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Definition of Suit

1. 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"

2. Verb. Be agreeable or acceptable to. "This suits my needs"

3. 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"

4. Verb. Be agreeable or acceptable. "This time suits me"

5. Noun. (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit. "All the suits care about is the bottom line"

6. Verb. Accord or comport with. "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"

7. 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"

8. Verb. Enhance the appearance of. "This behavior doesn't suit you!"

9. Noun. A petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank.

10. Noun. Playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color. "What suit is trumps?"

Definition of Suit

1. n. The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.

2. v. t. To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.

3. v. i. To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to.

Definition of Suit

1. 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. ¹

2. Noun. (by extension) A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit ¹

3. Noun. (context: pejorative slang) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor. ¹

4. Noun. A full set of armour. ¹

5. Noun. (legal) 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. ¹

6. Noun. (sense obsolete) The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase. ¹

7. Noun. Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship. ¹

8. Noun. The full set of sails required for a ship. ¹

9. 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. ¹

10. Noun. (obsolete) Regular order; succession. ¹

11. Noun. (obsolete) The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal. ¹

12. Noun. (archaic) A company of attendants or followers; a retinue. ¹

13. Noun. (archaic) A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.) ¹

14. Verb. To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit. ¹

15. Verb. (context: said of clothes, hairstlye or other fashion item) To be suitable or apt for one's image. ¹

16. Verb. To be appropriate or apt for. ¹

17. Verb. (context: most commonly used in the passive form) To dress; to clothe. ¹

18. Verb. To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to fit one's taste. ¹

19. Verb. (intransitive) : To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; — usually followed by ''to'', archaically also followed by ''with''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suit

1. to be appropriate to [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suit

suicidology suicism suid suidian suidians suids suillage suillages suilline suine

suing suingly suings suint suints suit (current term) suit and tie suit costs suit of armor suit of armour

suit of clothes suit up suitabilities suitability suitable suitableness suitablenesses suitably suitcase suitcaseful

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