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# suitable

adjective (suitable, more suitable, most suitable)

«suitable» 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

Right or good for a person, a purpose or a situation: "suitable clothes for the rain". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suitable/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, films and games say which ages they are suitable for. In school, pupils wear suitable clothes for PE or trips. In maths, "choose a suitable unit" means pick the right unit to measure something, such as centimetres for a pencil. Phrases: suitable for, not suitable for children, suitable clothes, a suitable time.

### Examples

- This film is not suitable for young children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suitable/#x1)
- Wear suitable shoes for the hike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suitable/#x2)
- Is this a suitable time to call? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suitable/#x3)
- Choose a suitable unit to measure the playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suitable/#x4)
- The toy is suitable for ages 3 and up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suitable/#x5)
- Grams are a suitable unit for weighing an apple. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suitable/#x6)
- Let us make several rafts, and carry them to a suitable place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suitable/#x7)

### Note

Usually followed by "for": "suitable for children". The opposite is "unsuitable". The verb is "suit" ("Red suits you"). In maths, a suitable unit gives sensible numbers: measure a room in metres, not millimetres.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah, letters and divine names are said to fit certain worlds or planes, so a "suitable" name matches its level of reality. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, films and games say which ages they are suitable for. In school, pupils wear suitable clothes for PE or trips. In maths, "choose a suitable unit" means pick the right unit to measure something, such as centimetres for a pencil. Phrases: suitable for, not suitable for children, suitable clothes, a suitable time.

### Examples

- He rose up in spirit, He inflamed him in. seven suitable forms with twelve signs." Mayer gives : " Er zog sie mit Wasser, Zundet sie an mit Feuer; erregte sie mit (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suitable/#x1)
- Here follow the permutations of the name I H V, which is the Tetragrammaton — Jehovah, without the second or final Heh : IHV is a Tri-grammaton, and is more suitable to the third or Yetziratic plane. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suitable/#x2)

### Note

Usually followed by "for": "suitable for children". The opposite is "unsuitable". The verb is "suit" ("Red suits you"). In maths, a suitable unit gives sensible numbers: measure a room in metres, not millimetres.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «suitable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suitable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«suitable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/suitable.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «suitable» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suitable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«suitable» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/suitable.html) on Mova free.