meaning of suit
1. The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
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.
3. The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.
4. 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.
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 sw/t.
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 sw/t.
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.
8. 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.
9. Regular order; succession.
10. To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.
11. To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
12. To dress; to clothe.
13. To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit ones taste.
14. To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to.
15. 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]
16. a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the
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