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English noun: suit | |||
| 1. | suit (artifact) a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color | ||
| Samples | They buried him in his best suit. | ||
| Synonyms | suit of clothes | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | garment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | business suit, double-breasted suit, pinstripe, single-breasted suit, slack suit, zoot suit | ||
| 2. | suit (act) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | ||
| Samples | The family brought suit against the landlord. | ||
| Synonyms | case, causa, cause, lawsuit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bastardy proceeding, civil suit, class action, class-action suit, countersuit, criminal suit, moot, paternity suit | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 3. | suit (person) (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit | ||
| Samples | All the suits care about is the bottom line. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | businessman, man of affairs | ||
| Domain usage | argot, cant, depreciation, derogation, disparagement, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular | ||
| 4. | suit (communication) a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | ||
| Samples | Its was a brief and intense courtship. | ||
| Synonyms | courting, courtship, wooing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appeal, entreaty, prayer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bundling | ||
| 5. | suit (communication) a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appeal, entreaty, prayer | ||
| 6. | suit (artifact) playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color | ||
| Samples | A flush is five cards in the same suit. In bridge you must follow suit. What suit is trumps?. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | playing card | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | major suit, minor suit, trump | ||
| Member meronym | deck, deck of cards, pack of cards | ||
English verb: suit | |||
| 1. | suit (stative) be agreeable or acceptable to | ||
| Samples | This suits my needs. | ||
| Synonyms | accommodate, fit | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conform to, fit, meet | ||
| 2. | suit (stative) be agreeable or acceptable | ||
| Samples | This time suits me. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | agree | ||
| 3. | suit (stative) accord or comport with | ||
| Samples | This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!. | ||
| Synonyms | befit, beseem | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally | ||
| 4. | suit (stative) enhance the appearance of | ||
| Samples | Mourning becomes Electra. This behavior doesn't suit you!. | ||
| Synonyms | become | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify | ||
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