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# suit

«suit» in Mova's school dictionary: **a set of clothes made of the same cloth, usually a jacket…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (suit, suits); verb (suit, suits, suited, suiting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A suit is a set of clothes made of the same cloth, usually a jacket with trousers or a skirt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#m1)

2) A suit is special clothing for one job: a spacesuit, a wetsuit, a swimsuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#m2)

3) In cards, a suit is one of the four sets: hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#m3)

4) To suit means to look good on someone: blue suits you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#m4)

5) To suit means to be right or convenient for someone: Monday suits me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#m5)

6) A suit (in law) is a case brought to court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday life: dads, mums and teachers may wear suits for work or weddings; children wear swimsuits and wetsuits at the beach. In maths, card suits are used in probability: a pack has 52 cards, 4 suits, 13 cards in each. In stories, «follow suit» means do the same as someone else. Phrases: a suit and tie, spacesuit, wetsuit, suit yourself, follow suit, it suits you.

### examples

- Dad wore a dark suit to the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#x1)
- Astronauts wear spacesuits on spacewalks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#x2)
- I wear a wetsuit to surf in cold water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#x3)
- That colour really suits you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#x4)
- Does Saturday suit you for the party? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#x5)
- Hearts and diamonds are the red suits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#x6)
- The probability of picking a spade from a full pack is 13 out of 52, or one quarter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#x7)
- When one dog barked, the others followed suit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#x8)
- That is a magnificent suit of clothes!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#x9)

### note

Pronounced «soot» (rhymes with boot). Do not confuse with «sweet» or «suite» (a set of rooms or matching furniture, said «sweet»). Maths: 52 cards ÷ 4 suits = 13 cards per suit. «Suit yourself» means «do what you like» and can sound a bit cross.

### In the corpora

- [Big flat brushes suit skies and backgrounds; small round brushes with a pointed tip suit details.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/5/)
- [A fair test must also suit the animal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/5/)
- [The old Magpie says "the night-air doesn't suit my throat", and a Canary calls its children to bed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/19/)
- [The Rat is very cross: his boat is lost and his nice suit ruined.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall/11/)
- [And simply ruined that nice suit of clothes that I lent you!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall/27/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «suit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.