Etymology : Middle English siute act of following, retinue, sequence, set, from Old French, act of following, retinue, from Vulgar Latin sequita, from feminine of sequitus, past participle of sequere to follow; more at SUE
Pronunciation : süt
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. suite.
2. matching outfit consisting of a jacket and trousers or a skirt; lawsuit; request; courtship; set; any of the four sets of playing cards in a standard deck. fit, match; satisfy, please; provide with a suit, clothe; be suitable; be satisfactory. suit\suit\ , n. [oe. suite, f. suite, of. suite, sieute, fr. suivre to follow, of. sivre; perhaps influenced by l. secta. see:
sue to follow, and cf. sect, suite.].
3. the act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit. [obs.].
4. the act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor. thenceforth the suit of earthly conquest shone.
5. the act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship. rebate your loves, each rival suit suspend, till this funereal web my labors end.
6. (law) the attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery. i arrest thee at the suit of count orsino. in england the several suits, or remedial instruments of justice, are distinguished into three kinds -- actions personal, real, and mixed.
7. that which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and pronounced swēt.
8. things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; -- often written suite, and pronounced swēt.
9. a number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes. "two rogues in buckram suits.".
10. (playing cards) one of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, cubs, or diamonds. to deal and shuffle, to divide and sort her mingled suits and sequences.
11. regular order; succession. [obs.] every five and thirty years the same kind and suit of weather comes again.
12. The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
13. The act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor.
14. The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.
15. The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery.
16. That which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; often written suite, and pronounced swēt.
17. Things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; often written suite, and pronounced swēt.
18. A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes.
19. One of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, clubs, or diamonds.
20. Regular order; succession.
21. To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.
22. To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
23. To dress; to clothe.
24. To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.
25. To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; usually followed by with or to. a set of garments for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; "they buried him in his best 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?" a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line" be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs" be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me".
26. 1. A man's suit consists of a jacket, trousers, and sometimes a waistcoat, all made from the same fabric. a dark pin-striped business suit. a smart suit and tie.
27. A woman's suit consists of a jacket and skirt, or sometimes trousers, made from the same fabric. I was wearing my tweed suit.
28. A particular type of suit is a piece of clothing that you wear for a particular activity. a completely revolutionary atmospheric diving suit.
29. If something suits you, it is convenient for you or is the best thing for you in the circumstances. They will only release information if it suits them They should be able to find you the best package to suit your needs.
30. If something suits you, you like it. I don't think a sedentary life would altogether suit me.
31. If a piece of clothing or a particular style or colour suits you, it makes you look attractive. Green suits you.
32. If you suit yourself, you do something just because you want to do it, without bothering to consider other people. These large institutions make -- and change -- the rules to suit themselves He made a dismissive gesture. `Suit yourself.' = please.
33. In a court of law, a suit is a case in which someone tries to get a legal decision against a person or company, often so that the person or company will have to pay them money for having done something wrong to them. Up to 2,000 former employees have filed personal injury suits against the company = lawsuit In American English, you can say that someone files or brings suit against another person. One insurance company has already filed suit against the city of Chicago.
34. A suit is one of the four types of card in a set of playing cards. These are hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. see also:
bathing suit, birthday suit, boiler suit, trouser suit.
35. If people follow suit, they do the same thing that someone else has just done. Efforts to persuade the remainder to follow suit have continued.
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