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Meaning of 'suit' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Suit [ n.]
- The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
- 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.
- The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regular order; succession.
2 . Suit [ v. i.]
- To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to.
3 . Suit [ v. t.]
- To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.
- To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
- To dress; to clothe.
- To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.

Meaning of 'suit' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . suit [ n]
Meaning (1):
- playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color
Example in sentence:
  • a flush is five cards in the same suit;
  • in bridge you must follow suit;
  • what suit is trumps?
Meaning (2):
- (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit
Example in sentence:
  • all the suits care about is the bottom line
Meaning (3):
- a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
Example in sentence:
  • its was a brief and intense courtship
Meaning (4):
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
Example in sentence:
  • the family brought suit against the landlord
Meaning (5):
- a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color
Example in sentence:
  • they buried him in his best suit
6 . suit [ v]
Meaning (6):
- enhance the appearance of
Example in sentence:
  • Mourning becomes Electra;
  • This behavior doesn't suit you!
Meaning (7):
- accord or comport with
Example in sentence:
  • This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!
Meaning (8):
- be agreeable or acceptable to
Example in sentence:
  • This suits my needs
Meaning (9):
- be agreeable or acceptable
Example in sentence:
  • This time suits me

Nearby Words:

sui generis suicidal suicide suicidical suicidism suicism suigothus suillage suilline suine

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