suit meaning
EN[s(j)uːt] [s(j)ut] [-uːt]US
WSuit
- Suit or suits may refer to:
- Suit (clothing), a set of clothing with matching pieces, including at least a coat and trousers
- Suit (cards), one of four groups into which a deck of cards is divided
- Suit (law), an action brought before a court to recover a right or redress a grievance
- Suits (TV series), a 2011 TV series on the USA Network
- Suit (album), a 2004 album by Nelly
- Suits (album), an album by Fish
- Suit (comics), a character in the Marvel universe
- An informal term for a government agent or corporate employee (i.e., someone whose work attire usually consists of suits).
FR suit
- NounPLsuits
- 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.
- A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.
- (by extension) A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit.
- (pejorative, slang) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
- Be sure to keep your nose to the grindstone today; the suits are making a "surprise" visit to this department.
- A full set of armour.
- (law) 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.
- If you take my advice, you'll file suit against him immediately.
- (obsolete): The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
- Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
- Rebate your loves, each rival suit suspend, Till this funereal web my labors end. —Alexander Pope.
- The full set of sails required for a ship.
- (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.
- To deal and shuffle, to divide and sort Her mingled suits and sequences. — William Cowper.
- (obsolete) Regular order; succession.
- Every five and thirty years the same kind and suit of weather comes again. — Francis Bacon.
- (obsolete) The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
- Thenceforth the suit of earthly conquest shone. — Edmund Spenser.
- (archaic) A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
- (archaic) A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.).
- 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.
- VerbSGsuitsPRsuitingPT, PPsuited
- To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
- (said of clothes, hairstyle or other fashion item) To be suitable or apt for one's image.
- The ripped jeans didn't suit her elegant image.
- That new top suits you. Where did you buy it?
- To be appropriate or apt for.
- The nickname "Bullet" suits her, since she is a fast runner.
- (most commonly used in the passive form) To dress; to clothe.
- To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to fit one's taste.
- My new job suits me, as I work fewer hours and don't have to commute so much.
- (intransitive) To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; — usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with.
- To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Be sure to keep your nose to the grindstone today; the suits are making a "surprise" visit to this department.
- To deal and shuffle, to divide and sort Her mingled suits and sequences. — William Cowper.
- Though the red we drank was fine with the dish, a white, like a rich viognier with a pedigree — a Condrieu, of course — suits it in far better style.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- If I empty all my pockets, search around the house, and ask a few friends for a loan, I should be able to scrape up enough money to buy that new suit.
- If you are not sure of the proper etiquette, watch what others do and follow suit.
- Even though there were dangerous chemicals about, they worked in their shirtsleeves rather than hazmat suits.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of suit in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary