SUIT | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French siwte, from a feminine past participle of a Romance verb based on Latin sequi ‘follow’. Early senses included ‘attendance at a court’ and ‘legal process’; suit (sense 1 of the noun and suit sense 2 of the noun) derive from an earlier meaning ‘set of things to be used together’. The verb sense ‘make appropriate’ dates from the late 16th century

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

set of outer clothes designed to be worn together

• a pinstriped suit

any of the sets into which a pack of playing cards is divided (in conventional packs comprising spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs).

any of sets into which pack of playing cards is divided

a lawsuit.

lawsuit

the process of trying to win a woman's affection with a view to marriage

process of trying to win woman's affection with view

• he could not compete with John in Marian's eyes and his suit came to nothing

a complete set of sails required for a ship or for a set of spars

complete set of sails required for ship or for set of spars

• they went ashore and changed to another suit of sails

be convenient for or acceptable to

be convenient for or acceptable to

• what time would suit you?
• the flat has two bedrooms—if it suits, you can have one of them

enhance the features, figure, or character of (someone)

enhance features, figure, or character of

• the dress didn't suit her

put on clothes, especially for a particular activity

put on clothes

• I suited up and entered the water