suit
Definitions
- A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman
- A surname.
- A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.
- A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit.
- A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit
- A dress.
- A dress
- A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
- A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor
- A full set of armour.
- A full set of armour
- The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit.
- Petition, request, entreaty.
- The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
- Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
- The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
- The full set of sails required for a ship.
- Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by colour and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards.
- Regular order; succession.
- A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
- A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)
Conjugation
Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of suit.
Equivalents
59 more languages
Azərbaycan dilikostyum
Беларускаякасцюм
Bosanskiancugfarbakompletoblekaodeloodijelopakpaloporadisemešutisvittrajeustrojvariбојанабородговараоделоодијело
Cymraegsiwt
Eestiülikond
Suomiasukokonaisuushaarniskajärjestyskokopukumaamiellyttääoikeusjuttupukeutuapukupukumiespurjekertapyrintöriita-asiasarjasopiasovittaasovittautuasviittisyyttäminenvaatekertaväri
עבריתחליפה
हिन्दीदावा
Hrvatskiancugfarbakompletoblekaodeloodijelopakpaloporadisemešutisvittrajeustrojvariбојанабородговараоделоодијело
Bahasa Indonesiasetelan
Íslenskajakkaföt
Қазақ тілікостюм
Lingálabonga
ລາວຊຸດ
Latviešuuzvalks
Te Reo Māoriwhare
Монголкостюм
Bahasa Melayusut
မြန်မာဝတ်စုံ
Polskiancugbateriabateriowybateryjnygajergarniakgarniturgarniturowykolorkombinezonkostiumodpowiadaćpasowaćpozewubraniewdzianko
Românăcostum
සිංහලජෝඩුව
Slovenčinafarba
Shqipkostum
Српскиancugfarbakompletoblekaodeloodijelopakpaloporadisemešutisvittrajeustrojvariбојанабородговараоделоодијело
Kiswahilisuti
தமிழ்கோட் சூட்
తెలుగుసూటు
Türkmençekostýum
Tagalogterno
ئۇيغۇرچەكاستۇم
Examples
“A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay⟳ like⟳ trampled snow⟳ over the remains of a decent blue suit⟳ with the lining ripped out which lay⟳ on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.”
“Think⟳ of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.”
“Nick hired a navy-blue suit⟳ for the wedding.”
“Be sure to keep⟳ your nose to the grindstone today; the suits are making a "surprise⟳" visit⟳ to this department.”
“You had an army / Of suits behind you”
“Two smartly dressed suits walked up to the doctor. "Are you alright Dr. La Perouse?"”
“Suits didn't wear⟳ suits any more—they wore Tibetan prayer beads coiled around their wrists. But they slithered in a suitlike way.”
“If you take⟳ my advice, you'll file⟳ a suit⟳ against him immediately.”
“Tam[burlaine]. Are you the wittie King of Perſea? Myc[etes]. I marrie am I: haue you any ſute to me? Tam[burlaine]. I woulde intreate you to ſpeake but three wiſe wordes.”
“Rebate your loves, each rival suit⟳ suspend, Till this funereal web my labors end⟳.”
“Thenceforth the suitt of earthly conquest shonne.”
“To deal⟳ and shuffle, to divide⟳ and sort⟳ Her mingled suits and sequences.”
“Every five and thirty years the same kind and suit⟳ of weather comes again.”
“"You must wear⟳ these to-day, my dear child," said Lord Norbourne, as, entering the dressing-room of his daughter, he laid a suit⟳ of pearls on her table”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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