suitable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- presuitable adjective
- presuitably adverb
- suitability noun
- suitableness noun
- suitably adverb
Etymology
Origin of suitable
Example Sentences
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And after that, I started the journey of thinking about building something suitable for me.
From BBC
Neves Valente’s flimsy clothes didn’t seem suitable for the cold weather, he said.
Australia needs better assessment of whether a licence holder is a suitable candidate and more stringent rules on the types of guns that can be legally owned, he says.
From BBC
"I was surprised to find that there were no habitable houses; maybe two or three, but they were not suitable for living," he said.
From Barron's
But several actors feared the former authorities' reaction and they were unable to find a suitable location since filming in Syria was impossible.
From Barron's
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