suiting

[ soo-ting ]

/ ˈsu tɪŋ /

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noun

fabric for making suits.

Origin of suiting

First recorded in 1530–40; suit + -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM suiting

un·suit·ing, adjective

Words nearby suiting

suitable, suitcase, suite, suited, suiter, suiting, suitland-silver hill, suitor, suiyüan, suk, suka wena

Definition for suiting (2 of 2)

suit

[ soot ]

/ sut /

noun

a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.

a set of men's garments of the same color and fabric, consisting of trousers, a jacket, and sometimes a vest.

a similarly matched set consisting of a skirt and jacket, and sometimes a topcoat or blouse, worn by women.

any costume worn for some special activity: a running suit.

Often suits. Slang. an executive, manager, or official, especially one regarded as a faceless decision maker.

Law. the act, the process, or an instance of suing in a court of law; legal prosecution; lawsuit.

Cards.

one of the four sets or classes (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs) into which a common deck of playing cards is divided.
the aggregate of cards belonging to one of these sets held in a player's hand at one time: Spades were his long suit.
one of various sets or classes into which less common decks of cards are divided, as lances, hammers, etc., found in certain decks formerly used or used in fortune telling.

suite(defs 1–3, 5).

the wooing or courting of a woman: She rejected his suit.

the act of making a petition or an appeal.

a petition, as to a person of rank or station.

Also called set. Nautical. a complete group of sails for a boat.

one of the seven classes into which a standard set of 28 dominoes may be divided by matching the numbers on half the face of each: a three suit contains the 3-blank, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, and 3-6. Since each such suit contains one of each of the other possible suits, only one complete suit is available per game.

verb (used with object)

to make appropriate, adapt, or accommodate, as one thing to another: to suit the punishment to the crime.

to be appropriate or becoming to: Blue suits you very well.

to be or prove satisfactory, agreeable, or acceptable to; satisfy or please: The arrangements suit me.

to provide with a suit, as of clothing or armor; clothe; array.

verb (used without object)

to be appropriate or suitable; accord.

to be satisfactory, agreeable, or acceptable.

Verb Phrases

suit up, to dress in a uniform or special suit.

Origin of suit

1250–1300; Middle English siute, sute, suite (noun) < Anglo-French, Old French, akin to sivre to follow. See sue, suite

OTHER WORDS FROM suit

suit·like, adjective coun·ter·suit, noun re·suit, noun, verb (used with object) un·der·suit, noun

un·der·suit, verb (used with object)

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH suit

suit suite

Example sentences from the Web for suiting

We tried to make his suiting more Irish, to keep him a step away from the aristocracy.

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It was a fitting backdrop for the Paris debut of his perfectly calculated, spare gray suiting.

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At length, when suiting his convenience, the warden went to the dying man's cell.

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He tells me that, if the place keeps on suiting him as it has so far, he intends making it his permanent home.

Thankful's Inheritance |Joseph C. Lincoln

Suiting the action to the word, he lowered himself over the ledge, and slid down the bank to the beach.

The Half-Back |Ralph Henry Barbour
And, suiting the action to the word, he set manfully to work.

Frank, the Young Naturalist |Harry Castlemon
Suiting his action to his words the mate literally forced the lad to obey.

Ralph Granger's Fortunes |William Perry Brown

British Dictionary definitions for suiting (1 of 2)

suiting

/ (ˈsuːtɪŋ, ˈsjuːt-) /

noun

a fabric used for suits

British Dictionary definitions for suiting (2 of 2)

suit

/ (suːt, sjuːt) /

noun

any set of clothes of the same or similar material designed to be worn together, now usually (for men) a jacket with matching trousers or (for women) a jacket with matching or contrasting skirt or trousers

(in combination) any outfit worn for a specific purpose a spacesuit

any set of items, such as the full complement of sails of a vessel or parts of personal armour

any of the four sets of 13 cards in a pack of playing cards, being spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs. The cards in each suit are two to ten, jack, queen, and king in the usual order of ascending value, with ace counting as either the highest or lowest according to the game

a civil proceeding; lawsuit

the act or process of suing in a court of law

a petition or appeal made to a person of superior rank or status or the act of making such a petition

slang a business executive or white-collar manager

a man's courting of a woman

follow suit

to play a card of the same suit as the card played immediately before it
to act in the same way as someone else

strong suit or strongest suit something that one excels in

verb

to make or be fit or appropriate for that dress suits you

to meet the requirements or standards (of)

to be agreeable or acceptable to (someone)

suit oneself to pursue one's own intentions without reference to others

Derived forms of suit

suitlike, adjective

Word Origin for suit

C13: from Old French sieute set of things, from sivre to follow; compare sue

Idioms and Phrases with suiting

suit

In addition to the idioms beginning with suit

suit down to the ground
suit oneself
suit up

also see:

birthday suit
empty suit
follow suit
long suit
strong point (suit)

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suiting

noun

Origin of suiting

OTHER WORDS FROM suiting

Words nearby suiting

Definition for suiting (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Verb Phrases

Origin of suit

OTHER WORDS FROM suit

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH suit

Words related to suiting

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