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suit (so̵̅o̅t)

noun

    1. 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
    2. any complete outfit a suit of armor
  1. Slang a person wearing a suit; specif., a business executive or a bureaucrat: usually a term of mild derision
  2. 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
  3. Historical attendance at the court or manor of a feudal lord
  4. action to secure justice in a court of law; attempt to recover a right or claim through legal action
    1. an act of suing, pleading, or requesting
    2. a petition
  5. 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

  1. to meet the requirements of; be right for or appropriate to; befit
  2. to make right or appropriate; fit; adapt
  3. to please; satisfy anything that suits your fancy
  4. to furnish with clothes, esp. with a suit

intransitive verb

  1. Archaic to correspond or harmonize: usually with to or with
  2. to be fit, suitable, convenient, or satisfactory
suit Idioms

bring suit

to institute legal action; sue

follow suit

  1. to play a card of the same suit as the card led
  2. to follow the example set

someone's strong suit

or someone's strongest suit
a person's greatest talent, most conspicuous character trait, etc. patience is my strong suit

suit oneself

to act according to one's own wishes

suit up

to put on an athletic uniform, spacesuit, etc. in preparation for a particular activity

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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