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suit

  • noun
  • syo͞ot

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.

Other meanings

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

  2. A full set of armour.

A kind of

  • garment

Kinds of suit

  • business suit

Example sentences

  • “Should I bring a bathing suit?”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

  • “Astronauts must wear special suits to survive in space.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “This suit isn't black.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "sequi" (to follow).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “suit” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.