- suit [countable]
- 1
clothes
a set of clothes made of the same material, usually including a jacket with trousers or a skirt : a grey light-weight suit
a business suit
a tweed suit
She was wearing a black trouser suit.
- ➔ morning suit
- 2
bathing/jogging etc suit
a piece of clothing or a set of clothes used for swimming, running etc ➔ boiler suit, shell suit, sweat suit,tracksuit, wet suit - 3
law
a problem or complaint that a person or company brings to a court of law to be settled [= lawsuit]: Johnson has filed suit against her.
a civil suit
- 4
office worker
informala man, especially a manager, who works in an office and who has to wear a suit when he is at work : I bought myself a mobile phone and joined the other suits on the train to the City.
- 5
cards
one of the four types of cards in a set of playing cards - 6
somebody's strong suit
something that you are good at : Sympathy is not Jack's strong suit.
➔ in your birthday suit
at birthday (3)➔ follow suit
atfollow (14)
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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