[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/suit/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / suit # suit noun (suit, suits); verb (suit, suits, suited, suiting) «suit» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A suit is a set of clothes made of the same cloth, usually a jacket with trousers or a skirt. [tree →](https://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://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#m5) 6. A suit (in law) is a case brought to court. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#m6) ### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#x1) - Astronauts wear spacesuits on spacewalks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#x2) - I wear a wetsuit to surf in cold water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#x3) - That colour really suits you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#x4) - Does Saturday suit you for the party? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#x5) - Hearts and diamonds are the red suits. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#x7) - When one dog barked, the others followed suit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/#x8) - That is a magnificent suit of clothes!" [tree →](https://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 Jewish tradition "Make suit unto" means to plead with someone or seek their favor. A "suit" can also mean a legal case or complaint brought for judgment. **Interpretation.** Absalom's wish to hear every man's suit shows the judge's duty to do justice. Tradition treats judging fairly as a basic duty of a ruler. ### Examples - Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. (Writings JOB.11.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#x1) - Let the idols of them be multiplied that make suit unto another; their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names upon my lips. (Writings PSA.16.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#x2) - Absalom said moreover: 'Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!' (Prophets 2SA.15.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#x3) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «suit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«suit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/suit.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «suit» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«suit» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/suit.html) on Mova free.