suit
♦♦ suit /s'uːt/ (suits suiting suited)
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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.
2 [N-COUNT]
A woman's suit consists of a jacket and skirt, or sometimes trousers, made from the same fabric.
I was wearing my tweed suit.
3 [N-COUNT] n N
A particular type of suit is a piece of clothing that you wear for a particular activity.
...a completely revolutionary atmospheric diving suit.
4 [VERB] no cont, V n, V n
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.
5 [VERB] no cont, V n
If something suits you, you like it.
I don't think a sedentary life would altogether suit me.
6 [VERB] no cont, V n
If a piece of clothing or a particular style or colour suits you, it makes you look attractive.
Green suits you.
7 [VERB] V pron-refl, V pron-refl
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
8 [N-COUNT]
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
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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.
9 [N-COUNT]
A suit is one of the four types of card in a set of playing cards. These are hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades.
10
see also bathing suit, birthday suit, trouser suit, trouser suit
11 [PHRASE] V inflects
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.bath|ing suit /b'eɪðɪŋ suːt/ (bathing suits)
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A bathing suit is a piece of clothing which people wear when they go swimming.
= swimsuitbirth|day suit (birthday suits)
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If you are in your birthday suit, you are not wearing any clothes. (INFORMAL, HUMOROUS or OLD-FASHIONED)boil|er suit (boiler suits)
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A boiler suit consists of a single piece of clothing that combines trousers and a jacket. You wear it over your clothes in order to protect them from dirt while you are working. (BRIT; in AM, use overalls)
= overallspa|ter|nity suit (paternity suits)
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If a woman starts or takes out a paternity suit, she asks a court of law to help her to prove that a particular man is the father of her child, often in order to claim financial support from him.sa|fa|ri suit (safari suits)
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A safari suit is a casual suit made from a light-coloured material such as linen or cotton. Safari suits are usually worn in hot weather.shell suit (shell suits)
also shell-suit
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A shell suit is a casual suit which is made of thin nylon.
...someone in a shell suit from Stirchley.space suit (space suits)
also spacesuit
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A space suit is a special protective suit that is worn by astronauts in space.trou|ser suit (trouser suits)
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A trouser suit is women's clothing consisting of a pair of trousers and a jacket which are made from the same material. (BRIT; in AM, use pantsuit, pants suit)un|ion suit (union suits)
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A union suit is a piece of underwear, worn by men or boys, that covers the body and legs. (AM)wet suit (wet suits)
also wetsuit
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A wet suit is a close-fitting rubber suit which an underwater swimmer wears in order to keep their body warm.
1 [N-COUNT]
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.
2 [N-COUNT]
A woman's suit consists of a jacket and skirt, or sometimes trousers, made from the same fabric.
I was wearing my tweed suit.
3 [N-COUNT] n N
A particular type of suit is a piece of clothing that you wear for a particular activity.
...a completely revolutionary atmospheric diving suit.
4 [VERB] no cont, V n, V n
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.
5 [VERB] no cont, V n
If something suits you, you like it.
I don't think a sedentary life would altogether suit me.
6 [VERB] no cont, V n
If a piece of clothing or a particular style or colour suits you, it makes you look attractive.
Green suits you.
7 [VERB] V pron-refl, V pron-refl
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
8 [N-COUNT]
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
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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.
9 [N-COUNT]
A suit is one of the four types of card in a set of playing cards. These are hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades.
10
see also bathing suit, birthday suit, trouser suit, trouser suit
11 [PHRASE] V inflects
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.bath|ing suit /b'eɪðɪŋ suːt/ (bathing suits)
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A bathing suit is a piece of clothing which people wear when they go swimming.
= swimsuitbirth|day suit (birthday suits)
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If you are in your birthday suit, you are not wearing any clothes. (INFORMAL, HUMOROUS or OLD-FASHIONED)boil|er suit (boiler suits)
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A boiler suit consists of a single piece of clothing that combines trousers and a jacket. You wear it over your clothes in order to protect them from dirt while you are working. (BRIT; in AM, use overalls)
= overallspa|ter|nity suit (paternity suits)
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If a woman starts or takes out a paternity suit, she asks a court of law to help her to prove that a particular man is the father of her child, often in order to claim financial support from him.sa|fa|ri suit (safari suits)
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A safari suit is a casual suit made from a light-coloured material such as linen or cotton. Safari suits are usually worn in hot weather.shell suit (shell suits)
also shell-suit
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A shell suit is a casual suit which is made of thin nylon.
...someone in a shell suit from Stirchley.space suit (space suits)
also spacesuit
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A space suit is a special protective suit that is worn by astronauts in space.trou|ser suit (trouser suits)
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A trouser suit is women's clothing consisting of a pair of trousers and a jacket which are made from the same material. (BRIT; in AM, use pantsuit, pants suit)un|ion suit (union suits)
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A union suit is a piece of underwear, worn by men or boys, that covers the body and legs. (AM)wet suit (wet suits)
also wetsuit
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A wet suit is a close-fitting rubber suit which an underwater swimmer wears in order to keep their body warm.