n.
- a set of outer clothes made of the same fabric and designed to be worn together, typically consisting of a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt.
▸a set of clothes for a particular activity:
a jogging suit.
▸informal a high-ranking business executive.
- any of the sets into which a pack of playing cards is divided (in conventional packs spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs).
- short for lawsuit.
- the process of trying to win a woman's affection with a view to marriage.
▸literary a petition or entreaty made to a person in authority.
- a complete set of sails for a ship or for a set of spars.
v.
- be convenient for or acceptable to.
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(suit oneself)
act entirely according to one's own wishes.
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[as adj. suited]
appropriate or fitting.
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(suit something to)
archaic adapt or make something appropriate for.
- go well with or enhance the features, figure, or character of (someone).
- N. Amer. put on clothes.
Phrase
- suit the action to the word
carry out one's stated intentions. - suit someone's book
Brit. informal be convenient or acceptable to someone. - suit someone down to the ground
Brit. be extremely convenient or appropriate for someone.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. siwte, from a fem. past part. of a Romance verb based on L. sequi ‘follow’.