suit
• 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. 2 a set of clothes for a particular activity. 3 any of the sets into which a pack of playing cards is divided (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs). 4 a lawsuit. 5 informal a high-ranking business executive. 6 the process of trying to win a woman’s affection with a view to marriage. 7 literary a petition or entreaty made to a person in authority. • verb 1 be convenient for or acceptable to. 2 go well with or enhance the features, figure, or character of. 3 (suit oneself) act entirely according to one’s own wishes. 4 suited appropriate or fitting. — PHRASES suit down to the ground Brit. be extremely convenient or appropriate for. — DERIVATIVES suiting noun. — ORIGIN Old French siwte, from Latin sequi ‘follow’.
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