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Definition of 'suit'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) suit
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.

2.  suit
a set of garments of the same color and fabric, consisting typically of trousers or a skirt, a jacket, and sometimes a vest.

3.  suit
any costume worn for some special activity.

4.  suit
an act or instance of suing in a court of law; lawsuit.

5.  suit
a petition or appeal.

6.  suit
one of the classes into which cards or dominoes are divided, as spades, clubs, diamonds, and hearts for a deck of common playing cards.

7.  suit
a holding of cards in a particular suit.

8.  suit
the wooing or courting of a woman.

9.  suit
a petition.

10.  suit
Slang. a business executive.

11. (v.t.) suit
to make appropriate, adapt, or accommodate, as one thing to another:
to suit the punishment to the crime.

12.  suit
to be appropriate or becoming to:
Blue suits you very well.

13.  suit
to be acceptable or agreeable to; satisfy or please:
The arrangements suit me.

14.  suit
to provide with a suit, as of clothing or armor; clothe; array.

15. (v.i.) suit
to be appropriate or suitable; accord.

16.  suit
to be satisfactory, agreeable, or acceptable.

17.  suit
to play a card of the same suit as that led.

18.  suit
to follow the example of another.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME siute, sute, suite (n.) < AF, OF, n. use of fem. ptp. of sivre to follow; see sue)

Definition of 'suit'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) suit, suit of clothes
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. (noun) lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa
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. (noun) suit
(slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit
"all the suits care about is the bottom line"

4. (noun) courtship, wooing, courting, suit
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. (noun) suit
a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank

6. (verb) suit
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. (verb) suit, accommodate, fit
be agreeable or acceptable to
"This suits my needs"

8. (verb) suit
be agreeable or acceptable
"This time suits me"

9. (verb) befit, suit, beseem
accord or comport with
"This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"

10. (verb) become, suit
enhance the appearance of
"Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"

Definition of 'suit'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) suit
a matching two-part outfit, usually pants or a skirt and a jacket
a beautiful black suit

2.  suit
clothing worn for an activity
a diving suit

3.  suit
a lawsuit
to bring a suit against sb FRE somebody ? est-ce qu'on n'utilise par les formes compl; ètes dans les exemples ?

4.  suit
one of the four types of playing card
There are four suits; hearts, clubs, spades and diamonds.

5. (verb) suit
to make sb look attractive
Red really suits you.

6.  suit
to be convenient or useful
Would a morning appointment suit you?

Definition of 'suit'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) suit
the act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit

2. (noun) suit
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. (noun) suit
the act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship

4. (noun) suit
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. (noun) suit
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. (noun) suit
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. (noun) suit
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. (noun) suit
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. (noun) suit
regular order; succession

10. (verb) suit
to fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word

11. (verb) suit
to be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit

12. (verb) suit
to dress; to clothe

13. (verb) suit
to please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste

14. (verb) suit
to agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to

Definitions of 'suit'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

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.

Translation of 'suit'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a set of clothes usually all of the same cloth etc, made to be worn together, eg a jacket, trousers (and waistcoat) for a man, or a jacket and skirt or trousers for a woman.
Afrikaans: pak	Arabic: بَدْلَه	Bulgarian: костюм
Brazilian: traje	Czech: oblek, kostým	German: das Kostüm
Danish: jakkesæt; dragt	Greek: κοστούμι	Spanish: traje
Estonian: ülikond, kostüüm	Farsi: لباس يكدست	Finnish: puku
French: costume, tailleur	Hebrew: חֲלִיפָה	Hindi: सूट
Croatian: odijelo, kostim	Hungarian: öltöny; kosztüm	Indonesian: setelan pakaian
Icelandic: jakkaföt; dragt	Italian: abito, completo	Japanese: スーツ
Korean: (웃) 한 벌	Lithuanian: kostiumas	Latvian: uzvalks; kostīms
Malay: sut	Dutch: kostuum	Norwegian: dress; drakt
Polish: garnitur, kostium	Persian: لباس يكدست	Pashto: یو لاس جامی
Portuguese: fato	Romanian: costum, taior	Russian: костюм
Slovak: oblek, kostým	Slovenian: obleka; kostim	Serbian: odelo
Swedish: kostym, dräkt	Thai: เครื่องแต่งกายที่เป็นเสื้	Turkish: takım elbise; tayyör
Taiwanese: (一套)衣服	Ukrainian: костюм	Urdu: کپڑوں کا جوڑا
Vietnamese: bộ com lê, trang phục	Chinese: （一套）衣服
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