noun
- A set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color.
- usage: "they buried him in his best suit"
- synonyms: suit of clothes
- A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
- usage: "the family brought suit against the landlord"
- Slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit. (
- usage: "all the suits care about is the bottom line"
- A man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage. )
- usage: "its was a brief and intense courtship"
- A petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank.
- Playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color.
- usage: "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps"
verb
- Be agreeable or acceptable to.
- usage: "This suits my needs"
- synonyms: accommodate, fit
- Be agreeable or acceptable.
- usage: "This time suits me"
- Accord or comport with.
- usage: "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman"
- Enhance the appearance of.
- usage: "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you"
- synonyms: become
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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