Suit (noun)
A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man’s matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.
“Nick hired a navy-blue suit for the wedding.”
Suit (noun)
A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit.
Suit (noun)
A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
“Be sure to keep your nose to the grindstone today; the suits are making a “surprise” visit to this department.”
Suit (noun)
A full set of armour.
Suit (noun)
The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit.
“If you take my advice, you’ll file a suit against him immediately.”
Suit (noun)
The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
Suit (noun)
Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
Suit (noun)
The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
Suit (noun)
The full set of sails required for a ship.
Suit (noun)
Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds{{,}} or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic{{,}} and French playing cards.
Suit (noun)
Regular order; succession.
“Every five and thirty years the same kind and suit of weather comes again.”
Suit (noun)
A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
Suit (noun)
A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)
Suit (verb)
To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
Suit (verb)
To be suitable or apt for one’s image.
“The ripped jeans didn’t suit her elegant image.”
“That new top suits you. Where did you buy it?”
Suit (verb)
To be appropriate or apt for.
“The nickname “Bullet” suits her, since she is a fast runner.”
“Ill suits his cloth the praise of railing well.”
Suit (verb)
To dress; to clothe.
Suit (verb)
To please; to make content; to fit one’s taste.
“He is well suited with his place.”
“My new job suits me, as I work fewer hours and don’t have to commute so much.”
Suit (verb)
To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with)
Suite (noun)
A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage
“the ambassador’s suite”
Suite (noun)
A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together
“a suite of rooms”
“a suite of minerals”
Suite (noun)
A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.
“The Presidential suite is well appointed and allows for good security.”
Suite (noun)
A musical form, popular before the time of the sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude.
Suite (noun)
An excerpt of instrumental music from a larger work that contains other elements besides the music; for example, the Nutcracker Suite is the music (but not the dancing) from the ballet The Nutcracker, and the Carmen Suite is the instrumental music (but not the singing and dancing) from the opera Carmen.
Suite (noun)
A group of related computer programs distributed together.
Suit (noun)
a set of outer clothes made of the same fabric and designed to be worn together, typically consisting of a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt
“a pinstriped suit”
Suit (noun)
a set of clothes to be worn for a particular activity
“a jogging suit”
Suit (noun)
a complete set of pieces of armour for covering the whole body
“a suit of armour”
Suit (noun)
a high-ranking executive in an organization, typically one regarded as exercising influence in an impersonal way
“maybe now the suits in Washington will listen”
Suit (noun)
any of the sets into which a pack of playing cards is divided (in conventional packs comprising spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs).
Suit (noun)
a lawsuit.
Suit (noun)
the process of trying to win a woman’s affection with a view to marriage
“he could not compete with John in Marian’s eyes and his suit came to nothing”
Suit (noun)
a petition or entreaty made to a person in authority
“he sought a passage to Christian lands, but they spurned his suit”
Suit (noun)
a complete set of sails required for a ship or for a set of spars
“they went ashore and changed to another suit of sails”
Suit (verb)
be convenient for or acceptable to
“the flat has two bedrooms—if it suits, you can have one of them”
“what time would suit you?”
Suit (verb)
act entirely according to one’s own wishes (often used to express the speaker’s annoyance)
“‘I’m not going to help you.’ ‘Suit yourself.’”
Suit (verb)
adapt something to
“they took care to suit their answers to the questions put to them”
Suit (verb)
enhance the features, figure, or character of (someone)
“the dress didn’t suit her”
Suit (verb)
put on clothes, especially for a particular activity
“I suited up and entered the water”
Suite (noun)
a set of rooms designated for one person’s or family’s use or for a particular purpose
“a suite of reception rooms”
Suite (noun)
a set of coordinating furniture
“there is plenty of space for a dining table and a three-piece suite”
Suite (noun)
a set of instrumental compositions, originally in dance style, to be played in succession.
Suite (noun)
a set of selected pieces from an opera or musical, arranged to be played as one instrumental work.
Suite (noun)
a group of people in attendance on a monarch or other person of high rank
“the Royal Saloon was built for the use of the Queen and her suite”
Suite (noun)
a set of programs with a uniform design and the ability to share data.
Suite (noun)
a group of minerals, rocks, or fossils occurring together and characteristic of a location or period
“potassic rock suites are a characteristic feature of the area”