Suit

Definition: Suit

Suit

Noun

1. (law) 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".

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. 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?".

4. 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".

5. A petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank.

Verb

1. Be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs".

2. Be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me".

3. Accord or comport with.

4. Enhance the appearance of: "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "suit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Computing

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SUIT

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Suit

Agreement

Verb: be accordant; Adjective: agree, accord, harmonize; correspond, tally, respond; meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to; fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with; dovetail, assimilate; fit like a glove, fit to a T; match; become one; homologate.

Render accordant; Adjective: fit, suit, adapt, accommodate; graduate; adjust; (render, equal); dress, regulate, readjust; accord, harmonize,. reconcile; fadge, dovetail, square.

Class

Kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset; assortment; feather, kidney; suit; range; gender, sex, kin.

Clothing

Outfit, equipment, trousseau; uniform, regimentals; continentals; canonicals; livery, gear, harness, turn-out, accouterment, caparison, suit, rigging, trappings, traps, slops, togs, toggery; day wear, night wear, zoot suit; designer clothes; masquerade.

Continuity

Rank, file, line, row, range, tier, string, thread, team; suit; colonnade.

Endearment

Courtship, wooing, suit, addresses, the soft impeachment; lovemaking; serenading; caterwauling.

Expedience

Verb: be expedient; Adjective:; suit; (agree); befit; suit the time, befit the time, suit the season, befit the season, suit the occasion, befit the occasion.

Lawsuit

Noun: lawsuit, suit, action, cause; litigation; suit in law; dispute.

Request

Noun: request, requisition; claim; (demand); suit, prayer; begging letter, round robin.

Crosswords: Suit

French (follows), Turkish (suite).

There's just something about an anatomically correct rubber suit that puts fire in a girl's lips (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Their democratic flavor doesn't suit my palate, Louis (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

I thought I told you to wear a suit in my courtroom (My Cousin Vinny; writing credit: Dale Launer.)

So young fellas like yourself can wear a suit, and tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

Nice monkey suit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit; writing credit: Gary K. Wolf; Jeffrey Price)

If that don't suit ya (School's Out; performing artist: Alice Cooper)

Gator Boots, with the pimped out Gucci suit (Still Fly; performing artist: Big Tymers)

But sometimes you have to moan when nothing seems to suit yer (On The Road To Find Out; performing artist: Cat Stevens)

Lookin like a star in your Armani suit (Jumpin', Jumpin' (So So Def Remix); performing artist: Destiny's Child)

IN BUSINESS SUIT (Jocko Homo; performing artist: Devo)

The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)

Suit Yourself (1966)

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)

Skinner's Dress Suit (1926)

His New Suit (1925)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The World Market for Men’s and Boys’ Overcoats, Raincoats, Carcoats, Capes, and Similar Articles of Woven Textile Fabrics Excluding Suit Jackets and Blazers: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Jewelry: Two Books in One: Projects to Practice and Inspire: Techniques to Adapt to Suit Your Own Designs (reference)

• The Bell Telephone: The Deposition of Alexander Graham Bell in the Suit Brought by the United States to Annul the Bell Patents (Telecommunications S) (reference)

• Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon Official Strategy Guide (reference)

• The Buffalo Creek Disaster: How the Survivors of One of the Worst Disasters in Coal-Mining History Brought Suit Against the Coal Company--And Won (reference)

• T-backs, T-shirts, Coat and Suit (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory - Into Battle, Albion (reference)

• Mobile Suit Gundam Wing - Complete Operations Boxed Set (reference)

• Mobile Suit Gundam - Char's Counterattack (Feature) (reference)

• The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (reference)

• Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Zoot Suit Riot (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Pda Data Suit Palm M100 - Blue (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Baby Jockey 2 Pack Body Suit Red - Small (reference)

• Baby Jockey Print Union Suit Floral Lily - Large (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pictured is Dr. William Halsted. He is shown from the waist up in a formal, portrait-like image, in a suit, with his left hand touching his chin. In 1894, this surgeon devised an operation that removed the entire breast, lymph nodes and chest muscles, based on the belief that cancer spreads to adjacent tissues. This became known as the Halsted radical mastectomy, a type of breast cancer surgery. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

These are various images of a patient being treated with hyperthermia. Whole body hyperthermia is a method to raise a patient's body temperature for the treatment of advanced cancer. This technique is based on laboratory studies that show cancer cells are more sensitive to heat injury than normal cells. Physicians induce hyperthermia using a high-flow water suit controlled by a microprocessor, a machine which closely monitors body temperature. The patient's body temperature is raised by the insulated build-up of metabolic (body) heat, plus by the heat delivered by the warm-water suit. Credit: Mike Mitchell (photographer).

