suitablesuit‧a‧ble /ˈsuːtəbəl, ˈsjuː- $ ˈsuː-/ ●●● S3 W2 adjective 
We are hoping to find a suitable school.suitable for somebody/something The house is not really suitable for a large family.suitable place/time etc to do something a suitable place to rear young childrensuitable to use/be shown etc These crayons are not suitable to use in very hot weather.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that someone or something is the right person or thing for them, instead of using suitable:· We think this is the right school for our child.COLLOCATIONSadverbsvery/highly suitable (also eminently suitable formal)· This exercise is very suitable for back pain sufferers.particularly/especially suitable· The resort is particularly suitable for families.equally suitable· I wanted a shoe that was equally suitable for both racing and training.perfectly suitable (=completely suitable)· The programme is perfectly suitable for children of all ages.THESAURUSsuitable having the right qualities for a particular purpose or person: · a suitable place for a picnic· They don’t consider him a suitable husband for their daughter.right completely suitable in every way: · It’s a nice house, but it isn’t right for us.· We’ll tell her when the time is right.appropriate suitable for a particular purpose. Appropriate is more formal than suitable: · She filled out all the appropriate forms.· It may not be an appropriate time to ask him about it.· It’s not appropriate to wear a short skirt for an interview.· the appropriate way to end a business letterproper the proper tool, piece of equipment, or way of doing something is the one that most people think is most suitable: · You can’t change a wheel without the proper tools.· the proper procedure for hiring staffsuited to something if someone is suited to something, he or she has the right qualities to do it: · He’d be well suited to the job.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Applicants for the position must have suitable work experience.
- I still haven't found a suitable job.
- Plants of this type are suitable for use in an aquarium.
- The house would be suitable for a large family.
- The property is centrally located and eminently suitable for our purposes.
- You must wear something suitable - preferably black.
- As a result, it will be suitable for both longitudinal or transverse settings, and can sit low in a chassis.
- It is not exacting with regard to temperature and is suitable for tropical as well as cold-water aquariums.
- She has formed a fantasy that he will be what no one she now knows approaches-a suitable match for herself.
- The latter have a scope suitable to the question in hand.
- The treated organic phase is generally suitable for re-use as a fuel oil.
- You should find suitable non-sexist alternatives for them.
THESAURUS
having the right qualities for a particular purpose or person: · a suitable place for a picnic· They don’t consider him a suitable husband for their daughter.
completely suitable in every way: · It’s a nice house, but it isn’t right for us.· We’ll tell her when the time is right.
suitable for a particular purpose. Appropriate is more formal than suitable: · She filled out all the appropriate forms.· It may not be an appropriate time to ask him about it.· It’s not appropriate to wear a short skirt for an interview.· the appropriate way to end a business letter
the proper tool, piece of equipment, or way of doing something is the one that most people think is most suitable: · You can’t change a wheel without the proper tools.· the proper procedure for hiring staff
if someone is suited to something, he or she has the right qualities to do it: · He’d be well suited to the job.
Longman Language Activatorsuitable for a particular situation, job, purpose etc something or someone that is suitable is the right type of thing or person for a purpose, job, or situation: · I still haven't found a suitable job.· You must wear something suitable - preferably black.suitable for: · The house would be suitable for a large family.· Plants of this type are suitable for use in an aquarium.eminently suitable (=very suitable): · The property is centrally located and eminently suitable for our purposes.
suitable. Right is used more in informal language than suitable: · I don't know the right word to describe it.· We've been thinking about selling the house, but I'm not sure the time is right.· We all agree that Carey is the right person for the job.right for: · It's a good school, but it wasn't really right for Melissa.
suitable for a particular purpose or situation: · You can't climb a mountain without the proper equipment.· I can't make the repairs without the proper tools or materials.· With proper training, most people can learn leadership skills.
suitable for a situation or purpose - use this especially about something that has been carefully chosen for a particular situation: · You will be given your orders at the appropriate time.· Considering what he did, I think the punishment was appropriate.appropriate for: · Each member is given a special exercise routine that is appropriate for his or her needs
especially spoken very suitable for a purpose or job - use this especially when there are several suitable people or things to choose from: · Bates would be a good person to have on the team.· Would now be a good time to discuss the plans for the conference? good for: · The big jars are good for storing rice or pasta.
something that suits a person, purpose, situation etc is suitable for them: · This is a job that would suit someone with a lot of experience abroad.· They found us a house close to the campus, which suited us very well.suit somebody's needs: · Make sure you choose a computer that suits your needs.suit somebody fine/well/perfectly: · The weather here suits me fine.
if someone or something is suited to a situation, purpose, or job they have the qualities that make them suitable for it: · Wearing a suit and tie just is not suited to a tropical climate.· Do you think his personality is suited to a career in teaching?ideally/well/perfectly suited to something: · The electric car is well suited to the needs of city drivers.
if someone is cut out for a particular job, they have personal qualities that are suitable for it and are therefore likely to succeed at it - use this especially in questions and negative sentences: · Maybe he's just not cut out for an acting career.· She knew she was cut out for more than scrubbing floors and doing laundry.
if something lends itself to being used in a particular way, it has qualities that make it easy and suitable for using in that way: · Many of his poems lend themselves to songs very easily.· The marshy land at the mouth of the Neva River hardly lent itself to habitation.
exactly suitable for a particular situation, job, purpose etc exactly suitable: · I moved into a small apartment close to the college - it was just right.just right for: · Your new dress will be just right for the party.just the right colour/size/age etc: · We found a cashmere scarf that was just the right color.· Setting the mood for romance means candlelight and just the right music.
the ideal thing or person is the most suitable one you can possibly choose, when there are many to choose from: · The trip is difficult, even under ideal conditions.· If you could complete the report by Friday, that would be ideal.ideal for: · With its tough suspension and 4-wheel drive, the truck is ideal for driving in the desert.
to be exactly right for a particular job or purpose: · The job is made for someone like you.· In the garden stood an old apple tree with low branches, just made for climbing.
to have exactly the qualities needed to be suitable for a particular job, situation etc: · We know what kind of house we want, but we haven't yet found one that fits the bill.· I need someone who can speak both French and Spanish. Do you know anyone who fits the bill?
when two people are suitable for each other able to have a very good relationship with each other, because you have characters, interests, qualities etc that go well together: · Compatible couples generally share the same values and have similar lifestyles and goals.· The success of a relationship depends largely on how compatible two people are and how well they communicate.
also be well-suited British if two people are well-matched or well-suited , they are suitable for each other because they agree about most things, like and dislike the same things etc: · They're a well-matched pair. He's ambitious, and she'll back him all the way.· Selina and I are very well-suited to each other. We seem to agree about most things.
if two people are made for each other , they are naturally very suitable for each other: · Sam and Ellie are made for each other. I just can't think of either of them with anyone else.· When they met in Paris last fall, they fell immediately in love and knew they were made for each other.
to be exactly suitable for each other: · Isn't it great that Will and Sue are getting married? I really think they are a perfect match.· They're a perfect couple - Joe has charm and Delia has money.
also be the right one/person/man/woman etc for if someone is right for someone else or the right one for them, they have the type of character, interests etc that make them likely to have a very good relationship with that person: · She's a nice girl, but I don't think she's right for my brother.· As soon as I met him, I knew he was the right one for me.
British if two people are ideally suited , they are so suitable for each other that it would be very difficult to find a better relationship: · They are both as mad as each other. Ideally suited I would say.be ideally suited for: · Malcom will be ideally suited for Angela. They have such a lot in common.
when two things are good when done, eaten etc together if two things go together, or if one of them goes with the other, they are suitable for each other: · Lamb goes very well with herbs such as rosemary and thyme.· Do this skirt and blouse go together?· The company's old headquarters didn't go with their corporate image.
if one thing is just right with another, it goes with the other: · The wine is just right with a grilled steak.be just the right thing with something: · This jacket will be just the right thing with my blue skirt.
if one type of food or drink complements another, it improves the taste because they taste good together: · The wine complemented the meal perfectly.· The chicken dish is complemented by wild rice or spiced couscous.
when someone is not suitable for a particular job or situation · They told me that the reason I was considered unsuitable was that I was over-qualified.· We've already rejected several unsuitable candidates.unsuitable/not suitable for · The first person we interviewed was clearly not suitable for the job.
informal if you are not cut out for a type of work or way of life, you do not have the right qualities to enjoy it or to be successful in it: · Obviously, Paul was not cut out for army life.· She'd been married only a year and a half when her husband decided he was not cut out for marriage.
completely unsuitable for a particular job: · This is a very important job, so we don't want to choose the wrong person.wrong for: · Dave's wrong for this job. He doesn't have enough patience.
formal unsuitable for a particular job or activity, because you do not have the right qualities for it: · With so little experience, Paula is not really suited to the role of personnel director.· The Lieutenant was by nature a man ill-suited to the discomforts of army life.
to be, feel, or look very different from the other people you are with, and therefore seem to not belong with them: · In her old jeans and college sweater, Sarah looked a little out of place in the foyer of the Grand Hotel.· Leary later went to Beverly Hills High School, but he felt out of place among the rich kids.
someone who does not seem to belong in a group or in society because they have different attitudes, a different appearance, different habits etc: · I didn't have a very happy time at school - I suppose I was something of a misfit.social/societal misfit: · He's always blamed his parents for turning him into a social misfit.
not suitable for a particular purpose, person, or situation · We never planted roses here because the climate isn't suitable.· The strict laws forbid women to read "unsuitable material."unsuitable/not suitable for · The road is not suitable for heavy vehicles.· The movie contains violence and is unsuitable for children.
formal not suitable for a situation or purpose - use this especially about something that has been done or chosen without enough care or thought: · This is not an appropriate use of taxpayers' money.· I thought his remarks were inappropriate on such a serious occasion.inappropriate/not appropriate for: · The court found that the sex-education brochures were inappropriate for eighth-grade students.it is inappropriate/not appropriate (for somebody) to do something: · It's completely inappropriate for the President to get so involved in a local issue like this.
not having the qualities or characteristics that are needed for a particular purpose or situation: · The tomatoes didn't grow because they're unsuited to the soil here.· Her outfit was completely unsuited to the tropical climate.
not the right one for a particular job or purpose: · You're using the wrong spoon - this is the soup spoon.· I think you picked the wrong time to call her.wrong for: · His brand of nationalism is wrong for our party and wrong for the country.
use this when it is completely the wrong time or place in which to do something, or the person doing it is a completely unsuitable person: · This is hardly the place to talk about your sexual problems.· I know it's hardly the moment to tell you, but I've quit my job.· This little man was hardly the kind of person you'd expect to be in charge of an international gun-smuggling scheme.
not good enough for a particular purpose, especially when someone has officially decided this: unfit/not fit for: · The land is so polluted it is not fit for crops.unfit for human consumption/habitation (=not fit for humans to eat or live in): · The meat was declared unfit for human consumption.unfit/not fit to do something: · Her uncle was mentally unstable and unfit to raise a child.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadverbs Woods is eminently suitable for the job.
having the right qualities for a particular person, purpose, or situation OPP unsuitable: (also eminently suitable formal)· This exercise is very suitable for back pain sufferers.
· The resort is particularly suitable for families.
· I wanted a shoe that was equally suitable for both racing and training.
(=completely suitable)· The programme is perfectly suitable for children of all ages.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· After a 10-month wait, a suitable donor was found.
Woods is eminently suitable for the job.· What do you think would be a suitable gift for a 10-year-old boy?
· No single method is suitable for all occasions.
· We will keep your CV on file in case other suitable vacancies arise.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· It is equally true that they are not as suitable for a truly mixed sequential-direct application as indexed sequential files.· A few varieties of supple-stemmed rambler are just as suitable for this purpose, covering many square yards once they become established.· Would John Barratt have considered ten or nine or eight as suitable?· Suddenly it seems that only certain avenues are considered as suitable options for you.· Auctioneers will recognise certain properties as suitable to be sold by Auction.
