suit

noun

• 1a set of outer clothes made of the same fabric and designed to be worn together, typically consisting of a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt: a pinstriped suit
• a set of clothes to be worn for a particular activity:a jogging suit
• a complete set of pieces of armour for covering the whole body: a suit of armour
• informal a high-ranking executive in an organization, typically one regarded as exercising influence in an impersonal way:maybe now the suits in Washington will listen

• 2any of the sets into which a pack of playing cards is divided (in conventional packs comprising spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs).

• 3a lawsuit.

• 4the process of trying to win a woman’s affection with a view to marriage:he could not compete with John in Marian’s eyes and his suit came to nothing
• literary a petition or entreaty made to a person in authority: he sought a passage to Christian lands, but they spurned his suit

• 5a complete set of sails required for a ship or for a set of spars: they went ashore and changed to another suit of sails

verb

• 1be convenient for or acceptable to:what time would suit you? [no object]:the flat has two bedrooms—if it suits, you can have one of them
• (suit oneself) [often in imperative] act entirely according to one’s own wishes (often used to express the speaker’s annoyance):‘I’m not going to help you.’ ‘Suit yourself.’
• (suit something to) archaic adapt something to:they took care to suit their answers to the questions put to them

• 2enhance the features, figure, or character of (someone):the dress didn’t suit her

• 3 [no object] North American put on clothes, especially for a particular activity:I suited up and entered the water