suit

Definitions

• 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.
• (by extension) A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit.
• (pejorative) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
• A full set of armour.
• (legal) 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.
• The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
• Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
• (obsolete) The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
• The full set of sails required for a ship.
• (card games) 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.
• (obsolete) Regular order; succession.
• (archaic) A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
• (archaic) A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)