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suit
[soot]
noun
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
a set of men's garments of the same color and fabric, consisting of trousers, a jacket, and sometimes a vest.
a similarly matched set consisting of a skirt and jacket, and sometimes a topcoat or blouse, worn by women.
any costume worn for some special activity.
a running suit.
Slang.ĢżOften suits an executive, manager, or official, especially one regarded as a faceless decision maker.
Law.Ģżthe act, the process, or an instance of suing in a court of law; legal prosecution; lawsuit.
Cards.Ģż
one of the four sets or classes (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs) into which a common deck of playing cards is divided.
the aggregate of cards belonging to one of these sets held in a player's hand at one time.
Spades were his long suit.
one of various sets or classes into which less common decks of cards are divided, as lances, hammers, etc., found in certain decks formerly used or used in fortune telling.
the wooing or courting of a woman.
She rejected his suit.
the act of making a petition or an appeal.
a petition, as to a person of rank or station.
Also called set.ĢżNautical.Ģża complete group of sails for a boat.
one of the seven classes into which a standard set of 28 dominoes may be divided by matching the numbers on half the face of each: a three suit contains the 3-blank, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, and 3-6. Since each such suit contains one of each of the other possible suits, only one complete suit is available per game.
verb (used with object)
to make appropriate, adapt, or accommodate, as one thing to another.
to suit the punishment to the crime.
to be appropriate or becoming to.
Blue suits you very well.
to be or prove satisfactory, agreeable, or acceptable to; satisfy or please.
The arrangements suit me.
to provide with a suit, as of clothing or armor; clothe; array.
verb (used without object)
to be appropriate or suitable; accord.
to be satisfactory, agreeable, or acceptable.
verb phrase
to dress in a uniform or special suit.
suit
/ suĖt, sjuĖt /
noun
any set of clothes of the same or similar material designed to be worn together, now usually (for men) a jacket with matching trousers or (for women) a jacket with matching or contrasting skirt or trousers
(in combination) any outfit worn for a specific purpose
a spacesuit
any set of items, such as the full complement of sails of a vessel or parts of personal armour
any of the four sets of 13 cards in a pack of playing cards, being spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs. The cards in each suit are two to ten, jack, queen, and king in the usual order of ascending value, with ace counting as either the highest or lowest according to the game
a civil proceeding; lawsuit
the act or process of suing in a court of law
a petition or appeal made to a person of superior rank or status or the act of making such a petition
slangĢża business executive or white-collar manager
a man's courting of a woman
to play a card of the same suit as the card played immediately before it
to act in the same way as someone else
something that one excels in
verb
to make or be fit or appropriate for
that dress suits you
to meet the requirements or standards (of)
to be agreeable or acceptable to (someone)
to pursue one's own intentions without reference to others
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- suitlike adjective
- countersuit noun
- resuit noun
- undersuit verb (used with object)
- Ė²õ³Ü¾±³ŁĖ±ō¾±°ģ±š adjective
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of suit1
Idioms and Phrases
follow suit,
Cards. to play a card of the same suit as that led.
to follow the example of another.
The girl jumped over the fence, and her playmates followed suit.
suit oneself, to do what one wants to do or what is best for oneself, without regard for others (often used imperatively).
I donāt agree with you, but okay, suit yourself.
Example Sentences
Around the same time, the bathing suit business took off, as war-time fabric rationing lifted and the culture shifted to allow less modesty and more playful expression.
Mike Bonin, who heads the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at Cal State L.A., said he thinks that Bassā career of building multiracial, multiethnic coalitions makes her uniquely suited to the moment.
In response, Nijjar and family members reorganized their business structure, the suit said.
The civil suit, he says, is largely symbolic ā one final rebuke of Yoon.
Last month, a federal suit was filed by a Texas-based conservative think tank on behalf of plaintiffs to invalidate the Chuckwalla monument, arguing Biden had overstepped his authority when he created it.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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