ENGLISH: suit - CREOLE: kostim



Overview of noun suit



The noun suit has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (390) lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa -- (a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord")

2. (209) suit, suit of clothes -- (a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; "they buried him in his best suit")

3. (3) suit -- (playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?")

4. suit -- (a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line")

5. courtship, wooing, courting, suit -- (a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship")

6. suit -- (a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank)



Overview of verb suit



The verb suit has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (7) suit, accommodate, fit -- (be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs")

2. (1) suit -- (be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me")

3. (1) befit, suit, beseem -- (accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!")

4. become, suit -- (enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!")

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