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suitability|s(j)uːtəˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. next + -ity.]
The quality or condition of being suitable; an instance of this. Const. to, for, or inf.
1681–6J. Scott Chr. Life ii. iv. §2 Wks. 1718 I. 273 If..we can discover a World of mutual Suitabilities of this to that,..it will be a sufficient Argument that they all proceed from some wise Cause. 1718De Foe Fam. Instruct. (1841) II. i. i. 15 What suitability can there be in two tempers so extremely opposite? 1853F. W. Newman Odes of Horace 1 Its suitability as a first piece is our excuse for presenting it quite out of chronological order. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. ii. xvi, It was a marriage of pure inclination and suitability. 1867Mill Subj. Women (1869) 170 The suitability of the individuals to give each other a happy life. 1912Times 19 Dec. 19/2 The suitability of the greater proportion of Rhodesia for the breeding of stock. |