Word Meaning

suits definition and meaning

n. The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
n. 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.
n. The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.
n. 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.
n. 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.
n. 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.
n. 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.
n. 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.
n. Regular order; succession.
v. t. To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.
v. t. To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
v. t. To dress; to clothe.
v. t. To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.
v. i. To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to.

Crossword clues for suits

- Be appropriate
- Be convenient for hearts
- Be convenient to
- Befit
- Clubs' example of a matching outfit
- Corporate bigwig - slang
- Court case
- dress for company shout
- Found odd studio to be appropriate
- Go with jacket and trousers
- Hearts, clubs, or spades
- Legal action
- livery
- Matching jack and trousers
- Matching jacket and trousers
- Set of clothes
- Spades, for example
- Tailored ensemble
- Tailored ensemble worn with diamonds, perhaps
- Saville Row two-pieces
- Sets of garments