suit

IPA: sˈut

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.
  • (by extension) A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit.
  • (Pakistan, women's speech) a dress.
  • (derogatory, slang, metonymically) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
  • A full set of armour.
  • (law) 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.
  • Petition, request, entreaty.
  • (obsolete) The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
  • Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
  • (obsolete) The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
  • The full set of sails required for a ship.
  • (card games) 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.
  • (obsolete) Regular order; succession.
  • (archaic) A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
  • (archaic) A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)
  • A surname.

verb

  • (transitive) To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
  • (said of clothes, hairstyle or other fashion item, transitive) To be suitable or apt for one's image.
  • (transitive) To be appropriate or apt for.
  • (most commonly used in the passive form, intransitive) To dress; to clothe.
  • To please; to make content; to fit one's taste.
  • (intransitive) To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with)
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Examples of "suit" in Sentences

  • I bought a set of suit.
  • The suit was tailored for him.
  • It was specially designed suit for him.
  • A 'panoply' is a complete suit of armour.
  • Auctioneer is part of the CivicSource suite.
  • It is the first part of the The Emigrants suite.
  • The buttons on the right of the suit have numerous functions.
  • The highest bidder earns the right to declare the trump suit.
  • The suit is loosely fitting and the pants attach to the shirt.
  • Note to all male guests: Wearing a suit is always a good idea!
  • The suit is sealed so that frigid water cannot penetrate the suit.
  • I believe the suit is actually stuffed full of contempt for America.
  • LUCKNOW: The long-awaited verdict on the dispute over the title suit of the Babri Masjid-Ram
  • Mozzie calls Elizabeth "Mrs. Suit" because her husband is an FBI Agent or what he calls a "suit."
  • Traditionally, the word "suit" is a sad one for ladies, especially when uttered during the summer months.
  • The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court is scheduled to deliver the title suit judgment on September 24.
  • I think this suit is a very very interesting development, especially given the international dimensions of the case.
  • Common man is taken by surprise for despite an atmosphere charged with uncertainly and fear due to various restrictions and heavy police deployment, the public was mentally prepared to face the verdict, Mishra said and added that even parties to the title suit fully ready for the same, seemed rudely jolted.

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