suit
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.
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.
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.
to be appropriate or suitable; accord.
to be satisfactory, agreeable, or acceptable.
suit up, to dress in a uniform or special suit.
Idioms about 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
1Other words from suit
- suitlike, adjective
- coun·ter·suit, noun
- re·suit, noun, verb (used with object)
- un·der·suit, noun
- un·der·suit, verb (used with object)
Words that may be confused with suit
- suit , suite
Words Nearby suit
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How to use suit in a sentence
The question now is if more countries — like Oman and Sudan — will follow suit.
Trump announces that Bahrain will normalize relations with Israel | Alex Ward | September 11, 2020 | VoxIf that effort fails, the agency can then bring suit against the company.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Confirms a Pattern of Age Discrimination at IBM | by Peter Gosselin, special to ProPublica | September 11, 2020 | ProPublicaEpic has filed a separate suit with similar claims against Google.
Apple countersues Epic over ‘unlawful’ Fortnite payment system | Verne Kopytoff | September 8, 2020 | FortuneWNBA 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.
What Happened In The NBA This Week? | Sara Ziegler (sara.ziegler@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 28, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThree state attorneys general have filed suits related to recent changes in the postal service.
San Francisco was the first city to pass one in 2006; since then, 14 other cities and three states have followed suit.
Eventually, DeCrow and Seidenberg filed suit against the East Village mainstay.
The pieces are near-identical, excepting the signature buttons on the Chanel suit and a few small tailoring details.
We meet in his study, where Hitchcock sits waiting, dressed in his black suit.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had a tailor who ran up dozens of the same suit in different sizes to account for slight variations in his weight.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBehold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordHe is what the bill wishes to make for us, a regular root doctor, and will suit the place exactly.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousWe had three long tables which Liszt arranged to suit himself, his own place being in the middle.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayNot a dollar did he possess—not even did he have a suit of clothes any more, and wore every day his corduroys.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxWhen Dan put his tobacco back unbitten, it was always an infallible sign that something had gone in a way that did not suit him.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. Dunn
British Dictionary definitions for suit
/ (suːt, sjuːt) /
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 purpose: a 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
slang a 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 suit or strongest suit something that one excels in
to make or be fit or appropriate for: that dress suits you
to meet the requirements or standards (of)
to be agreeable or acceptable to (someone)
suit oneself to pursue one's own intentions without reference to others
Origin of suit
1Derived forms of suit
- suitlike, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with suit
In addition to the idioms beginning with suit
- suit down to the ground
- suit oneself
- suit up
also see:
- birthday suit
- empty suit
- follow suit
- long suit
- strong point (suit)
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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