suit

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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. 2
   noun

   a set of garments, usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt, for outerwear all of the same fabric and color

   They will bury me in my best suit.

3. 3
   noun

   (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit

   all the suits care about is the bottom line

4. 4
   verb

   accord or comport with

   This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!

5. 5
   verb

   be agreeable or acceptable to

   This suits my needs

6. 6
   verb

   be agreeable or acceptable

   This time suits me

7. 7
   noun

   A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.

   A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.

8. 8
   noun

   A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.

   Be sure to keep your nose to the grindstone today; the suits are making a "surprise" visit to this department.

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.