’erstep not the modesty of nature. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are so suited to their different educations and humours, that each would be improper in any other. Dryden.

   2. To be fitted to; to become.

   Compute the gains of his ungovern’d zeal,
   Ill suits his cloth the praise of railing well. Dryden.

   Her purple habit fits with such a grace
   On her smooth shoulders, and so suits her face. Dryden.

   If different sects should give us a list of those innate practical principles, they would set down only such as suited their distinct hypotheses. John Locke.

   Raise her notes to that sublime degree,
   Which suits a song of piety and thee. Matthew Prior.

   3. To dress; to clothe.

   Such a Sebastian was my brother too,
   So went he suited to his watry tomb:
   If spirits can assume both form and suit,
   You come to fright us. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

   Be better suited;
   These weeds are memories of those misfortunes:
   I pr’ythee put them off to worser hours. William Shakespeare.

   I’ll disrobe me
   Of these Italian weeds, and suit myself
   As do’s a Briton peasant. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

3. To Suitverb

   To agree; to accord.

   The one intense, the other still remiss,
   Cannot well suit with either; but soon prove
   Tedious alike. John Milton.

   The place itself was suiting to his care,
   Uncouth and savage as the cruel fair. Dryden.

   Pity does with a noble nature suit. Dryden.

   Constraint does ill with love and beauty suit. Dryden.

   This he says, because it suits with his hypothesis, but proves it not. John Locke.

   Give me not an office
   That suits with me so ill; thou know’st my temper. Addis.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Suit

   A suit, lounge suit, or business suit is a set of clothes comprising a suit jacket and trousers of identical textiles worn with a collared dress shirt, necktie, and dress shoes. A skirt suit is similar, but with a matching skirt instead of trousers. It is considered informal wear in Western dress codes. The lounge suit originated in 19th-century Britain as a more casual alternative for sportswear and British country clothing, with roots in early modern Western Europe. After replacing the black frock coat in the early 20th century as regular daywear, a sober one-colored suit became known as a lounge suit. Suits are offered in different designs and constructions. Cut and cloth, whether two- or three-piece, single- or double-breasted, vary, in addition to various accessories. A two-piece suit has a jacket and trousers; a three-piece suit adds a waistcoat. Hats were almost always worn outdoors (and sometimes indoors) with all men's clothes until the counterculture of the 1960s in Western culture. Informal suits have been traditionally worn with a fedora, a trilby, or a flat cap. Other accessories include handkerchief, suspenders or belt, watch, and jewelry. Other notable types of suits are for semi-formal occasions—the dinner suit (black tie) and the black lounge suit (stroller)—both which arose as less formal alternatives for the formal wear of the dress coat for white tie, and the morning coat with formal trousers for morning dress, respectively.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suit

   A suit generally refers to a set of garments made from the same cloth, usually consisting of at least a jacket and trousers or a skirt, designed for formal or semi-formal wear. In broader context, it can also refer to a legal action taken in a court, or any of the four sets of cards in a pack distinguished by shape or color - hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades in a standard English pack. The term can also mean a group or set of things or people having a common attribute or features.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Suitnoun

   the act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit

2. Suitnoun

   the act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor

3. Suitnoun

   the act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship

4. Suitnoun

   the attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery

5. Suitnoun

   that which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t

6. Suitnoun

   things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t

7. Suitnoun

   a number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes

8. Suitnoun

   one of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, cubs, or diamonds

9. Suitnoun

   regular order; succession

10. Suitverb

    to fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word

11. Suitverb

    to be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit

12. Suitverb

    to dress; to clothe

13. Suitverb

    to please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste

14. Suitverb

    to agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to

15. Etymology: [OE. suite, F. suite, OF. suite, sieute, fr. suivre to follow, OF. sivre; perhaps influenced by L. secta. See Sue to follow, and cf. Sect, Suite.]

WikidataRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Suit

   In clothing, a suit is a set of garments made from the same cloth, usually consisting of at least a jacket and trousers. Lounge suits, which originated in Britain as country wear, are the most common style of Western suit. Other types of suit still worn today are the dinner suit, part of black tie, which arose as a lounging alternative to dress coats in much the same way as the day lounge suit came to replace frock coats and morning coats; and, rarely worn today, the morning suit. This article discusses the lounge suit, elements of informal dress code. The variations in design, cut, and cloth, such as two- and three- piece, or single- and double- breasted, determine the social and work suitability of the garment. Often, suits are worn, as is traditional, with a collared shirt and necktie. Until around the 1960s, as with all men's clothes, a hat would have been also worn when the wearer was outdoors. Suits also come with different numbers of pieces: a two-piece suit has a jacket and the trousers; a three piece adds a vest or waistcoat; further pieces might include a matching flat cap. Originally, as with most clothes, a tailor made the suit from his client's selected cloth; these are now often known as bespoke suits. The suit was custom made to the measurements, taste, and style of the man. Since the Industrial Revolution, most suits are mass-produced, and, as such, are sold as ready-to-wear garments. Currently, suits are sold in roughly three ways:

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Suit

   sūt, n. act of suing: an action at law: a petition: a series: a set: a number of things of the same kind or made to be used together, as clothes or armour: courtship.—v.t. to fit: to become: to please.—v.i. to agree: to correspond.—p.adj. Suit′ed (Shak.), dressed, clothed.—ns. Suit′ing, cloth suitable for making suits of clothes, usually in pl.; Suit′or, one who sues in love or law: a petitioner: a wooer:—fem. Suit′ress.—v.i. to play the suitor.—adj. Suit′orcide, suitor-killing. [Fr.,—Low L. secta, a suit—L. sequi, to follow.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suit

   1. Ugly and uncomfortable ‘business clothing’ often worn by non-hackers. Invariably worn with a ‘tie’, a strangulation device that partially cuts off the blood supply to the brain. It is thought that this explains much about the behavior of suit-wearers. Compare droid. 2. A person who habitually wears suits, as distinct from a techie or hacker. See pointy-haired, burble, management, Stupids, SNAFU principle, PHB, and brain-damaged.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suit

   A type of clothing.

   The suit he bought for his wedding was beautiful and he looked so handsome, they looked forward with joyful anticipation to their wedding day together.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 29, 2020  

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1. SUIT

   What does SUIT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the SUIT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SUIT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Suit is ranked #27277 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Suit surname appeared 886 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Suit.
   
   91.9% or 815 total occurrences were White.
   2.7% or 24 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 21 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.2% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.1% or 10 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Businessman
   • Embellish
   • Entreaty
   • Garment
   • Match
   • Meet

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'suit' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3298

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'suit' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2748

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'suit' in Nouns Frequency: #1132

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'suit' in Verbs Frequency: #460

How to pronounce suit?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say suit in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of suit in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of suit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of suit in a Sentence

1. Jackson Gordon:

   Previously I'd been involved with costume making... I'd made a version of The Batsuit from Christopher Nolan's' Dark Knight Trilogy' and I really liked that suit.

2. Jordan Binnington:

   We just figured when we’re 50 years old looking back, do we want to see us getting off the bus in a suit or something funny like that?

3. Joseph Schumpeter:

   The evolution of the capitalist style of life could be easily -- and perhaps most tellingly -- described in terms of the genesis of the modern Lounge Suit.

4. Phyllis Kupferstein:

   From the moment Read MoreWeinstein sought a $ 6 million dollar payout in return for not making these baseless allegations, which we rejected at the time, we knew that Read MoreWeinstein was waiting for an opportune time such as this to begin Read MoreWeinstein suit, we will demonstrate that this case has no legal merit.

5. Cicero:

   Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=suit
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=suit
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Suit
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=suit
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suit
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suit
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=suit
9. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=suit
10. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Suit
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html