suit
US: /ˈsut/
UK: /sˈuːt/
UK: /sˈuːt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
suit /sju:t/
- danh từ
- bộ com lê, bộ quần áo (đàn ông)
- dress suit: bộ quần áo dạ hội
- lời xin, lời yêu cầu, lời thỉnh cầu
- to make suit: xin xỏ
- to prosper in one's suit: đạt lời yêu cầu
- sự cầu hôn
- sự kiện tụng, sự tố tụng
- (đánh bài) Hoa
- bộ quần áo giáp
- (hàng hải) bộ buồm
- bộ com lê, bộ quần áo (đàn ông)
- ngoại động từ
- làm cho phù hợp
- (động tính từ quá khứ) thích hợp; quen; đủ điều kiện
- he is not suited to be a teacher: anh ta không có đủ điều kiện làm một giáo viên
- thoả mãn, đáp ứng nhu cầu của, phù hợp với quyền lợi của
- it does not suit all tastes: điều đó không thoả mãn tất cả thị hiếu
- hợp với, thích hợp với
- this climate does not suit him: khí hậu ở đây không hợp với anh ta
- the part suits him admirably: vai đó hợp với anh ta quá
- nội động từ
- tiện, hợp với
- that date will suit: ngày ấy tiện
- red does not suit with her complexion: màu đỏ không hợp với nước da của cô ta
- suit yourself
- tuỳ anh muốn làm gì thì làm
- tiện, hợp với
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a set of clothes made of the same fabric, including a jacket and trousers/pants or a skirt: a business suit + a pinstripe suit + a two- / three-piece suit (= of two / three pieces of clothing)
See also -
2 a set of clothing worn for a particular activity: a diving suit + a suit of armour
See also -
3 any of the four sets that form a pack/deck of cards: The suits are called hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades.
4 = LAWSUIT: to file / bring a suit against sb + a divorce suit
See also -
Idioms see BIRTHDAY, FOLLOW, STRONG
+ verb [no passive] (not used in the progressive tenses)
1 to be convenient or useful for sb: [VN] Choose a computer to suit your particular needs. + If we met at 2, would that suit you? + If you want to go by bus, that suits me fine. + He can be very helpful, but only when it suits him. + [VN to inf] It suits me to start work at a later time.
2 [VN] (especially of clothes, colours, etc.) to make you look attractive: Blue suits you. You should wear it more often. + I don't think this coat really suits me.
3 (especially BrE) [VN] (usually used in negative sentences) to be right or good for sb/sth: This hot weather doesn't suit me.
Idioms: suit your / sb's book (BrE, informal) to be convenient or useful for you/sb: Well, if you're honest and hard-working, that suits our book.
suit sb down to the ground (BrE, informal) to be very convenient or acceptable for sb: This job suits me down to the ground.
suit yourself (informal)
1 to do exactly what you would like: I choose my assignments to suit myself.
2 usually used in orders to tell sb to do what they want, even though it annoys you: 'I think I'll stay in this evening.' 'Suit yourself!'
Phrasal Verbs: suit sth to sth/sb to make sth appropriate for sth/sb: He can suit his conversation to whoever he's with.(also suit)
+ noun
a claim or complaint against sb that a person or an organization can make in a court of law: He filed a lawsuit against his record company.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 adapt, accommodate, fit, adjust, tailor, make appropriate or suitable:
It will require some reorganization to suit the office space to our needs.
2 please, satisfy, fill (someone's) needs, gratify, be acceptable or suitable or convenient to or for, befit; conform to:
Choose whichever room suits you. The schedule does not suit my personal plans at all.
n.
3 jacket and trousers or skirt, outfit, uniform, ensemble, costume, habit; garb, clothing, clothes, livery:
He showed up wearing a new silk suit.
4 lawsuit, action, case, proceeding, process, cause, trial; litigation:
I do not want to enter into a suit over the damage to my car.
5 petition, plea, request, entreaty, prayer, solicitation, application, appeal, supplication; courtship:
The king rejected all suits for his daughter's hand in marriage.
Collocation dictionary
1 set of clothes
ADJ.
designer, elegant, immaculate, smart, well-cut | ill-fitting | off-the-peg | best, good
He wore his one good suit to the interview.
| tailored | double-breasted, single-breasted | one-piece, three-piece, two-piece | pinstripe/pinstriped | linen, tweed, etc. | summer | business, dinner, evening, dress, formal, lounge, morning, safari | trouser | bathing, diving, wet | ski
SUIT + NOUN
jacket, trousers
PREP.
in a ~
Two men in suits came out of the hotel.
PHRASES
a suit and tie
They won't let you into the restaurant without a suit and tie.
| a suit of armour
The cavalry wore a suit of light armour and carried a shield.
| a suit of clothes
We bought the baby a couple of suits of clothes.
2 of playing cards
ADJ.
trump
VERB + SUIT
follow
(= play the same suit as the previous player)
SUIT + VERB
be trumps
Which suit is trumps?
| change
The suit changed to diamonds.
PREP.
from/in a/the ~
All the cards have to be from the same suit.
Concise English dictionary
suits|suut|suited|suitingsuːt
noun
+a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
+a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color
+playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color
+a businessman dressed in a business suit
+a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
+a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
verb
+be agreeable or acceptable to
+be agreeable or acceptable
+accord or comport with
+enhance the appearance of
