Definition of suits Suits
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Wiktionary 
- suits (Noun)
Plural of suit.
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🔤WordNet
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| suit - a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; "they buried him in his best suit" | ||
| suit of clothes | ||
| garment an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" | ||
| business suit a suit of clothes traditionally worn by businessmen | ||
| double-breasted suit a suit with a double-breasted jacket | ||
| pinstripe a very thin stripe (especially a white stripe on a dark fabric) | ||
| single-breasted suit a suit having a single-breasted jacket | ||
| slack suit casual dress consisting of slacks and matching jacket | ||
| suit - playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?" | ||
| playing card one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games | ||
| deck of cards, pack of cards, deck a pack of 52 playing cards | ||
| major suit (bridge) a suit of superior scoring value, either spades or hearts | ||
| minor suit ( bridge) a suit of inferior scoring value, either diamonds or clubs | ||
| suit - (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line" | ||
| businessman, man of affairs a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) | ||
| derogation, disparagement, depreciation (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law; "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed" | ||
| suit - a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank | ||
| suit - a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord" | ||
| lawsuit, case, cause, causa | ||
| legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
| civil suit a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant | ||
| class-action suit, class action a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group | ||
| countersuit a suit brought against someone who has sued you | ||
| criminal suit a lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant | ||
| moot a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise; "he organized the weekly moot" | ||
| suit - a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship" | ||
| courtship, wooing, courting | ||
| entreaty, appeal, prayer earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm" | ||
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| suit - be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs" | ||
| accommodate, fit | ||
| conform to, fit, meet observe; "conform to the rules" | ||
| suit - be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me" | ||
| be spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
| agree consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone" | ||
| suit - enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!" | ||
| become | ||
| fancify, prettify, beautify, embellish make more beautiful | ||
| suit - accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!" | ||
| befit, beseem | ||
| gibe, jibe, correspond, tally, agree, fit, match, check shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly" | ||
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Wiktionary
- 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. - suit (Noun)
A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit , boiler suit , protective suit. - suit (Noun)
A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor. - suit (Noun)
A full set of armour. - 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. - suit (Noun)
The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase. - suit (Noun)
Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship. - suit (Noun)
The full set of sails required for a ship. - suit (Noun)
Regular order; succession. - suit (Noun)
The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal. - suit (Noun)
A company of attendants or followers; a retinue. - suit (Noun)
A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite. - suit (Verb)
To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit. - suit (Verb)
To be suitable or apt for one's image. - suit (Verb)
To be appropriate or apt for. - suit (Verb)
To dress; to clothe. - suit (Verb)
To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to fit one's taste. - suit (Verb)
To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; — usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- suit (n.)
The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit. - suit (n.)
The act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor. - suit (n.)
The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship. - suit (n.)
The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery. - suit (n.)
That which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t. - suit (n.)
Things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t. - suit (n.)
A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes. - suit (n.)
One of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, cubs, or diamonds. - suit (n.)
Regular order; succession. - suit (v. t.)
To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word. - suit (v. t.)
To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit. - suit (v. t.)
To dress; to clothe. - suit (v. t.)
To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste. - suit (v. i.)
To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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(Of an object) To be of the right size and shape so as to match another object. -
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To change to reach a certain scope or condition. -
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A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy. -
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One of several classes of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems -
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A set of men's clothes consisting of trousers and a jacket, traditionally worn with a shirt and a tie. -
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To be agreeable or acceptable to.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sūt, n. act of suing: an action at law: a petition: a series: a set: a number of things of the same kind or made to be used together, as clothes or armour: courtship.—v.t. to fit: to become: to please.—v.i. to agree: to correspond.—p.adj. Suit′ed (Shak.), dressed, clothed.—ns. Suit′ing, cloth suitable for making suits of clothes, usually in pl.; Suit′or, one who sues in love or law: a petitioner: a wooer:—fem. Suit′ress.—v.i. to play the suitor.—adj. Suit′orcide, suitor-killing. [Fr.,—Low L. secta, a suit—L. sequi, to follow.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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That suit is best that best fits me.
