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suit
has definitions from the fields of law,clothing,cards,work,business
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[ noun ] (clothing) a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color
Synonyms Examples "they buried him in his best suit" Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)Since the Protestant clergy for_the_most_part wear gray or some variant from the wholly black suit , my Roman_collar and black garb usually identify me in England as a Roman_Catholic cleric . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)Teachers - men who wore brown suits and had gray hair and pleasant smiles - came to their table to talk_shop and to be introduced to Scotty and Rachel . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)He felt cheerful again , refreshed ; presentable in his wide-cut brown suit , the well-made riding_boots . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)Then Rector , attired in his best blue serge suit , sat in a chair out on the lawn , in the shade of a tree , smoking a cigarette and waiting . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)Miss_Ada was looking fine ; she had_on her Easter suit , blue , with lavender binding . |
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[ verb ] be agreeable or acceptable to
Synonyms Examples "This suits my needs" Used in print (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)Whatever the merits of its intent , Utopian communism is far too naive , far too crude , to suit any modern socialist or communist . (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)Since she could not act , one part suited her as well as any other , and so she was the first person to offer Mr._Lincoln a glass of water , holding it up to the box , high above her head , to Miss_Harris , who had asked for it . |
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[ noun ] (law) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
Examples "the family brought suit against the landlord" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)Mayor_William_B._Hartsfield filed suit for divorce from his wife , Pearl_Williams_Hartsfield , in Fulton_Superior_Court Friday . |
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[ verb ] accord or comport with
Examples "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!" Used in print (Paul Larson and Gordon Odegard, "How to design your...)You may change the dimensions to suit a frame for more or fewer levers and locks as you wish . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (work,business) a businessman dressed in a business suit
Examples "all the suits care about is the bottom line" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (cards) playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color
Examples "a flush is five cards in the same suit" "in bridge you must follow suit" "what suit is trumps?" Related terms |
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