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KK Pronunciation

〔 sut,sjut 〕

Pronunciation

〔 suːt,sjuːt 〕


Overview of noun suit

The noun suit has 6 senses


  • suit, suit of clothes -- (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")

  • lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa -- (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")

  • suit -- ((slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line")

  • courtship, wooing, courting, suit -- (a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship")

  • suit -- (a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank)

  • suit -- (playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?")


Overview of verb suit

The verb suit has 4 senses


  • suit, accommodate, fit -- (be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs")

  • suit -- (be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me")

  • befit, suit, beseem -- (accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!")

  • become, suit -- (enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!")