What does suitable mean?

Definitions for suitable
ˈsu tə bəlsuit·able

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. suitable, suitedadjective

    meant or adapted for an occasion or use

    "a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy"

  2. desirable, suitable, worthyadjective

    worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse

    "the parents found the girl suitable for their son"

Wiktionary

  1. suitableadjective

    Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Suitableadjective

    Fitting; according with; agreeable to.

    Etymology: from suit.

    Through all those miseries, in both there appeared a kind of nobleness not suitable to that affliction. Philip Sidney.

    What he did purpose, it was the pleasure of God that Solomon his son should perform, in manner suitable to their present and ancient state. Richard Hooker.

    To solemn acts of royalty and justice, their suitable ornaments are a beauty; are they only in religion a stain? Hook.

    It is very suitable to the principles of the Roman Church; for why should not their science as well as service be in an unknown tongue? John Tillotson.

    As the blessings of God upon his honest industry had been great, so he was not without intentions of making suitable returns in acts of charity. Francis Atterbury.

    Expression is the dress of thought, and still
    Appears more decent, as more suitable;
    A vile conceit in pompous words express’d,
    Is like a clown in regal purple dress’d. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPT

  1. suitable

    Suitable refers to something that is right or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation. It describes something that fulfills certain requirements, fits well into a certain context or meets certain standards.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Suitableadjective

    capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one's station; language suitable for the subject

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Suitable

    sūt′a-bl, adj. that suits: fitting: agreeable to: adequate.—ns. Suitabil′ity, Suit′ableness.—adv. Suit′ably.

Editors Contribution

  1. suitable

    Appropriate for a specific purpose.

    The numbers were suitable for a wedding of their choice, they had lots of friends across various continents.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 19, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'suitable' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1686

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'suitable' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2452

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'suitable' in Adjectives Frequency: #215

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of suitable in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of suitable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of suitable in a Sentence

  1. Alex Bastian:

    If someone is the same person that committed an atrocious crime, that person will correctly not be found suitable for release. However, if someone is no longer a threat to public safety after having served more than 50 years in prison, then Parole Board may recommend release based on an objective determination, our office policies take these principles into account and as such, our prosecutors stay out of the parole board hearing process.

  2. Jim:

    When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets

  3. Warren Blake:

    Based on what we have heard, we expect that a suitable explanation will be given, the explanation and the( independent) test that has been done seem that they might, in my opinion, exonerate the athlete.

  4. Feng Hui:

    Vaccines and antibodies have their own intended consumers and they cannot replace each other, vaccines are cheap and suitable for nationwide immunization, but older people with relatively weak immunity may not have as robust a response to vaccines as healthy adults and children.

  5. Tun Myint:

    But if it's not going to be her, Shwe Mann is the most suitable guy to change the country, it's time to prioritize what can be, rather than what we want.

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