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suit noun 1 a set of clothes designed to be worn together, usually made from the same or contrasting material and which consists of a jacket and either trousers or a skirt and sometimes a waistcoat. 2 (often in compounds) an outfit worn on specified occasions or for a specified activity • wet suit • suit of armour. 3 any of the four groups (clubs, diamonds, hearts or spades (see under spade²)) that a pack of playing-cards is divided into. 4 a legal action taken against someone; a lawsuit. 5 disparaging a businessman. verb (suited, suiting) 1 tr & intr to be acceptable to or what is required by someone. 2 to be appropriate to, in harmony with, or attractive to someone or something. suited adj dressed in a suit. follow suit 1 to play a card of the same suit as the card first played. 2 to do the same as someone else has done. suit oneself to do what one wants to do, especially without considering others.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from French sieute a set of things, from sivre to follow.