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 →

2) A suit is special clothing for one job: a spacesuit, a wetsuit, a swimsuit. tree →

3) In cards, a suit is one of the four sets: hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades. tree →

4) To suit means to look good on someone: blue suits you. tree →

5) To suit means to be right or convenient for someone: Monday suits me. tree →

6) A suit (in law) is a case brought to court. tree →

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 →
• Astronauts wear spacesuits on spacewalks. tree →
• I wear a wetsuit to surf in cold water. tree →
• That colour really suits you. tree →
• Does Saturday suit you for the party? tree →
• Hearts and diamonds are the red suits. tree →
• The probability of picking a spade from a full pack is 13 out of 52, or one quarter. tree →
• When one dog barked, the others followed suit. tree →
• That is a magnificent suit of clothes!" tree →

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.
• A fair test must also suit the animal.
• The old Magpie says "the night-air doesn't suit my throat", and a Canary calls its children to bed.
• The Rat is very cross: his boat is lost and his nice suit ruined.
• And simply ruined that nice suit of clothes that I lent you!»

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «suit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.