CDC scientist puts on a protective suit and face mask before entering Biosafety Level 4 laboratory, Atlanta, GA, USA. Credit: CDC.

A CDC scientist wearing a protective suit with helmet and face mask is protected from pathogens as she conducts studies in the CDC BSL-4 laboratory. Credit: CDC.

MK-III Space Suit. Credit: NASA.

HAZMAT Suit, Pack, and Vehicle. Credit: NASA.

Gordon Cooper in Helmet and Pressure Suit. Credit: NASA.

Alan Shepard in Space Suit before Mercury Launch. Credit: NASA.

Music - a companion of the sailor - note the survival suit. Credit: Fisheries.

JIM suit recovered through Arctic ice. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

All fines made with us unjustly and against the law of the land, and all amercements, imposed unjustly and against the law of the land, shall be entirely remitted, or else it shall be done concerning them according to the decision of the five and twenty barons whom mention is made below in the clause for securing the pease, or according to the judgment of the majority of the same, along with the aforesaid Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, if he can be present, and such others as he may wish to bring with him for this purpose, and if he cannot be present the business shall nevertheless proceed without him, provided always that if any one or more of the aforesaid five and twenty barons are in a similar suit, they shall be removed as far as concerns this particular judgment, others being substituted in their places after having been selected by the rest of the same five and twenty for this purpose only, and after having been sworn. (reference)

The power of calling parliaments in England, as to precise time, place, and duration, is certainly a prerogative of the king, but still with this trust, that it shall be made use of for the good of the nation, as the exigencies of the times, and variety of occasions, shall require: for it being impossible to foresee which should always be the fittest place for them to assemble in, and what the best season; the choice of these was left with the executive power, as might be most subservient to the public good, and best suit the ends of parliaments. (Second Treatise of Government)

The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State. (reference)

Suppose a duty on the export of cotton, of tobacco, or of flour; and a suit instituted to recover it. (reference)

Contrary to appellee's contention, the natural termination of Roe's pregnancy did not moot her suit. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

My acquaintance is so very extensive, that I have little doubt of hearing of something to suit her shortly

It was the same mourning suit he had carried for her to put on when she left the Thenardiers

He kept his hands in the sidepockets of his belted grey suit.

O, make them joyful, grant their lawful suit! GLOUCESTER

His suit was of cheap gray hardcloth and so new that there were creases in the trousers

The Captain had often entreated me to strip myself of my savage dress, and offered to lend me the best suit of clothes he had.

The Devil can cite scripture to suit his purpose

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

In the course of training, they refined the curriculum to better suit the needs of program participants. (references)

Like altering a suit of clothing, this procedure expands the area around the cerebellum and spinal cord, thus improving the flow of cerebrospinal fluid and eliminating the syrinx. (references)

Business

This service has become very popular as budget hunters can tailor their holidays before hand to suit their requirements. (references)

The development of the market for 4WD and SUV vehicles and family mini-vans suit the rugged driving conditions in Norway. (references)

In terms of in-house training, there are HR-based companies who specialize in workshops tailored to suit individual firms’ needs. (references)

Children

Czech Republic

In 1999 12 Romani families filed suit in the Constitutional Court to protest the "de facto segregation" of Romani children into special schools; however, the Constitutional Court rejected the complaint in November 1999 and stated that it did not have the power to order the Ministry of Education to create programs to end racial discrimination. (references)

Civil Liberties

Ghana

Unlike in the previous year, only one libel suit was filed by a minister. (references)

Russia

The Salvation Army also filed suit with the European Court in Strasbourg. (references)

Discrimination

Swaziland

Under the law, employees may bring suit against employers for discrimination, and there also are provisions for criminal prosecutions. (references)

Sri Lanka

The Supreme Court regularly upholds court rulings in cases in which individuals file suit over the abridgment of their fundamental civil rights. (references)

Economic History

Australia

They can also be created to suit the needs of the particular participants. (references)

Human Rights

Indonesia

The suit still was being heard at year's end. (references)

Burma

The suit was dismissed without a hearing by year's end. (references)

Zimbabwe

A civil suit against the attackers also remained pending at year's end. (references)

Indigenous People

Belize

However, at year's end, the suit had been dropped and Mayan leaders had taken no further action. (references)

