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Verb
/so͞ot/,
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suits, plural;
  1. Be convenient for or acceptable to
    • - he lied whenever it suited him
    • - the apartment has two bedrooms—if it suits, you can have one of them
  2. Act entirely according to one's own wishes (often used to express the speaker's annoyance)
    • - “I'm not going to help you.” “Suit yourself.”
  3. Go well with or enhance the features, figure, or character of (someone)
    • - the dress didn't suit her
  4. Adapt or make appropriate for (something)
    • - they took care to suit their answers to the questions put to them
  5. Put on clothes, typically for a particular activity
    • - I suited up and entered the water
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 to be worn on a particular occasion or for a particular activity
    • - a jogging suit
  3. A complete set of pieces of armor for covering the whole body

  4. A complete set of sails required for a ship or for a set of spars

  5. An executive in a business or organization, typically one regarded as exercising influence in an impersonal way
    • - maybe now the suits in Washington will listen
  6. Any of the sets distinguished by their pictorial symbols into which a deck of playing cards is divided, in conventional decks comprising spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs

  7. The process of trying to win a woman's affection, typically with a view to marriage
    • - he could not compete with John's charms in Marian's eyes and his suit came to nothing
  8. A petition or entreaty made to a person in authority

  1. be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"
  2. 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"
  3. lawsuit: 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"
  4. (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line"
  5. befit: accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"
  6. become: enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"
  7. Suit is the fourth studio album by American rapper Nelly, released on September 14, 2004. Production for the album took place during 2003 to 2004 and was handled by some re-appeared producers, including The Neptunes, Jazze Pha and City Spud. ...
  8. In playing cards, a suit is one of several categories into which the cards of a deck are divided. Most often, each card bears one of several symbols showing to which suit it belongs; the suit may alternatively or in addition be indicated by the color printed on the card. ...
  9. Suit is a fictional character set in the Marvel universe first appearing in the Venom #2 mini-series. He is made of tiny alien robots discovered by Reed Richards. Nick Fury from S.H.I.E.L.D. took one of them and brought it to his science team who then build the Suit from it. ...
  10. The man's suit of clothes, in the sense of a lounge or business or office suit, is a set of garments which are crafted from the same cloth. This article discusses the history of the lounge suit, often called a business suit when made in dark colours and of conservative cut.
  11. Demi‘s Birthday Suit, or The Suit, was a trompe-l'œil body painting by Joanne Gair photographed by Annie Leibovitz that was featured on the cover of the Vanity Fair August 1992 issue to commemorate and exploit the success of Leibovitz's More Demi Moore cover photo of Demi Moore one year earlier. ...
  12. (Suits (album)) Suits (1994) is the fourth solo album by former Marillion singer Fish, and his third studio album with original material (discounting 1993's cover project Songs from the Mirror). ...
  13. 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 single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit; A person who wears matching jacket and trousers ...
  14. (Suits) Corporations may be sued by any business, including other corporations. And they may be sued by individuals or groups of persons.
  15. (Suits) The geniuses at AOL-Time Warner, who couldn’t leave well enough alone. Set aside their penny-pinching and trying to cut back on the farm system (the first goal of any corporate owner). ...
  16. A legal proceeding brought by one person against another.
  17. n. 1. Ugly and uncomfortable ‘business clothing’ often worn by non-hackers. Invariably worn with a ‘tie’, a strangulation device that partially cuts off the blood supply to the brain. It is thought that this explains much about the behavior of suit-wearers.
  18. Usually meaning a lawsuit.
  19. Spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs. In holdem poker, no suit outranks another. A flush is the only hand that used suits.
  20. The racing uniform worn by the swimmer, in the water, during competition. The three most popular styles/types of suits worn are:  Nylon, Lycra, Paper.
  21. A legal action commenced to enforce a claim or right.
  22. A legal action or proceeding.
  23. Clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades.
  24. Something which a performer wears, usually made from fabrics, foam, and fibers. Can be donned and doffed relatively easily, as opposed to having something adhered to the skin as in Prosthetics.
  25. An executive of a technology company, borrowed from the now defunct Great Satan of Walk-In Wardrobes (DEC). DEC (Digital) was taken over by The Big Q when it was still the Great Satan of Haircuts but was headed by Robert Palmer, who was rumoured to have a walk-in wardrobe in his office. ...