Suit

Quick meaning: Suit is a noun meaning (Pakistan, women's speech) A dress.

Meaning

(Pakistan, women's speech) A dress.

More Meanings

1. (derogatory, slang, metonymic) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
2. A full set of armour.
3. (law) The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit.
4. Petition, request, entreaty.
5. (clothing) 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.
6. (by extension) A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit.
7. (obsolete) The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.

Example Sentences

You had an army / Of suits behind you

Nick hired a navy-blue suit for the wedding.

If you take my advice, you'll file a suit against him immediately.

Two smartly dressed suits walked up to the doctor. "Are you alright Dr. La Perouse?"

Word Forms

• suits
• suiting
• suited

Synonyms for suit

Depending on context, synonyms include litigation, action, cause, lawsuit, agree, match.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wooing, courting, become, courtship, accommodate, beseem.

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