Malaysia

In 1996 a suit was brought by Orang Asli Temuans who lost land during the construction of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport highway. (references)

Australia

Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Commission (ATSIC) welcomed this repeal and called upon Western Australia to follow suit. (references)

Minorities

Mauritius

In 2000 the Supreme Court rejected the association's suit; however, the group appealed. (references)

Canada

In May a Muslim chaplain filed suit in federal court against an Ontario provincial judge who ejected him from the courtroom in 1993 for wearing a Muslim cap. (references)

Japan

In June the Tokyo District Court rejected a suit filed by a Korean resident seeking compensation from a Chiba golf club operator for denying him membership because he is a foreigner. (references)

Political Economy

Guatemala

The leader of the NGO was attacked and seriously injured within several weeks of filing the suit. (references)

China

Many provincial governments - especially those in fast-growing coastal regions - actively adapt central government policy decisions to suit local needs. (references)

CZECH REPUBLIC

Firms are allowed to write off the first year's share of a bad debt without filing suit against the debtor, though subsequent write-offs must document unsuccessful efforts to collect past due amounts. (references)

Political Rights

Guyana

In 1998 a court began hearing testimony in a civil suit filed by the PNC in support of its allegation that the 1997 election was rigged. (references)

Czech Republic

Those who did not receive confirmation of a clear record may file a civil suit against the Interior Ministry for a charge similar to slander; however, no such suits were filed during the year. (references)

Singapore

In July J.B. Jeyaretnam, an opposition nonelected M.P. from the WP lost an appeal in a defamation suit and was declared bankrupt for failure to pay the damages awarded against him in previous years. (references)

Trade

Kuwait

These have been based on a combination of American, British, German and other national standards modified to suit Kuwait's needs. (references)

India

Indian banking financial statements conform to internationally recognized standards, but, in some cases, are modified to suit Indian conditions. (references)

Travel

Mauritius

For men, normal business wear is suit and tie. (references)

Women

China

According to legal experts, it is very hard to litigate a sex discrimination suit because the vague legal definition makes it difficult to quantify damages. (references)

Mexico

However, in some states a woman may not bring suit to establish paternity and thereby obtain child support, unless the child was a product of rape or cohabitation, the child resides with the father, or there is written proof of paternity. (references)

Worker Rights

East Timor

UNTAET generally applies Indonesian labor statutes, with some modifications to suit local conditions. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "suit": a suit of clothes ♦ acid suit ♦ acidproof suit ♦ affiliation suit ♦ air ventilated suit ♦ at his suit ♦ baggy suit ♦ bathing suit ♦ birthday suit ♦ body suit ♦ boiler suit ♦ boilers suit ♦ Boyle's law pressure suit ♦ bring a suit against ♦ bring suit ♦ bring suit against ♦ bringing suit ♦ business suit ♦ cat suit ♦ checked suit ♦ chemical protection suit ♦ civil suit ♦ criminal suit ♦ cut one's suit according to one's cloth ♦ dark suit ♦ defend the suit ♦ diving suit ♦ divorce suit ♦ doom suit ♦ dress suit ♦ Established suit ♦ exposure suit ♦ follow suit ♦ G suit ♦ gymnasium suit ♦ hard suit ♦ have a suit made ♦ immersion suit ♦ in one's birthday suit ♦ in your birthday suit ♦ jogging suit ♦ jump suit ♦ law suit ♦ leisure suit ♦ long suit ♦ lounge suit ♦ Love suit ♦ major suit ♦ minor suit ♦ monkey suit ♦ morning suit ♦ NBC defense suit ♦ NBC suit ♦ night suit ♦ nuclear,biological and chemical suit ♦ nullity suit ♦ PACHA suit ♦ pants suit ♦ paternity suit ♦ penal suit ♦ pending suit ♦ penguin suit ♦ Petitory suit ♦ plain suit ♦ possessory suit ♦ pressure suit ♦ protective suit ♦ romper suit ♦ sailor suit ♦ short suit ♦ siren suit ♦ ski suit ♦ skin suit ♦ slack suit ♦ sleeping suit ♦ space suit ♦ sport suit ♦ strong suit ♦ suit and service ♦ suit armor ♦ suit at law ♦ suit broker ♦ suit case ♦ suit court ♦ suit covenant ♦ suit custom ♦ suit each other ♦ suit in law ♦ suit of armor ♦ suit of armour ♦ suit of clothes ♦ suit oneself ♦ suit oneself to ♦ suit service ♦ suit smb. to a t ♦ suit the action to the word ♦ suit the occasion ♦ suit the season ♦ suit the time ♦ suit yourself ♦ suit yourself!. Additional references.

