suit
v. fit, match; satisfy, please; provide with a suit, clothe; be suitable; be satisfactory n. matching outfit consisting of a jacket and trousers or a skirt; lawsuit; request; courtship; set; any of the four sets of playing cards in a standard deck | ||||
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Suit Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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suit
1. Ugly and uncomfortable "business clothing" often worn by non-hackers. Invariably worn with a "tie", a strangulation device that partially cuts off the blood supply to the brain. It is thought that this explains much about the behaviour of suit-wearers.
2. A person who habitually wears suits, as distinct from a techie or hacker.
See loser, burble, management, Stupids, SNAFU principle, and brain-damaged.
[Jargon File]
(1998-07-01)
1. Ugly and uncomfortable "business clothing" often worn by non-hackers. Invariably worn with a "tie", a strangulation device that partially cuts off the blood supply to the brain. It is thought that this explains much about the behaviour of suit-wearers.
2. A person who habitually wears suits, as distinct from a techie or hacker.
See loser, burble, management, Stupids, SNAFU principle, and brain-damaged.
[Jargon File]
(1998-07-01)
| Jargon File |
suit
n. 1. Ugly and uncomfortable `business clothing' often worn by non-hackers. Invariably worn with a `tie', a strangulation device that partially cuts off the blood supply to the brain. It is thought that this explains much about the behavior of suit-wearers. Compare droid. 2. A person who habitually wears suits, as distinct from a techie or hacker. See pointy-haired, burble, management, Stupids, SNAFU principle, PHB, and brain-damaged.
n. 1. Ugly and uncomfortable `business clothing' often worn by non-hackers. Invariably worn with a `tie', a strangulation device that partially cuts off the blood supply to the brain. It is thought that this explains much about the behavior of suit-wearers. Compare droid. 2. A person who habitually wears suits, as distinct from a techie or hacker. See pointy-haired, burble, management, Stupids, SNAFU principle, PHB, and brain-damaged.
Suit Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Suit
(v. t.)
To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.
(v. t.)
To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.
(v. t.)
To dress; to clothe.
(v. t.)
To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
(v. i.)
To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to.
(n.)
Things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t.
(n.)
The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery.
(n.)
The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.
(n.)
The act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor.
(n.)
The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
(n.)
That which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t.
(n.)
Regular order; succession.
(n.)
One of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, cubs, or diamonds.
(n.)
A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes.
(v. t.)
To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.
(v. t.)
To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.
(v. t.)
To dress; to clothe.
(v. t.)
To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
(v. i.)
To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to.
(n.)
Things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t.
(n.)
The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery.
(n.)
The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.
(n.)
The act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor.
(n.)
The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
(n.)
That which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t.
(n.)
Regular order; succession.
(n.)
One of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, cubs, or diamonds.
(n.)
A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes.
| WordNet 2.0 |
suit
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) lawsuit, case, cause, causa
(hypernym) proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
(hyponym) civil suit
(derivation) action, sue, litigate, process
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. 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"
(synonym) suit of clothes
(hypernym) garment
(hyponym) business suit
3. 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?"
(hypernym) playing card
(hyponym) major suit
(member-holonym) pack of cards, deck of cards, deck
4. a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line"
(hypernym) businessman, man of affairs
(classification) disparagement, depreciation, derogation
5. 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"
(synonym) courtship, wooing, courting
(hypernym) entreaty, prayer, appeal
(hyponym) bundling
6. a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
(hypernym) entreaty, prayer, appeal
Verb
1. be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"
(synonym) accommodate, fit
(hypernym) meet, fit, conform to
2. be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me"
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) agree
3. accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"
(synonym) befit, beseem
(hypernym) match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
4. enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"
(synonym) become
(hypernym) beautify, embellish, prettify
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) lawsuit, case, cause, causa
(hypernym) proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
(hyponym) civil suit
(derivation) action, sue, litigate, process
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. 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"
(synonym) suit of clothes
(hypernym) garment
(hyponym) business suit
3. 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?"
(hypernym) playing card
(hyponym) major suit
(member-holonym) pack of cards, deck of cards, deck
4. a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line"
(hypernym) businessman, man of affairs
(classification) disparagement, depreciation, derogation
5. 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"
(synonym) courtship, wooing, courting
(hypernym) entreaty, prayer, appeal
(hyponym) bundling
6. a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
(hypernym) entreaty, prayer, appeal
Verb
1. be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"
(synonym) accommodate, fit
(hypernym) meet, fit, conform to
2. be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me"
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) agree
3. accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"
(synonym) befit, beseem
(hypernym) match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
4. enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"
(synonym) become
(hypernym) beautify, embellish, prettify
| The Phrase Finder |
Men in suits
Meaning
Businessmen/bureaucrats/lawyers and the like who follow the company line. Also called just 'suits'.
Origin
Probably first used by John Lennon when describing the people who controlled The Beatles' interests as 'men in suits'.
Meaning
Businessmen/bureaucrats/lawyers and the like who follow the company line. Also called just 'suits'.
Origin
Probably first used by John Lennon when describing the people who controlled The Beatles' interests as 'men in suits'.
| Australian Slang |
Suit
(derogatory) person wearing a business suit
(derogatory) person wearing a business suit
Birthday suit
naked skin; state of nakedness
Japanese flying suit
T-shirt , shorts and thongs
Monkey suit
dinner suit
Penguin suit
dinner suit
| Shakespeare Words |
suit
wooing. [Twelfth Night]
wooing. [Twelfth Night]
| Anagram |
suit
situ
situ
| hEnglish - advanced version |
suit
suit
\suit\ (?), n. [oe. suite, f. suite, of. suite, sieute, fr. suivre to follow, of. sivre; perhaps influenced by l. secta. see sue to follow, and cf. sect, suite.]
