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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.”
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Suit (noun)
A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit.
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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.”
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Suit (noun)
A full set of armour.
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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.”
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Suit (noun)
The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
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Suit (noun)
Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
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Suit (noun)
The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
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Suit (noun)
The full set of sails required for a ship.
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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.
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Suit (noun)
Regular order; succession.
“Every five and thirty years the same kind and suit of weather comes again.”
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Suit (noun)
A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
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Suit (noun)
A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)
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Suit (verb)
To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
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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?”
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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.”
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Suit (verb)
To dress; to clothe.
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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.”
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Suit (verb)
To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with)
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Tuxedo (noun)
A typically black formal jacket worn by men.
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Tuxedo (noun)
The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.
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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”
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Suit (noun)
a set of clothes to be worn for a particular activity
“a jogging suit”
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Suit (noun)
a complete set of pieces of armour for covering the whole body
“a suit of armour”
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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”
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Suit (noun)
any of the sets into which a pack of playing cards is divided (in conventional packs comprising spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs).
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Suit (noun)
a lawsuit.
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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”
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Suit (noun)
a petition or entreaty made to a person in authority
“he sought a passage to Christian lands, but they spurned his suit”
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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”
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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?”
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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.’”
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Suit (verb)
adapt something to
“they took care to suit their answers to the questions put to them”
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Suit (verb)
enhance the features, figure, or character of (someone)
“the dress didn’t suit her”
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Suit (verb)
put on clothes, especially for a particular activity
“I suited up and entered the water”