suitabilityn.
/ˌsuːtəˈbɪlᵻti/, /ˌsjuːtəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌsudəˈbɪlᵻdi/ 1. The quality or condition of being suitable (in various senses); appropriateness; †conformity (obsolete). Also with to, for, or infinitive. Cf. suitableness n. 2.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun]
covenablenessa1382
covenabletec1384
propertya1387
abilitya1398
congruencec1430
conveniencec1430
meetnessc1449
congruencya1513
conveniency1526
congruity1530
familiarity1551
suitableness1594
familiarnessa1617
idoneity1617
connaturalnessa1628
suitability1648
adequateness1650
adaptness1657
competibilitya1660
accommodateness1660
adaptation1663
adaptedness1673
evenliness1674
condecence1678
decorousness1678
feating1682
resemblance1715
idoneousness1727
appropriateness1731
favourableness1775
adaptitude1806
adaptment1831
1648 R. Wilkinson Saints Trav. Canaan x. 63 It is his quallifications and sutability to Scriptures which is the ground of his thus Resting and beleeving.
1718 D. Defoe Family Instructor II. i. i. 22 What Suitability can there be in two Tempers so extreamly opposite?
1853 F. W. Newman tr. Horace Odes 1 Its suitability as a first piece is our excuse for presenting it quite out of chronological order.
1869 J. S. Mill Subject. Women iv. 170 The suitability of the individuals to give each other a happy life.
2015 Courier (Dundee) 17 July (Perth & Perthshire ed.) 39/1 (advt.) A..check with Disclosure Scotland will be carried out to check suitability for the post.
2. An instance or example of this. Also with to, for. Cf. suitableness n. 1.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > an instance of
suitableness1580
suitability1659
1659 J. H. tr. Paracelsus his Aurora & Treasure of Philosophers 110 'Tis daily also mixed with unlawfull and unlike things, such as have not a suitability or harmony therewith.
1685 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II I. iv. 288 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.
1727 D. Defoe Conjugal Lewdness ii. 43 Is it meerly for want of a suitability of Temperament, that the Peace of so many Families is lost and destroyed?
1837 J. T. Smith tr. L. J. Vicat Pract. & Sci. Treat. Mortars & Cements App. 191 The reciprocal suitabilities of the ingredients of mortars and calcined cements were laid down in a general way, and for the first time, in the work which we published in 1818.
2017 Express (Nexis) 11 Mar. 40 The Assassin's Creed star blames social media for the change and claims that now an actor's online profile is more important than a suitability for the job.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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