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lawsuit, case, cause, causa, suit of clothes, courtship, wooing, courting, befit, beseem, accommodate, fit, become Definition: 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";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";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?";a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank;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";a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line";accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!";be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs";enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn''t suit you!";be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me";
Hyponyms: civil suit, class action, class-action suit, countersuit, criminal suit, moot, paternity suit, bastardy proceeding, business suit, double-breasted suit, single-breasted suit, slack suit, zoot suit, major suit, minor suit, bundling, agree Member Meronyms: pack of cards, deck of cards, deck Derivational Morphology:
action, sue, litigate, process, court, woo, romance, solicit, fitter, adjustment, accommodation, fitting
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