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suit

/s(j)uːt/

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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.
"Nick hired a navy-blue suit for the wedding."
(by extension) A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit.
(metonym) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
"Be sure to keep your nose to the grindstone today; the suits are making a "surprise" visit to this department."
A full set of armour.
The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit.
"If you take my advice, you'll file a suit against him immediately."
Obsolete The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
The full set of sails required for a ship.
Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic and French playing cards.
Regular order; succession.
"Every five and thirty years the same kind and suit of weather comes again."
A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)

To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
(said of clothes, hairstyle or other fashion item) To be suitable or apt for one's image.
"That new top suits you. Where did you buy it?"
To be appropriate or apt for.
"Ill suits his cloth the praise of railing well."
(most commonly used in the passive form) To dress; to clothe.
To please; to make content; to fit one's taste.
"He is well suited with his place."
To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with)