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suit

/sut/ nom A2

En français : complet, costume, tailleur, ensemble

  1. A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman. · Nick hired a navy-blue suit for the wedding.
  2. A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit.
  3. A dress.
  4. A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor. (slang) · Be sure to keep your nose to the grindstone today; the suits are making a "surprise" visit to this department.
  5. A full set of armour.
  6. The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit. · If you take my advice, you'll file a suit against him immediately.
  7. Petition, request, entreaty.
  8. Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.

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“Serpent, I say again!” repeated the Pigeon, but in a more subdued tone, and added with a kind of sob, “I’ve tried every way, and nothing seems to suit them!”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 36 · B2
“I told you butter wouldn’t suit the works!” he added looking angrily at the March Hare.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 50 · B2
Towers Chandler was pressing his evening suit in his hall bedroom.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 26 · C1
Behind him tagged a boy carrying a suit-case.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 34 · C1

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