Suit - Definition

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