· Indeed, the reasonably quick and informal procedure of industrial tribunals is eminently suitable for most cases.· He thought I would be eminently suitable as a wife.· He remembered a certain dark-haired servant, one who had seemed eminently suitable for several weeks.· Venus could not object to a goddess for her daughter-in-law; the alliance had become eminently suitable.· The dish was also eminently suitable for service in a restaurant, good to look at and practical to assemble.· Experiments over the centuries resulted in the predominance of the Cheviot breed with a fleece eminently suitable for finer grades of cloth.· It is a doctrine eminently suitable for a nation overwhelmingly populated by sheep.· The cavern was eminently suitable for the work intended for it.
· Since they are increasingly owner-occupiers, they may find substantial financial as well as emotional costs in moving to a more suitable home.· The plant is more suitable for Zone 10 conditions, where the average minimum temperatures are 30-40 degrees.· It was good policy to apologise, charmingly if possible, for not having brought more suitable clothes.· If you have been targeting the wrong field, ask the interviewer which field he or she thinks would be more suitable.· In 1922 Makarenko acquired the nearby estate of Trepke as a more suitable future home for his colony.· It could be that following this flow you come upon a more suitable career than you had expected.· Alden's unassuming musicality made him a more suitable partner for Braff than the brilliant but occasionally ostentatious George Barnes.· Much more suitable is a fine cotton or cotton-and-polyester thread.
· You can discuss with your doctor or family planning clinic which is most suitable for you.· It is one of the most suitable plants for the beginner.· Nowadays most suitable marshy areas attract one or more pairs.· The most suitable size is rabbit skin glue - two thin coats, each allowed to dry.· This is the most suitable water for the aquarium containing clean, washed sand.· The usual mixture suitable for most aquatic plants, i.e. clay or sand and peat will be most suitable.· When viewing schools to decide which is most suitable, it is again necessary to give adequate notice.
· Their acidic characteristics makes them particularly suitable for the dairy industry, breweries and soft drink manufacturers.· This area is particularly suitable for families.· This method is particularly suitable for removing minor bumps in the landscape, the new level blending naturally in with the surroundings.· The indium-111 leukocyte technique is particularly suitable for the present study since it utilises the homing properties of neutrophils in response to specific chemoattractants.· Our experience indicates that the majority of in-patients in psychiatric hospitals are not particularly suitable, even if their major problem is anxiety.· It is particularly suitable if you have a magician as an entertainer.· These designs are particularly suitable for knitters who do not own a single bed colour changer.· The module is particularly suitable for students with a personal or vocational interest in Home Economics.
· There we are - it looks lovely. Very suitable - high neck and nice long sleeves.· Furthermore, Conservation moves are very effective in this sector and solar energy is very suitable for water heating needs.· In addition all are very suitable for planting in shallow containers.· The Borough of Southwark was not thought a very suitable district for me to live.· Aunt Lavinia urges Catherine to entertain this very suitable young man, which she does, after some rather placid early encounters.· It is easy to reject some one who is very suitable but whose first appearance is off-putting.· The factory at Watford was very suitable and well located.
NOUN· Prices do not apply to Public Holiday periods unless otherwise stated, and are subject to availability of suitable accommodation.· This judgment has to be made before the executive act of securing the suitable accommodation for the applicant can be performed.· Careful thought must be given to the requirements of the plants and livestock and suitable accommodation provided.· Jack was offered voluntary redundancy in late August and it was confirmed that there was suitable accommodation at the Kings Lodge base.· Particular difficulties with regard to finding suitable accommodation at the right price, have been experienced by married students arriving with their families.· Some follies, however, do not provide suitable accommodation or are simply too small.· The mess room car contained a mess room for the personnel and suitable accommodation for the cooks.
· There may appear to be only one suitable candidate for the job.· By curious coincidence, the suitable candidates are somehow always chaps.· Opportunities for joint supervision with members of staff from these bodies are available when suitable candidates with appropriate research topics present themselves.· Staff can help with the issue of application forms, shortlisting suitable candidates and interviewing facilities can be provided.· Recruiting suitable candidates is a delicate business.· Failure to select a suitable candidate because of age is often a covert form of racial and gender discrimination.· If not, could anyone suggest a suitable candidate?· Its demands probably do exclude some otherwise suitable candidates.
