SUIT


Meaning of SUIT in English

noun regular order; succession.

2. suit ·noun the act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.

3. suit ·vt to dress; to clothe.

4. suit ·noun the act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.

5. suit ·vt to be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.

6. suit ·vt to please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.

7. suit ·vt to fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.

8. suit ·noun 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.

9. suit ·vi to agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond;

— usually followed by with or to.

10. suit ·noun 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.

11. suit ·noun 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 sw/t.

12. suit ·noun 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 sw/t.

13. suit ·noun 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.

14. suit ·noun 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.

Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Webster.