suit
/sju:t/
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Definition
Noun:
- A set of clothes: A matching jacket and trousers (or skirt), typically made of the same fabric and worn together, often for formal or business occasions.
- A legal action: A case or proceeding brought before a court of law to seek justice or settle a dispute.
- One of the four categories in a deck of playing cards: Hearts, diamonds, clubs, or spades.
- The act of wooing or courting someone: The process of trying to gain the love or affection of someone, often with the intention of marriage.
- (Informal) A business executive: A person, typically a man, who wears a formal business suit as part of their professional attire.
Verb:
- To be appropriate or acceptable for: To be right or fitting for a particular person, occasion, or purpose.
- To be convenient or agreeable to: To meet the needs or wishes of someone; to be a good time or arrangement for them.
- To enhance the appearance of: To make someone look more attractive or appropriate.
Examples
Noun:
- He wore a dark blue suit to the interview.
- The company filed a suit against its competitor for patent infringement.
- In many card games, you must follow suit if you can.
- He won her heart after a long and persistent suit.
Verb:
- That color really suits you.
- Does Friday at 3 PM suit you for a meeting?
- The casual dress code suits the company's culture perfectly.
Advanced Usage
"To follow suit": To do the same thing that someone else has just done.
- When one airline lowered its prices, the others soon followed suit.
"To suit oneself": To do what one wants to do, without considering others.
- You can suit yourself, but I think we should leave early.
"Suit up": To put on a special uniform or suit of clothing (e.g., for sports, a mission, or work).
- The firefighters suited up before entering the burning building.
Variants and Related Words
- Suitable (adj): Appropriate or fitting for a particular purpose or occasion.
- This software is suitable for beginners.
- Suitor (n): A man who is courting a woman.
- She had many suitors but married for love.
- Lawsuit (n): A comprehensive term for a legal action or suit.
- They settled the lawsuit out of court.
Synonyms
- Noun (clothing): Outfit, ensemble.
- Noun (legal case): Lawsuit, case, litigation.
- Verb (be appropriate): Befit, become.
- Verb (be convenient): Work for, be acceptable to.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Suit up: As defined in Advanced Usage.
- Suit to/for: To make something appropriate or adapt it for a specific purpose or person. (Often used in the passive voice as "suited to/for").
- The training program is suited for advanced learners.
Related Idioms
- In one's birthday suit: Completely naked.
- The toddler ran through the house in his birthday suit.
- Strong suit: Something one is particularly good at; a forte.
- Diplomacy was never his strong suit.
Noun
- playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color
- a flush is five cards in the same suit
- in bridge you must follow suit
- what suit is trumps?
- a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
- 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
- (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit
- all the suits care about is the bottom line
- 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
- 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
Verb
- enhance the appearance of
- Mourning becomes Electra
- This behavior doesn't suit you!
- accord or comport with
- This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!
- be agreeable or acceptable
- This time suits me
- be agreeable or acceptable to
- This suits my needs