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Noun

1. 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 pinstriped suit

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2. A set of clothes to be worn for a particular activity.

Sailors dash around in fearnought firefighting suits.

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3. A complete set of pieces of armour for covering the whole body.

a suit of armour

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4. A high-ranking executive in an organization, typically one regarded as exercising influence in an impersonal way.

Now we have a procession of suits and ‘yes’ men.

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5. Any of the sets into which a pack of playing cards is divided (in conventional packs comprising spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs).

The suits for this purpose are ranked Spades, Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds

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6. A lawsuit.

Lawsuits in particular class-action legal suits, can provide some redress.

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7. The process of trying to win a woman's affection with a view to marriage.

He took the rejection of his suit to the princess hard, and has plotted revenge against those caused the rejection of his suit.

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8. A petition or entreaty made to a person in authority.

The ambassador for Poland is returning from Rome having made suit to the Pope for 20, 000 crowns.

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9. A complete set of sails required for a ship or for a set of spars.

A new vessel would always be provided with at least two suits of sails from the sail-making firm engaged by the owner.

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Verb

1. Be convenient for or acceptable to.

what time would suit you?

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2. (suit oneself) Act entirely according to one's own wishes (often used to express the speaker's annoyance)

Departments suited themselves about typefaces and headings.

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3. (suit something to) Adapt something to.

they took care to suit their answers to the questions put to them

4. Enhance the features, figure, or character of (someone)

Each voice suits the character's personality well.

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5. Put on clothes, especially for a particular activity.

I suited up, donning the most complex all-weather gear imaginable to man.

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Origin

1. Middle English from Anglo-Norman French siwte, from a feminine past participle of a Romance verb based on Latin sequi ‘follow’. Early senses included ‘attendance at a court’ and ‘legal process’; suit (sense 1 of the noun and suit sense 2 of the noun) derive from an earlier meaning ‘set of things to be used together’. The verb sense ‘make appropriate’ dates from the late 16th century.

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