suited

American  

[soo-tid] / ˈsu tɪd /

adjective

1. appropriate for or compatible with a particular person, task, occasion, etc.; fitted.

   A good writer chooses a prose style suited to the subject.

   Parents can decide whether the program is suited for their child.

2. wearing a suit, especially of a specified kind or color (often used in combination).

   At the negotiating table sat a gray-suited executive from the other company.

   Who do you think the jury will believe—the suited detective, or the revolutionary anarchist?

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of suit.

Other Word Forms

• unsuited adjective
• well-suited adjective

Etymology

Origin of suited

First recorded in 1615–25; suit + -ed ² for the adjective senses; suit + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

Forest impressed last season, missing out on Champions League football by one point, playing in a counter-attacking fashion that suited the strengths of their players.

From BBC

Glass is stable, cost-effective, and resistant to harsh environments, making it well suited for scalable deployment.

From Science Daily

But as one of the oldest US federal judges -- born in 1933 -- some are unsure he is best suited to preside over what could be a prolonged trial for Maduro on drug trafficking charges.

From Barron's

The Kineto team measures the performance of large language models to work out which is best suited to each task.

From BBC

“It needs less regulation, less bureaucracy, and more space for each member state to shape policies suited to its own economic realities.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• appropriate
• satisfactory
• suitable