Beginning with "suit": suit-able, suit-case, suit-covers, suit-dress, suit-heavy, suit-jacket, suit-yourself.

Ending with "suit": ski-suit, track-suit, trouser-suit.

Containing "suit": conservative-suit-mod, track-suit-style.

Afrikaans

pas (be appropriate, be suitable, clothe, conform, dress, Easter, exclusively, fit, fit in, just, only), pak klere (costume, outfit). (various references)

Albanian

veshje (apparel, array, article of clothing, ascription, attire, attribution, clothes, clothing, cloudiness, dress, dressing, fig, furnishings, garb, garment, garments, gear, guise, habiliments, habit, incrustation, outfit, overlay, papering, raggery, raiment, sheath, strip, tog, toggery, togs, vesture, wear), propozim martese, proces (lawsuit, process), proçes (lawsuit, process), peticion (petition), padi (accusation, action, cause, charge, count, indictment, plaint), kostumi, kostum (costume, get up, kit, outfit, rig, thread), komplet (suite), kërkesë (application, bidding, call, claim, clamor, clamour, demand, desire, exaction, instance, need, obsecration, petition, request, requirement, run, solicitation, supplication, want), gjyq (court, court of law, forum, judgement-seat, judicature, judicial examination, lawsuit, process, trial, tribunal). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لاءم (accommodate, adapt, adjust, agree with, be convenient for, be suitable for, befit, fit, match), ‏دعوي (case, claim, litigation, procedure), ‏شكة, ‏التماس (plea, request), ‏المنظومة (system), ‏طقم (gang, set), ‏طقم ثياب, ‏بدلة (turnout), ‏طلب اليد للزواج (offer of marriage, propose), ‏كيف (accommodate, adapt, adjust, condition, conform, fashion, however, shape, whereby), ‏لون صارخ, ‏ناسب (befit, fit, marry, proportion), ‏مجموعة (aggregate, aggregation, assemblage, association, band, battery, bloc, block, body, case, collection, combination, community, company, compilation, complex, gathering, group, list, pack, party, series, set, squad, system, team, troop), ‏مجموعة طاقم, ‏متابعة (chase, continuation, follow up, proceedings, prosecution, pursuance, pursuit, trailing), ‏ملابس (apparel, attire, clothes, clothing, costume, dress, garb, garment, gear, gown, outfit, raiment, rig, rigging, robe, toggery, togs, wear), ‏كسا (array, attire, cake, clothe, coat, cover, drape, dress, encase, endue, equip, face, fur, garb, garment, gird, glaze, invest, overlay, panel, plate, rig out, robe, sheathe, spread, turn out), ‏طقم ثياب للنساء. (various references)

Asturian

traxe. (various references)

Basque

trajea. (various references)

Bemba

suti. (various references)

Bulgarian 

нравя се на (commend, please), допадам на, изгоден съм за, иск (bill, claim, plaint), искане (appeal, application, call, claim, demand, desire, instance, request, requisition, wish), подходящ съм (lend, respond), полезен съм за, понасям на, понравям се (make smb.'s agreeable, please), приличам (beseem, smack), прилягам на, приспособявам (accommodate, adapt, adjust, conform, fashion, frame, gear, modulate, readjust, shape, tailor, tune), просба (plea, solicitation), дело (act, action, affair, case, cause, deed, file, handiwork, life work, plea), молба (adjuration, appeal, application, boon, desire, obsecration, obtestation, petition, plea, prayer, request, solicitation, supplication), съгласувам (accord, cohere, harmonize, piece together, proportion, proportionate, quadrate, reconcile, work in), обезпечавам (assure, cover, guarantee, insure, provide, secure, support), отивам (adjourn, betake, go, proceed, render, repair, resort, sort), комплект (complement, gang, outfit, set, suite), костюм (costume), тъжба (gravamen, information, litigation, plaint, plea), цвят (bloom, blossom, blow, color, coloring, colour, colouring, flower, hue, inflorescence, pick, tint, tone), харесвам на (satisfy), хармонирам с (time with), сет (set, suite), снабдявам (accommodate, arm, cater, feed, find, fit out, fit up, fuel, furnish, issue, outfit, provide, purvey, rig out, set up, stock, supply), удобен съм, ухажване (addresses, attentions, court, courtship, gallantry), задоволявам (answer, cater for, content, cover, fulfil, fulfill, gratify, indulge, please, salve, satisfy, serve, slake, suffice). (various references)

