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Noun suit has 6 senses

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"
--₁ is a kind of proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
--₁ has particulars:
civil suit; class action, class-action suit; countersuit; criminal suit; moot; paternity suit, bastardy proceeding

Derived form: verb sue₁
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 is a kind of garment
--₂ has particulars:
business suit; double-breasted suit; single-breasted suit; slack suit; zoot suit
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?"
--₃ is a kind of playing card
--₃ is a member of pack of cards, deck of cards, deck
--₃ has particulars: major suit; minor suit
suit - a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line"
--₄ is a kind of businessman, man of affairs
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 is a kind of entreaty, prayer, appeal
--₅ has particulars: bundling
suit - a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
--₆ is a kind of entreaty, prayer, appeal

Verb suit has 4 senses

suit, accommodate, fit - be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"
--₁ is one way to meet, fit, conform to
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
suit - be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me"
--₂ is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
befit, suit, beseem - accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"
--₃ is one way to match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
become, suit - enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"
--₄ is one way to beautify, embellish, prettify
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody