suit
be agreeable or acceptable to
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,448 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,675 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- be agreeable or acceptable to also: accommodate, fit This suits my needs
- be agreeable or acceptable This time suits me
- accord or comport with also: befit, beseem This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!
- enhance the appearance of also: become Mourning becomes ElectraThis behavior doesn't suit you!
noun
- a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color also: suit of clothes they buried him in his best suit
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy also: lawsuit, case, cause, causa the family brought suit against the landlord
- (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit all the suits care about is the bottom line
- a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) also: courtship, wooing, courting its was a brief and intense courtship
suit in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Some signify a secret wish For now and then a favorite dish Of politics to suit them.
The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6 · Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks · Chapter 1
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If the buttery-hatch at court stood continually open, there would be nothing so passionate crowding, nor hot suit after the beverage.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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The brown-and-white dog was howling dismally again, while the black one which had a cropped ear seemed disposed to follow suit.
A Countess from Canada · Bessie Marchant · Chapter 1
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The white man, however, brought suit, obtained judgment for the hundred dollars and Biscoe's farm was sold to pay the judgment.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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In this way he earned as much and more than he did at the factory; but the business did not suit him.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1