suit

CEFRA2

/sjuːt/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A set of matching clothes, usually a jacket and trousers.

  2. 02

    verb

    To be right or convenient for someone.

Examples

  • She was wearing a grey business suit.

  • Your shoes do not go with the suit.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /sɪu̯t/
  • /sjuʈ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A dress.

  2. A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit.

  3. 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.

More examples

In context

  • Your tie blends well with your suit.

  • Be sure to keep your nose to the grindstone today; the suits are making a "surprise" visit to this department.

  • If you take my advice, you'll file a suit against him immediately.

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

That color does not blank her because she looks better in warm shades.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite and Old French sieute, siute (modern suite), originally a participle adjective from Vulgar Latin *sequita (for secūta), from Latin sequi (“to follow”), because the component garments "follow each other", i.e. are worn together. See also the doublet suite. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Related to sue and segue.