suitnoun
uk/suːt//sjuːt/us/suːt/suit noun (SET OF CLOTHES)
A2 [ C ] a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt that are made from the same material:
[ C ] a set of clothes or a piece of clothing to be worn in a particular situation or while doing a particular activity:
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- She wore a classic navy suit.
- Could you pick up my suit from the cleaner's for me, please?
- He was dressed in a dark grey suit.
- She always looks very professional in her smart suits.
- It's regulation to wear suits at the office.
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Dresses, suits & gowns
- abaya
- ballgown
- black tie
- burka
- burkini
- jilbab
- jumpsuit
- kaftan
- kimono
- lounge suit
- pinstripe
- robe
- safari suit
- salwar kameez
- sari
- trouser suit
- tunic
- two-piece
- wrap
- wrapper
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suit noun (LEGAL PROBLEM)
[ C ] also lawsuit a problem taken to a law court by an ordinary person or an organization rather than the police in order to obtain a legal decision:
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Court cases, orders & decisions
- actionable
- administer
- admissible
- affidavit
- affiliation order
- bail
- bale
- defend
- inadmissible
- injunction
- judgment
- judicature
- judicial
- plea
- remedy
- retrial
- Rex
- ruling
- separation
- sequester
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suit noun (PLAYING CARDS)
[ C ] any of the four types of card in a set of playing cards, each having a different shape printed on it:
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Card games
- bridge
- canasta
- card sharp
- deal
- dealer
- diamond
- discard
- flush
- grand slam
- jack
- joker
- pass
- pool
- royal flush
- rummy
- shuffle
- singleton
- snap
- strip poker
- trump
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suit noun (PERSON)
[ C often plural ] informal disapproving a man who works in an office and wears a suit, especially a man with a high position in a company who is considered not to have human feelings and good ideas
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Kinds of men
- a bit of rough idiom
- a man's man idiom
- adult
- alpha male
- beta male
- fop
- gaffer
- gay
- geezer
- gent
- laddie
- ladies' man
- mac
- male chauvinist
- MCP
- sirrah
- sister under the skin idiom
- spiv
- sugar daddy
- suitor
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suitverb [ T ]
uk/suːt//sjuːt/us/suːt/suit verb [ T ] (BE RIGHT)
B2 to be right for a particular person, situation, or occasion:
B2 (usually of a colour or style of clothes) to make someone look more attractive:
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- The software can be modified to suit the particular needs of the end user.
- How does family life suit you?
- "Will a loan of $500 be sufficient?" "That will suit me fine."
- I don't suppose I have any books that would suit your sophisticated tastes.
- Couldn't you contrive a meeting between them? I think they'd be ideally suited.
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Being suitable or unsuitable
- age-barred
- answer
- be made for sb/sth idiom
- become
- befit
- behove
- bill
- do 1
- fill/fit the bill idiom
- find your own level idiom
- fit
- fit in
- fit the bill idiom
- go
- lend
- make
- order
- out of order idiom
- part
- unworthy
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suit verb [ T ] (BE CONVENIENT)
B2 to be convenient and cause the least difficulty for someone:
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- The opposition leader accused government ministers of manipulating the statistics to suit themselves.
- Which evening would suit you best for the party?
- Part-time work would suit me right down to the ground.
- Which time suits you better - 12.30 or one o'clock?
- We can go to the seven o'clock performance or the eight - whichever suits you best.
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Being suitable or unsuitable
- age-barred
- answer
- be made for sb/sth idiom
- become
- befit
- behove
- bill
- do 1
- fill/fit the bill idiom
- find your own level idiom
- fit
- fit in
- fit the bill idiom
- go
- lend
- make
- order
- out of order idiom
- part
- unworthy
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