suitability

C2+ Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ˌsutəˈbɪləti/ UK /ˌsuːtəˈbɪləti/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
the quality of being right or appropriate for a particular purpose

The panel assessed each candidate's suitability for the post.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of being right... appropriateness fitness aptness suitableness relevance

Opposites

unsuitabilityinappropriateness unfitness

Word family

Related forms suitable suit suite pursuit

Etymology

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

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Space, Position & Direction Word Formation & Derivatives

# 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

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