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suit

(s/u/t )

a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color(noun.artifact)

Example:
They buried him in his best suit.

Synonym:
suit of clothes

source: wordnet30
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy(noun.act)

Example:
The family brought suit against the landlord.

Synonym:
case, causa, cause, lawsuit

source: wordnet30
(slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit(noun.person)

Example:
All the suits care about is the bottom line.

source: wordnet30
a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)(noun.communication)

Synonym:
courting, courtship, wooing

source: wordnet30
a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color(noun.artifact)

Example:
A flush is five cards in the same suit.
In bridge you must follow suit.
What suit is trumps?.

source: wordnet30
The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.(noun)

source: webster1913

be agreeable or acceptable to(verb.stative)

Example:
This suits my needs.

Synonym:
accommodate, fit

source: wordnet30
be agreeable or acceptable(verb.stative)

Example:
This time suits me.

source: wordnet30
accord or comport with(verb.stative)

Example:
This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!.

Synonym:
befit, beseem

source: wordnet30
enhance the appearance of(verb.stative)

Example:
This behavior doesn't suit you!.

Synonym:
become

source: wordnet30
To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.(verb)

source: webster1913
To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to.(verb)

source: webster1913