1. the act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit. [obs.]
2. the act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor. thenceforth the suit of earthly conquest shone.
3. the act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship. rebate your loves, each rival suit suspend, till this funereal web my labors end.
4. (law) the attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery. i arrest thee at the suit of count orsino. in england the several suits, or remedial instruments of justice, are distinguished into three kinds -- actions personal, real, and mixed.
5. that which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and pronounced swēt.
6. things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; -- often written suite, and pronounced swēt.
7. a number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes. "two rogues in buckram suits."
8. (playing cards) one of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, cubs, or diamonds. to deal and shuffle, to divide and sort her mingled suits and sequences.
9. regular order; succession. [obs.] every five and thirty years the same kind and suit of weather comes again.
similar words(29)
to bring suit
suit court
long suit
to follow suit
suit service
lounge suit
established suit
suit covenant
wet suit
union suit
strong suit
in your birthday suit
test suit
love suit
romper suit
zoot suit
workout suit
tank suit
suit broker
suit custom
three-piece suit
to make suit to
civil suit
suit of clothes
in one`s birthday suit
short suit
vexatious suit
suit and service
two-piece suit
suit
\suit\ (?), n. [oe. suite, f. suite, of. suite, sieute, fr. suivre to follow, of. sivre; perhaps influenced by l. secta. see sue to follow, and cf. sect, suite.]
1. the act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit. [obs.]
2. the act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor. thenceforth the suit of earthly conquest shone.
3. the act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship. rebate your loves, each rival suit suspend, till this funereal web my labors end.
4. (law) the attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery. i arrest thee at the suit of count orsino. in england the several suits, or remedial instruments of justice, are distinguished into three kinds -- actions personal, real, and mixed.
5. that which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and pronounced swēt.
6. things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; -- often written suite, and pronounced swēt.
7. a number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes. "two rogues in buckram suits."
8. (playing cards) one of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, cubs, or diamonds. to deal and shuffle, to divide and sort her mingled suits and sequences.
9. regular order; succession. [obs.] every five and thirty years the same kind and suit of weather comes again.
similar words(29)
to bring suit
suit court
long suit
to follow suit
suit service
lounge suit
established suit
suit covenant
wet suit
union suit
strong suit
in your birthday suit
test suit
love suit
romper suit
zoot suit
workout suit
tank suit
suit broker
suit custom
three-piece suit
to make suit to
civil suit
suit of clothes
in one`s birthday suit
short suit
vexatious suit
suit and service
two-piece suit
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
suit
n., (clothes) culaith f.
v., t., fóir do
it suits me: feileann sé dom, otherwise: oirim, fóirim
n., (clothes) culaith f.
v., t., fóir do
it suits me: feileann sé dom, otherwise: oirim, fóirim
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Cynghaws
Cynghaws = n. issue at law, a suit; an advocate or council
Cynghaws = n. issue at law, a suit; an advocate or council
Sutio
Sutio = v. to adapt; to suit
Swydd
Swydd = n. employ, office, duty, service; a suit; a shire a county
Suit Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The 'Lectric Law Library |
Sue, Suit
SUE - To prosecute or commence legal proceedings for the purpose of recovering a right.
SUIT - An action. The word suit in the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, applies to any proceeding in a court of justice, in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him. An application for a prohibition is therefore a suit. According to the code of practice of Louisiana, a suit is a real, personal or mixed demand, made before a competent judge, by which the parties pray to obtain their rights, and a decision of their disputes. In that acceptation, the words suit, process and cause, are in that state almost synonymous. In its most extended sense, the word suit, includes not only a civil action, but also a criminal prosecution, as indictment, information, and a conviction by a magistrate.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
SUE - To prosecute or commence legal proceedings for the purpose of recovering a right.
SUIT - An action. The word suit in the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, applies to any proceeding in a court of justice, in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him. An application for a prohibition is therefore a suit. According to the code of practice of Louisiana, a suit is a real, personal or mixed demand, made before a competent judge, by which the parties pray to obtain their rights, and a decision of their disputes. In that acceptation, the words suit, process and cause, are in that state almost synonymous. In its most extended sense, the word suit, includes not only a civil action, but also a criminal prosecution, as indictment, information, and a conviction by a magistrate.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
| Law Dictionary |
Suit
Any proceeding in a court of justice by which an individual pursues aremedy that the law affords.
Any proceeding in a court of justice by which an individual pursues aremedy that the law affords.
| HMCS Legal Terms |
Suit
Legal proceedings commenced by petition
Legal proceedings commenced by petition
Suit Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
| maritime&shipping&trade |
Suit
Legal proceedings
Legal proceedings
Suit Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
suit
facio
facio
Suit Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Suit
Suit is a term with various meanings:
- A lawsuit, an action brought before a court, as to recover a right or redress a grievance.
- Suit (clothing), a combination of clothing, such as a jacket and matching trousers,
- Environmental suit, a piece of clothing used for a particular activity or in a particular environment, for example a space suit or diving suit.
- Jumpsuit, catsuit, wetsuit, or swimsuit, a one-piece outfit.
- Suit (cards), one of four categories into which a deck of cards is divided.
- Slang for a professional, The Establishment, management or government employee, because they wear a suit (clothing). Used pejoratively by Beats, artists, and hackers to refer to anyone in a position of authority.
- Suit (album), the name of one of rapper Nelly's 2004 albums.
- Suits, the third album by Fish.
- Suit (comic), a fictional character in the marvel universe, appearing first in the Venom series.
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