suit
To make proper or suitableTo make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
» I'll make you a new suit.
Ich werde dir ein neues Kostüm machen. — Esperantostern
Я сошью тебе новый костюм. — paul_lingvo
Я сошью вам новый костюм. — paul_lingvo
Я зшию тобі новий костюм. — deniko
Я зшию вам новий костюм. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(transitive)To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
(transitive)To be suitable or apt for one's image.
The ripped jeans didn't suit her elegant image.
That new top suits you. Where did you buy it?
(figuratively, transitive)To be appropriate or apt for.
The nickname "Bullet" suits her, since she is a fast runner.
c. 1700, Matthew Prior, epistle to Dr. Sherlock Raise her notes to that sublime degree / Which suits song of piety and thee.
passen
подходи́тьpodxodítʹ, подойти́podojtí
підхо́дитиpidxódyty, підійти́pidijtý
(intransitive)To dress; to clothe.
(intransitive, transitive)To please; to make content; to fit someone's (or one's own) taste.
will build to suit [on for-sale signs marking vacant lots]
He is well suited with his place.
подходи́тьpodxodítʹ, подойти́podojtí, идти́idtí
(intransitive)To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with).
passen
- be agreeable or acceptable to
- be agreeable or acceptable
- accord or comport with
- enhance the appearance of
Examples
1118 sentencesI'll make you a new suit.
Я зшию тобі новий костюм. — deniko
ruЯ сошью тебе новый костюм. — paul_lingvo
deIch werde dir ein neues Kostüm machen. — Esperantostern
He made me a new suit.
Він зробив мені новий костюм. — deniko
ruОн изготовил мне новый костюм. — fjay69
deEr hat mir einen neuen Anzug angefertigt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
She made him a new suit.
Вона зшила йому новий костюм. — deniko
ruОна сшила ему новый костюм. — odexed
Why are you wearing a suit?
Чому ти в костюмі? — deniko
ruПочему ты в костюме? — odexed
Tom bought himself a new suit.
Том купив собі новий костюм. — deniko
ruТом купил себе новый костюм. — marafon
deTom hat sich einen neuen Anzug gekauft. — dannylow
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 1
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
suits, suiting, suited, suitedSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- wear a suit
- a new suit
- new suit
- bathing suit
- suit and tie
- your bathing suit
- a gray suit
- a suit and
- new suit for
- a bathing suit
- gray suit
- new suit made
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.