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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.
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Nick hired a navy-blue suit for the wedding.
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(by extension) A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit.
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(metonym) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
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Be sure to keep your nose to the grindstone today; the suits are making a "surprise" visit to this department.
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A full set of armour.
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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.
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If you take my advice, you'll file a suit against him immediately.
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Obsolete The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
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Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
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The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
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The full set of sails required for a ship.
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Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic and French playing cards.
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Regular order; succession.
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Every five and thirty years the same kind and suit of weather comes again.
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A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
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A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)