a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
a set of men's garments of the same color and fabric, consisting of trousers, a jacket, and sometimes a vest.
a similarly matched set consisting of a skirt and jacket, and sometimes a topcoat or blouse, worn by women.
any costume worn for some special activity: a running suit.
Often suits .Slang. an executive, manager, or official, especially one regarded as a faceless decision maker.
Law. the act, the process, or an instance of suing in a court of law; legal prosecution; lawsuit.
Cards.
one of the four sets or classes (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs) into which a common deck of playing cards is divided.
the aggregate of cards belonging to one of these sets held in a player's hand at one time: Spades were his long suit.
one of various sets or classes into which less common decks of cards are divided, as lances, hammers, etc., found in certain decks formerly used or used in fortune telling.
suite (defs. 1-3, 5).
the wooing or courting of a woman: She rejected his suit.
the act of making a petition or an appeal.
a petition, as to a person of rank or station.
Also called set. Nautical. a complete group of sails for a boat.
one of the seven classes into which a standard set of 28 dominoes may be divided by matching the numbers on half the face of each: a three suit contains the 3-blank, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, and 3-6. Since each such suit contains one of each of the other possible suits, only one complete suit is available per game.
verb (used with object)
to make appropriate, adapt, or accommodate, as one thing to another: to suit the punishment to the crime.
to be appropriate or becoming to: Blue suits you very well.
to be or prove satisfactory, agreeable, or acceptable to; satisfy or please: The arrangements suit me.
to provide with a suit, as of clothing or armor; clothe; array.
verb (used without object)
to be appropriate or suitable; accord.
to be satisfactory, agreeable, or acceptable.
Verb Phrases
suit up,to dress in a uniform or special suit.
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Idioms for suit
follow suit,
Cards.to play a card of the same suit as that led.
to follow the example of another: The girl jumped over the fence, and her playmates followed suit.
suit oneself, to do what one wants to do or what is best for oneself, without regard for others (often used imperatively): I don’t agree with you, but okay, suit yourself.
Origin of suit
1250–1300; Middle English siute, sute, suite (noun) <Anglo-French, Old French, akin to sivre to follow. See sue, suite
OTHER WORDS FROM suit
suitlike,adjectivecoun·ter·suit,nounre·suit,noun,verb (used with object)un·der·suit,noun
un·der·suit,verb (used with object)
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH suit
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Words nearby suit
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The question now is if more countries — like Oman and Sudan — will follow suit.
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If that effort fails, the agency can then bring suit against the company.
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Epic has filed a separate suit with similar claims against Google.
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WNBA players have been leading on social justice issues for a while now, and once the NBA players decided not to play, it made sense that WNBA players would follow suit.
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Three state attorneys general have filed suits related to recent changes in the postal service.
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The pieces are near-identical, excepting the signature buttons on the Chanel suit and a few small tailoring details.
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Those services will remain untouched by the current suit, according to City Attorney spokesman Frank Manteljan.
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Being dapper is all about attention to detail, like sporting a perfectly tucked handkerchief in your suit pocket.
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According to his suit, Carleton would rotate four new boys into his home every semester.
When you get the kind of discharge I had, they give you a suit and fifty dollars.
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I was trying to remember whether or not I'd put moth-balls in your winter suit.'
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He came back anon and dressed most scrupulously in a suit of lay clothing.
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Sweat poured from his forehead, and the suit ventilator whined as it picked up the extra moisture.
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She wore a dress which did not suit her; her hair was awkwardly arranged; there was a scowl on her brow.
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The truth is that Paine was too conservative to suit the leaders of the French Revolution.
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British Dictionary definitions for suit
suit
/ (suːt, sjuːt) /
noun
any set of clothes of the same or similar material designed to be worn together, now usually (for men) a jacket with matching trousers or (for women) a jacket with matching or contrasting skirt or trousers
(in combination)any outfit worn for a specific purposea spacesuit
any set of items, such as the full complement of sails of a vessel or parts of personal armour
any of the four sets of 13 cards in a pack of playing cards, being spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs. The cards in each suit are two to ten, jack, queen, and king in the usual order of ascending value, with ace counting as either the highest or lowest according to the game
a civil proceeding; lawsuit
the act or process of suing in a court of law
a petition or appeal made to a person of superior rank or status or the act of making such a petition
slanga business executive or white-collar manager
a man's courting of a woman
follow suit
to play a card of the same suit as the card played immediately before it
to act in the same way as someone else
strong suitorstrongest suitsomething that one excels in
verb
to make or be fit or appropriate forthat dress suits you
to meet the requirements or standards (of)
to be agreeable or acceptable to (someone)
suit oneselfto pursue one's own intentions without reference to others
Derived forms of suit
suitlike, adjective
Word Origin for suit
C13: from Old French sieute set of things, from sivre to follow; compare sue