Catalan

vestit (costume, dress, gown, outfit, robe). (various references)

Cebuano

terno. (various references)

Chamorro

tráhen numangu (bathing suit). (various references)

Chinese 

身 (body, life, person, pregnancy, status, torso), 适合 (Fitted, fitting, suitability, suited, suiting), 適應 (be suitable, fit), 狀 (accusation, condition, great, state, strong), 一套 (a set). (various references)

Cornish

desedha. (various references)

Croatian

odijelo. (various references)

Czech

oblek. (various references)

Danish

dragt (costume, outfit). (various references)

Dutch

stelletje (outfit, pair, set), stel (bevy, collection, good great group, group, heap, herd, outfit, pack, pair, put, set), set (bevy, collection, good great group, group, heap, herd, outfit, pack, series, set), pak (costume, layer, outfit, pack), complet (outfit, set). (various references)

Esperanto

taŭgi (be suitable, fit), kostumo (costume, outfit), konveni (be appropriate, be suitable), kompleto (outfit, set, suit man's clothing). (various references)

Estonian

ülikond. (various references)

Faeroese

søma (be appropriate, be fitting, be suitable, befit), vera nóg góður (be suitable, fit), klædningur, hóska (be appropriate, be fitting, be suitable, befit), duga (be able, be able to, be suitable, fit), búni (costume, outfit). (various references)

Farsi 

توالی (Progression, Sequence, Subsequence, Track, Train), دادخواست (Petition, Plea), جامه (Apparel, Clobber, Costume, Garment, Gear, Habit, Raiment, Thing), جورکردن (Accord, Adapt, Assort, Concert, Consort, Lot, Sort), خدمتگزاران , خواست دادن , خواستگاری (Court), خواستگاری کردن (Suitor, Woo), عرضحال (Petition), درخواست (Appeal, Demand, Postulate, Request, Solicitation), تسلسل (Concatenation, Continuity, Continuum, Progression, Sequence, Track), یکدست لباس , تقاضا (Importance, Plea, Postulate, Prayer, Request, Requirement, Solicitation), وفق دادن (Accord, Adapt, Adjust, Assimilate, Attune, Conform, Jump, Reconcile, Square, Tune), لباس دادن به , نوع (Brand, Breed, Class, Gender, Genus, Ilk, Issue, Kidney, Kind, Manner, Nature, Navigate, Order, Persuasion, Quality, Sort, Species, Speckle, Stamp, Type, Variety), مرافعه (Case, Cross, Lawsuit, Spat), ملتزمین (Attendance, Cortege, Escort, Retinue, Suite), مناسب بودن (Able, Assort, Become, Befit, Seem), پیروان (Clientele), تعقیب کردن (Chase-Chace, Follow, Pursue, Tail). (various references)

Finnish

puku (clothes, costume, dress, frock, garments, gown, outfit, robe), sopia (agree, be appropriate, be fitting, be suitable, become reconciled, befit, fit, make an agreement, make it up, match, settle). (various references)

French

costume, complet. (various references)

French Canadian

costume. (various references)

Frisian

kostúm. (various references)

German

Anzug (approach, article of clothing, article of dress, costume, dress, garment, opening move, outfit), anpassen (accommodate, accomodate, adapt, adjust, attune, blend in, bring into line, fit, fit on, fix, key, match, modulate, mount, place, readjust, re-adjust, take one's measure for, to acclimatize, to adapt, to assimilate, to modulate, tune), Kostüm (costume, outfit), farbe (color, colour, dye, hue, ink, paint, shade, tint). (various references)

Greek 

κοστούμι, αρμόζω (be proper, become, befit, belong, beseem). (various references)

Haitian Creole

kostim. (various references)

Hebrew 

חליפה (dress, garment). (various references)

Hungarian

per (action, action at law, cause, lawsuit, legal action, litigation, proceedings), leánykérés (proposal), öltöny (lounge suit, rig, suit of dittos). (various references)

Icelandic

sundföt (bathing suit, bathing-suit). (various references)

Indonesian

setelan, gugatan (accusation, claim, criticism), cocok (acceptable, agree, appropriate, apt, befit, come true, compatible, corespond, correct, jibe, like, palatable, pin, suitable, tally). (various references)

Inuktitut

qaqluktariik atajuq. (various references)

Irish