- lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa - a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord"
--1 is a kind of proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
--1 has particulars:civil suit; class action, class-action suit; countersuit; criminal suit; moot; paternity suit, bastardy proceeding Derived form: verb sue1 - suit, suit of clothes - a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; "they buried him in his best suit"
--2 is a kind of garment
--2 has particulars:business suit; double-breasted suit; single-breasted suit; slack suit; zoot suit - suit - playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?"
--3 is a kind of playing card
--3 is a member of pack of cards, deck of cards, deck
--3 has particulars: major suit; minor suit- suit - a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line"
--4 is a kind of businessman, man of affairs
- courtship, wooing, courting, suit - a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship"
--5 is a kind of entreaty, prayer, appeal
--5 has particulars: bundling- suit - a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
--6 is a kind of entreaty, prayer, appeal
- suit - a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line"
- suit, accommodate, fit - be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"
--1 is one way to meet, fit, conform to
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- suit - be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me"
--2 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
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Something ----s something
- befit, suit, beseem - accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"
--3 is one way to match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
Sample sentences:
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Something ----s something
- become, suit - enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"
--4 is one way to beautify, embellish, prettify
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- befit, suit, beseem - accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"