· Doctors have discovered that in suitable cases the lumpy atheroma deposits can be squeezed flat, widening the arteries again.· In short, the inner city appeared in 1987 to be a suitable case for treatment.· These works raise a serious question as to whether their subjects are suitable cases for treatment - that is, by librettists and composers.· In suitable cases they award their distinctive triangular logo as a mark of their approval.· Here are some further special conditions, some of which in a suitable case may be useful.
· Regrettably the customer's daughter died following unsuccessful attempts to find a suitable donor for a heart-lung transplant.· She vowed if it was humanly possible, no other patient would suffer a similar fate through lack of a suitable donor.· One third of patients accepted for heart transplantation die before a suitable donor is found.· In fact, 80% of people who die under the age of 60 are suitable donors.
· Members are asked to consider donating any suitable material they have to the Society.· Amid talk of rebuilding and reorganising resources it appears suitable material is in short supply.· And yet there are some customers who in their search for a suitable material prefer to study complex tables of technical data.· Now, there are customers who in their search for suitable materials prefer to study copious technical data sheets.· Anecdotal evidence suggests that the tabloid press stores up suitable material for use in election campaigns.· No suitable material came to hand for the box hedges.· This could result from a structural change in a single solid material, though no suitable materials are known.
· It has to be admitted that Shetland is not the most suitable place for wintering waders.· Now the doctor has to try and locate a suitable place to inject the blood.· It had been intended to provide turning facilities at the Robin Hood, but no suitable place could be found.· Patio, terrace, base of wall or building, front of shrub border are all suitable places.· What does the map show about Bristol being a suitable place for managers to have their wholesale warehouses?· Over the coming months we hope to begin the process of finding and purchasing a suitable place.· If another competitor catches you up, they may overtake at a safe and suitable place, and you should give way.
· The ground outside this principal gate rises along Watling Street and it would seem a most suitable site for a large cemetery.· The only suitable site is along the L Street corridor, just southwest of the heart of downtown, McGrory said.· The table includes all the regular winter localities, although birds may be reported from many other suitable sites.· But many authorities have either not been able to find suitable sites or have not complied with the ruling.· After selecting a suitable site, the mite will use its mouth parts and its four front legs.· There are not many suitable sites for this.· Gulls nest together in tightly packed colonies but not because there is a shortage of suitable sites.· Jill returned in the spring of 1974 and was told to look around for a suitable site.
We are hoping to find a suitable school.suitable for somebody/something The house is not really suitable for a large family.suitable place/time etc to do something a suitable place to rear young childrensuitable to use/be shown etc These crayons are not suitable to use in very hot weather.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that someone or something is the right person or thing for them, instead of using suitable:· We think this is the right school for our child.COLLOCATIONSadverbsvery/highly suitable (also eminently suitable formal)· This exercise is very suitable for back pain sufferers.particularly/especially suitable· The resort is particularly suitable for families.equally suitable· I wanted a shoe that was equally suitable for both racing and training.perfectly suitable (=completely suitable)· The programme is perfectly suitable for children of all ages.THESAURUSsuitable having the right qualities for a particular purpose or person: · a suitable place for a picnic· They don’t consider him a suitable husband for their daughter.right completely suitable in every way: · It’s a nice house, but it isn’t right for us.· We’ll tell her when the time is right.appropriate suitable for a particular purpose. Appropriate is more formal than suitable: · She filled out all the appropriate forms.· It may not be an appropriate time to ask him about it.· It’s not appropriate to wear a short skirt for an interview.· the appropriate way to end a business letterproper the proper tool, piece of equipment, or way of doing something is the one that most people think is most suitable: · You can’t change a wheel without the proper tools.· the proper procedure for hiring staffsuited to something if someone is suited to something, he or she has the right qualities to do it: · He’d be well suited to the job.