Tra từ suit - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

suit UK [s j uːt] US [suːt] noun [ suits ]

SET OF CLOTHES

1. <E > countable a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt that are made from the same material
• All the businessmen were wearing pinstripe suits.
• She wore a dark blue suit.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Clothes which cover most of the body
2. <I > countable a set of clothes or a piece of clothing to be worn in a particular situation or while doing a particular activity
• a diving/protective/ski, etc. suit
• a swimsuit
• a spacesuit
• a suit of armour
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Clothing - general words

• She wore a classic navy suit.
• Could you pick up my suit from the cleaner's for me, please?
• He was dressed in a dark grey suit.
• She always looks very professional in her smart suits.
• It's regulation to wear suits at the office.

LEGAL PROBLEM
3. countable ( also lawsuit ) a problem taken to a court of law, by an ordinary person or an organization rather than the police, for a legal decision
• He brought/ mainly US filed a $12 million libel suit against the newspaper, claiming his professional reputation had been damaged by the paper's stories.
• a malpractice/negligence/paternity suit
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Court cases, orders and decisions

PLAYING CARDS
4. countable any of the four types of card in a set of playing cards, each having a different shape printed on it
• The four suits in a pack of cards are hearts, spades, clubs and diamonds.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Playing cards

PERSON
5. countable often plural informal mainly disapproving a man who works in an office and wears a suit, especially a man with a high position in a company who is considered not to have human feelings and good ideas
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Kinds of men ↑Men and women

verb transitive

BE RIGHT

1. <I > to be right for a particular person, situation or occasion
• Corn is grown a lot in this area - the soil seems to suit it very well.
• The city lifestyle seems to suit her - she's certainly looking very well.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Being suitable or unsuitable
2. <A > (usually of a colour or style of clothes) to make someone look more attractive
• You should wear more red - it suits you.
• Short skirts don't really suit me - I haven't got the legs for them.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Wearing clothes ↑Decorating or making something attractive ↑Attractive ↑Sexual attraction ↑Smart and elegant

Common errors:
Remember that suit is not followed by a preposition.
Don't say 'suit to/for someone' or 'suit to/for something', say suit someone/something:
✗ We need to find a solution that suits to everyone.
• We need to find a solution that suits everyone.

• The software can be modified to suit the particular needs of the end user.
• How does family life suit you?
• "Will a loan of $500 be sufficient?" "That will suit me fine."
• I don't suppose I have any books that would suit your sophisticated tastes.
• Couldn't you contrive a meeting between them? I think they'd be ideally suited.

BE CONVENIENT

3. <A > to be convenient and cause the least difficulty for someone
• We could go now or this afternoon - whatever time suits you best.
• "How about eight o'clock outside the cinema?" "That suits me fine."
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Being suitable or unsuitable

Common errors:
Remember that suit is not followed by a preposition.
Don't say 'suit to/for someone' or 'suit to/for something', say suit someone/something:
✗ We need to find a solution that suits to everyone.
• We need to find a solution that suits everyone.

• The opposition leader accused government ministers of manipulating the statistics to suit themselves.
• Which evening would suit you best for the party?
• Part-time work would suit me right down to the ground.
• Which time suits you better - 12.30 or one o'clock?
• We can go to the seven o'clock performance or the eight - whichever suits you best.
Idioms: suit somebody down to the ground ▪ suit yourself!