suitability C2+ Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ˌsutəˈbɪləti/ UK /ˌsuːtəˈbɪləti/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the quality of being right or appropriate for a particular purpose The panel assessed each candidate's suitability for the post. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of being right... appropriatenessfitnessaptnesssuitablenessrelevance ↔ Opposites unsuitabilityinappropriatenessunfitness Word family Related forms suitablesuitsuitepursuit Etymology AI details From suitable + -ity. Suitable is from suit + -able; suit is from Anglo-Norman suite, from Vulgar Latin *sequita, from Latin sequī ('to follow'). sequī Latin *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # suitability **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌsutəˈbɪləti/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌsuːtəˈbɪləti/ ## Meanings 1. the quality of being right or appropriate for a particular purpose ## Examples - The panel assessed each candidate's suitability for the post. ## Synonyms - appropriateness - fitness - aptness - suitableness - relevance ## Antonyms - unsuitability - inappropriateness - unfitness ## Related Forms - suitable - suit - suite - pursuit ## Roots and Affixes - Root: sequī - Root: *sekʷ- ## Etymology From suitable + -ity. Suitable is from suit + -able; suit is from Anglo-Norman suite, from Vulgar Latin *sequita, from Latin sequī ('to follow'). ## AI Etymology Suitability is from suitable + -ity. Suitable is from suit + -able; suit is from Anglo-Norman suite, from Vulgar Latin *sequita, from Latin sequī ('to follow'). Important recorded forms include sequī (Latin) and *sekʷ- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers the quality of being right or appropriate for a particular purpose. The wider family includes related words such as suitable, suit, suite, and pursuit. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown