SUIT
\sˈuːt], \sˈuːt], \s_ˈuː_t]\
Definitions of SUIT
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(law) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord"
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a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship"
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be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me"
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a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; "they buried him in his best suit"
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playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?"
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a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
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a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship"
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be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me"
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a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; "they buried him in his best suit"
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playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?"
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a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
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a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line"
By Princeton University
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The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
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The act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor.
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The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.
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The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery.
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That which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t.
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Things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t.
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A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes.
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One of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, cubs, or diamonds.
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Regular order; succession.
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To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.
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To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
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To dress; to clothe.
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To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.
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To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to.
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To dress; to clothe.
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Act of suing: an action at law: a petition: a series: a set: a number of things of the same kind or made to be used together, as clothes or armor: courtship.
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To fit: to become: to please.
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To agree: to correspond.
By Daniel Lyons
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The act of seeking to gain an end or an object; petition or prayer; courtship; an action or process at law for the recovery of a right or claim; a number of things used together; as, a suit of clothes; a set; one of the four sets of a pack of cards.
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To fit; adapt; as, suit your words to the occasion; to be proper or suitable to; become; befit; as, your behavior does not suit your position; please; satisfy; as, I hope this will suit you.
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To correspond or accord; agree: with with or to.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To meet the requirements of; agree; please; prove satisfactory.
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The act of suing; solicitation; petition.
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A judicial action, as for the recovery of money.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] Act of suing ; the process by which one endeavours to gain an end or object ; endeavour ; a petition or application ;-especially, the attempt to win a woman in marriage ; courtship ; -an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim ; prosecution of right before any tribunal ; - pursuit ; chase ;-a retinue ; company of attendant, or followers.
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