SUIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suit mean? 

• SUIT (noun)
  The noun SUIT has 6 senses:

1. a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color

2. a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

3. (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit

4. a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

5. a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank

6. playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color

  Familiarity information: SUIT used as a noun is common.

• SUIT (verb)
  The verb SUIT has 4 senses:

1. be agreeable or acceptable to

2. be agreeable or acceptable

3. accord or comport with

4. enhance the appearance of

  Familiarity information: SUIT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

suit; suit of clothes

Context example:

they buried him in his best suit

Hypernyms ("suit" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suit"):

single-breasted suit (a suit having a single-breasted jacket)

zoot suit (a flashy suit of extreme cut)

slack suit (casual dress consisting of slacks and matching jacket)

pinstripe (a suit made from a fabric with very thin stripes)

double-breasted suit (a suit with a double-breasted jacket)

business suit (a suit of clothes traditionally worn by businessmen)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

case; causa; cause; lawsuit; suit

Context example:

the family brought suit against the landlord

Hypernyms ("suit" is a kind of...):

legal proceeding; proceeding; proceedings ((law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suit"):

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)

bastardy proceeding; paternity suit (a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined))

civil suit (a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant)

Derivation:

sue (institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

all the suits care about is the bottom line

Hypernyms ("suit" is a kind of...):

businessman; man of affairs (a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive))

Domain usage:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

Sense 4

Meaning:

A man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

courting; courtship; suit; wooing

Context example:

its was a brief and intense courtship

Hypernyms ("suit" is a kind of...):

appeal; entreaty; prayer (earnest or urgent request)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suit"):

bundling (a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("suit" is a kind of...):

appeal; entreaty; prayer (earnest or urgent request)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

what suit is trumps?

Hypernyms ("suit" is a kind of...):

playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suit"):

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)

trump ((card games) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand)

Holonyms ("suit" is a member of...):

deck; deck of cards; pack of cards (a pack of 52 playing cards)

• SUIT (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be agreeable or acceptable to

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

accommodate; fit; suit

Context example:

This suits my needs

Hypernyms (to "suit" is one way to...):

conform to; fill; fit; fulfil; fulfill; meet; satisfy (fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be agreeable or acceptable

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

This time suits me

Hypernyms (to "suit" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "suit"):

agree (be agreeable or suitable)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Accord or comport with

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

befit; beseem; suit

Context example:

This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!

Hypernyms (to "suit" is one way to...):

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Enhance the appearance of

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

become; suit

Context example:

This behavior doesn't suit you!

Hypernyms (to "suit" is one way to...):

beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

 Context examples 

It did not happen to suit the Miss Musgroves, I suppose, and they never put themselves out of their way.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Another technique used, which more directly measured the flow of the gas, is better suited to studying the outer portion of the disc.

(ALMA Discovers Trio of Infant Planets around Newborn Star, ESO)

That site yielded evidence for an ancient environment with water that would have been well-suited for use by microbes, if Mars had any billions of years ago.

(Aluminum-Bearing Site on Mars Draws NASA Visitor, NASA)

These tables can be fully adjusted to suit the height of the user, depending on whether they want to sit or stand while working.

(Spending more time standing helps increase energy expenditure and combats the effects of a sedentary lifestyle, University of Granada)

Saturday would suit them better than any other day, as it would give them two days for their escape.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Once she gave her a little cap of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else; so she was always called “Little Red-Cap.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

It would suit us best, but it is bolted as well as locked, and we should make too much noise getting in.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It will exactly suit my cross.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Particularly well suited to the analysis of biomolecules.

(Electrospray Ionization, NCI Thesaurus)

“Happy couple!” said Frank Churchill, as soon as they were out of hearing:—“How well they suit one another!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)