suit

A2 Topic:Clothing & Appearance

US /suːt/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like soot /ʊ/ vs /uː/

Freq #1202

Meanings

1

noun
A set of matching clothes, usually a jacket with trousers or a skirt.

He wore a dark suit to the interview.
2

verb
To be convenient or acceptable to someone.

This time suits me well.
3

verb
To look good on someone or be right for them.

That colour really suits you.
4

noun
A legal case brought to a court of law.

The family brought a suit against the landlord.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a set of matching clothes,... suit of clothes

2 verb · to be convenient or... fit accommodate

3 verb · to look good on someone or... befit

4 noun · a legal case brought to a... lawsuit

Word family

Forms suitedsuitingsuitsunsuited

Derived forms airsuitantisuitbattlesuitbesuitbiosuitbirthday-suitbodysuitcatsuitcountersuitcybersuitdiving-suitdrysuit

Related forms prosecute suitable suite

Appears in

Phrases (2)

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romper suit
a one-piece play garment for a young child with short lower legs

Noun + noun
sailor suit
a child's outfit modeled on a sailor's uniform

Noun + noun

Idioms (1)

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follow suit
to do the same thing that another person or group has just done

Etymology

From Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite and Old French sieute, siute (modern suite), originally a participle adjective from Vulgar Latin *sequita (for secūta), from Latin sequi (“to follow”), because the component garments "follow each other", i.e. are worn together. See also the doublet suite. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Related to sue and segue.

*sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European sute Middle English suite xno sieute Old French *sequita la-vul sequi Latin

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Topics

Clothing & Appearance

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# suit

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /suːt/
**Frequency rank:** 1202

## Meanings
1. A set of matching clothes, usually a jacket with trousers or a skirt.
2. To be convenient or acceptable to someone.
3. To look good on someone or be right for them.
4. A legal case brought to a court of law.

## Examples
- He wore a dark suit to the interview.
- This time suits me well.
- That colour really suits you.
- The family brought a suit against the landlord.

## Derived Forms
- airsuit
- antisuit
- battlesuit
- besuit
- biosuit
- birthday-suit
- bodysuit
- catsuit
- countersuit
- cybersuit
- diving-suit
- drysuit

## Related Forms
- prosecute
- suitable
- suite

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sekʷ-
- Root: sute
- Root: suite
- Root: sieute
- Root: *sequita
- Root: sequi

## Etymology
From Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite and Old French sieute, siute (modern suite), originally a participle adjective from Vulgar Latin *sequita (for secūta), from Latin sequi (“to follow”), because the component garments "follow each other", i.e. are worn together. See also the doublet suite. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Related to sue and segue.

## AI Etymology
Suit is from Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite and Old French sieute, siute (modern suite), originally a participle adjective from Vulgar Latin *sequita (for secūta), from Latin sequi (“to follow”), because the component garments "follow each other", i.e. are worn together. See also the doublet suite. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Related to sue and segue. In present-day use, it can mean a set of matching clothes, usually a jacket with trousers or a skirt, or to be convenient or acceptable to someone.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance

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