suit
suit (so̵̅o̅t)
noun
- a set of clothes to be worn together; now, esp., a coat and trousers (or skirt), and sometimes a vest, usually all of the same material
- any complete outfit a suit of armor
- Slang a person wearing a suit; specif., a business executive or a bureaucrat: usually a term of mild derision
- a group of similar things forming a set or series; specif., any of the four sets of thirteen playing cards each (spades, clubs, hearts, and diamonds) that together make up a pack
- Historical attendance at the court or manor of a feudal lord
- action to secure justice in a court of law; attempt to recover a right or claim through legal action
- an act of suing, pleading, or requesting
- a petition
- the act of wooing; courtship
Etymology: ME sute, a pursuit, action of suing, garb, set of garments, sequence < OFr suite < VL *sequita, fem. pp. of sequere, to follow < L sequi, to follow: see sequent
transitive verb
- to meet the requirements of; be right for or appropriate to; befit
- to make right or appropriate; fit; adapt
- to please; satisfy anything that suits your fancy
- to furnish with clothes, esp. with a suit
intransitive verb
- Archaic to correspond or harmonize: usually with to or with
- to be fit, suitable, convenient, or satisfactory
bring suit
follow suit
- to play a card of the same suit as the card led
- to follow the example set
someone's strong suit
or someone's strongest suitsuit oneself
suit up
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