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suit

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Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q614806}} {{lb|en|clothing}} 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.
  2. {{lb|en|by extension}} A [[garment]] or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: [[space suit]], [[boiler suit]], protective suit, [[swimsuit]].
  3. {{lb|en|Pakistan|women's speech}} A [[dress]].
  4. {{lb|en|pejorative|slang|metonym}} A person who wears [[matching]] jacket and trousers, especially a [[boss]] or a [[supervisor]].
  5. A full set of [[armour]].
  6. {{lb|en|legal}} 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]].
  7. [[petition|Petition]], [[request]], [[entreaty]].
  8. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The act of following or pursuing; [[pursuit]], [[chase]].
  9. Pursuit of a love-interest; [[wooing]], [[courtship]].
  10. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The act of suing; the [[pursuit]] of a particular object or goal.
  11. The full set of sails required for a ship.
  12. {{senseid|en|Q27905}} {{lb|en|card games}} 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.

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make [[proper]] or [[suitable]]; to [[adapt]] or [[fit]].
  2. {{lb|en|transitive|said of clothes, hairstyle or other fashion item}} To be suitable or [[apt]] for one's image.
  3. {{senseid|en|appropriate}} {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To be [[appropriate]] or [[apt]] for.
  4. {{lb|en|most commonly used in the passive form|intransitive}} To dress; to clothe.
  5. {{lb|en|intransitive|transitive}} To please; to make content; to fit someone's (or one's own) taste.
  6. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[agree]]; to be fitted; to [[correspond]] (usually followed by ''to'', archaically also followed by ''with'').

Proper noun

  1. {{surname|en}}.

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