"suits" in the noun sense
1. suit, suit of clothes
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"
2. lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa
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"
3. suit
slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit
"all the suits care about is the bottom line"
4. courtship, wooing, courting, suit
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"
5. suit
a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
6. suit
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?"
"suits" in the verb sense
1. suit, accommodate, fit
be agreeable or acceptable to
"This suits my needs"
2. suit
be agreeable or acceptable
"This time suits me"
3. befit, suit, beseem
accord or comport with
"This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"
4. become, suit
enhance the appearance of
"Mourning becomes Electra"
"This behavior doesn't suit you!"
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