1. suit - Noun
2. suit - Verb
3. Suit - Proper noun
The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
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.
The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Regular order; succession.
To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.
To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
To dress; to clothe.
To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.
To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to.
Source: Webster's dictionarySometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then. Katharine Hepburn
Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep for joy in the second and in the last would fall backward down a flight of stairs. Jean Cocteau
It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. Arthur Conan Doyle
All sails do not suit every ship. Icelandic Proverb
A bad compromise is better than a successful suit. Spanish Proverb
Let your bargain suit your purpose. Irish Proverb