suit
A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and…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.
» I'll make you a new suit.
Ich werde dir ein neues Kostüm machen.
Я сошью тебе новый костюм.
Я сошью вам новый костюм.
Я зшию тобі новий костюм.
Я зшию вам новий костюм.
Meaning
15 sensesA 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.
Anzug
костю́мkostjúm
костю́мkostjúm
(broadly)A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit.
костю́мkostjúm, комбинезо́нkombinezón
костю́мkostjúm, комбінезо́нkombinezón
(Pakistan)A dress.
(derogatory, metonymically, slang)A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
Be sure to keep your nose to the grindstone today; the suits are making a "surprise" visit to this department.
Anzugträger
A full set of armour.
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.
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
Petition, request, entreaty.
Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
The full set of sails required for a ship.
Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by colour and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards.
Farbe
ма́стьmástʹ
мастьmastʹ
playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color
(obsolete)The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
(obsolete)The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
Examples
1118 sentencesI'll make you a new suit.
Я зшию тобі новий костюм.
ruЯ сошью тебе новый костюм.
deIch werde dir ein neues Kostüm machen.
He made me a new suit.
Він зробив мені новий костюм.
ruОн изготовил мне новый костюм.
deEr hat mir einen neuen Anzug angefertigt.
She made him a new suit.
Вона зшила йому новий костюм.
ruОна сшила ему новый костюм.
Why are you wearing a suit?
Чому ти в костюмі?
ruПочему ты в костюме?
Tom bought himself a new suit.
Том купив собі новий костюм.
ruТом купил себе новый костюм.
deTom hat sich einen neuen Anzug gekauft.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite, from metathesis of eInherited from Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite, from metathesis of earlier Old French siute, from Vulgar Latin *sequita, from *sequere, from sequor, sequi, from Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor, from *sekʷ-. Doublet of suite. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Related to sue and segue.
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Forms
plural: suitsSynonyms
11 synonyms- a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color:suit of clothes
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy:lawsuitcasecausecausa
- a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage):courtshipwooingcourting
Word family
136 related wordsCollocations
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- a bathing suit
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