suit

1 noun (C)

1 CLOTHES a set of clothes made of the same material, usually including a jacket (=short coat) with trousers or a skirt: a cream linen suit | a grey winter suit

—see also: morning suit

2 jogging/swim suit a piece or pieces of clothing used for a special purpose

—see also: boiler suit, shell suit, wet suit

3 CARDS one of the four types of cards in a set of playing cards

4 LAW an argument brought to a court of law by a private person or company, not by the police or government; lawsuit: file suit (=bring an argument to a court of law)

5 sb's strong suit especially AmE something that you are good at: Politeness is not his strong suit.

6 plead/press your suit old use to ask a woman to marry you

—see also: in your birthday suit birthday (2), follow suit follow (15) 2 verb (T)

1 to be acceptable or convenient for a particular person or in a particular situation: Finding a date that suits us all is very difficult. | Buy a database program to suit your needs. | suit sb (fine) spoken (=be completely acceptable): “Eight o'clock?” “That suits me fine.” | suit sb down to the ground (=be exactly right for someone): Yup, this little car suits me down to the ground.

2 (not in passive) to make someone look attractive: That coat really suits Paul. | Red suits you.

—see fit 1

3 well/best/ideally suited to have the right qualities to do something: Dirk would be ideally suited to the job.

4 suit yourself spoken used to tell someone they can do whatever they want to, even though it annoys you: “I don't really feel like going out after all.” “Suit yourself.”

5 suit sb's book BrE informal to fit well into someone's plans

suit sth to sth phrasal verb (T) formal to make something exactly right for something else: Suit the punishment to the crime, I say.