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| suit [ soot ] |
noun (plural suits) |
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1. clothes made of same material: a set of clothes made from the same material, consisting of a jacket and pants or a skirt, sometimes together with a vest
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2. clothes for particular purpose: a piece of clothing or set of clothes worn for a particular purpose
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often used in combination
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  a diving suit
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3. card games set of playing cards: one of the four different sets of 13 playing cards in a pack
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4. law legal proceedings: a case brought to a law court
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5. petition: a petition, especially to somebody in authority
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formal
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6. business executive: a business executive, especially when seen as an anonymous bureaucrat
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slang
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The hotel was full of suits.
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7. set of things: a set of things, especially sails or tools
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8. wooing of woman: a man's wooing of a woman and attempts to persuade her to marry him
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archaic
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verb (past and past participle suit·ed, present participle suit·ing, 3rd person present singular suits) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb be right: to be appropriate to or the right thing for somebody or something
Choose casual clothes to suit the informal mood.
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2. transitive verb be satisfying to somebody: to be something that a person likes or enjoys
We could meet for lunch if that suits you.
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3. transitive and intransitive verb be convenient to somebody: to be convenient or acceptable to somebody
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4. transitive verb look good on somebody: to look good on somebody or go well with something
The color suits you.
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5. transitive verb make something suitable: to adapt something in order to meet requirements or circumstances
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6. suit your·self vr please yourself: to do what you prefer
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| [13th century. < Anglo-Norman siute< assumed Vulgar Latin sequere "follow," alteration of Latin sequi] |
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be somebody's strong suit to be something at which somebody is particularly good
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follow suit
1. to do the same as somebody else has done
2. to play a card of the same suit as the previous player
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