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suit
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n.
1.
a set of outer clothes made of the same fabric and designed to be worn together, typically consisting of a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt.
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a set of clothes to be worn on a particular occasion or for a particular activity:
a jogging suit.
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a complete set of pieces of armor for covering the whole body.
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a complete set of sails required for a ship or for a set of spars.
∎ (usu. suits) inf.
an executive in a business or organization, typically one regarded as exercising influence in an impersonal way:
maybe now the suits in Washington will listen.
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any of the sets distinguished by their pictorial symbols into which a deck of playing cards is divided, in conventional decks comprising spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs.
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short for lawsuit.
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the process of trying to win a woman's affection, typically with a view to marriage:
he could not compete with John's charms in Marian's eyes and his suit came to nothing.
∎ poetic/lit.
a petition or entreaty made to a person in authority.
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v.
1. [tr.]
be convenient for or acceptable to:
he lied whenever it suited him |
[intr.]
the apartment has two bedrooms—if it suits, you can have one of them.
∎ (suit oneself) [often in imper.]
act entirely according to one's own wishes (often used to express the speaker's annoyance):
“I'm not going to help you.” “Suit yourself.”
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go well with or enhance the features, figure, or character of (someone):
the dress didn't suit her.
∎ (suit something to) archaic
adapt or make appropriate for (something):
they took care to suit their answers to the questions put to them.
2. [intr.]
put on clothes, typically for a particular activity:
I suited up and entered the water.
PHRASES:
follow suitsee follow.
ORIGIN: Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French siwte, from a feminine past participle of a Romance verb based on Latin sequi ‘follow.’ Early senses included ‘attendance at a court’ and ‘legal process’; senses 1 and 2 derive from an earlier meaning ‘set of things to be used together.’ The verb sense ‘make appropriate’ dates from the late 16th cent.
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Homewood Suites by Hilton Opens in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Represents First Hilton Hotel to Open on Mixed-Use Resort Destination; Full-Service Hilton to Open in 2007.
Business Wire; 2/7/2005; 700+ words
; ...Tenn. -- Homewood Suites by Hilton(R...of upscale all-suite, residential-style...opening of the 79-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel in...amenities, Homewood Suites guests can find at each hotel an on-site Suite Shop(R) convenience...
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Embassy Suites Hotels Set to Open Six Hotels in Spring/Summer 2005; Unprecedented Interest in Embassy Suites Brand Leads to Opening of Six New Properties Around The United States.
Business Wire; 5/5/2005; 700+ words
; ...reach of the Embassy Suites brand, from the leisure-focused 146-suite La Quinta, Calif...future of Embassy Suites and our ability to...put a two-room suite in practically any...Suites Hotels Embassy Suites Hotels, which opened...was the first all-suite upscale hotel brand...
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Homewood Suites by Hilton(R) Opens in Albuquerque; Represents Second Homewood Suites by Hilton Hotel to Open in New Mexico.
PR Newswire; 3/16/2004; 700+ words
; ...PRNewswire/ -- Homewood Suites by Hilton(R...brand of upscale all-suite, residential-style...opening of the 63-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel in...Club(R), Homewood Suites by Hilton(R) and Suite Shop(R). Conrad...
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Homewood Suites by Hilton(R) Opens First Mexico Property.
Business Wire; 10/17/2007; 700+ words
; ...suites, comprised of 97 two-room suites, four two-bedroom suites and one Presidential suite, an exercise facility, putting green...amenities of a traditional Homewood Suites, including the Suite Start[R] breakfast, Welcome Home...
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Homewood Suites by Hilton Launches ''Distinctly Homewood'' Brand Enhancement Program.
Business Wire; 2/16/2005; 700+ words
; ...program. All Homewood Suites by Hilton hotels will feature Serta Suite Dreams mattresses...positioning to beds in each suite. By 2009, all suites will feature the...information. Homewood Suites is branding all in-suite Neutrogena(R...
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Homewood Suites by Hilton Opens in Lexington, Kentucky; First Homewood Suites by Hilton Hotel to Open in Kentucky.
Business Wire; 10/13/2003; 700+ words
; ...Putting Green Homewood Suites by Hilton(R...of upscale all-suite, residential-style...opening of the 191-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel in...amenities, Homewood Suites guests can find at each hotel an on-site Suite Shop(R) convenience...
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Homewood Suites by Hilton Opens in Stratford, Connecticut; Represents Brand's First Hotel in City.
Business Wire; 2/22/2005; 700+ words
; ...Tenn. -- Homewood Suites by Hilton(R...of upscale all-suite, residential-style...opening of the 135-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel in...amenities, Homewood Suites guests can find at each hotel an on-site Suite Shop(R) convenience...
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Homewood Suites by Hilton(R) Opens Near Colorado Springs Airport; Second Homewood Suites by Hilton Hotel to Open in Colorado Springs Area.
PR Newswire; 9/16/2003; 700+ words
; ...has announced the opening of the 104-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel in Colorado Springs...Hampton Inn(R), Hampton Inn & Suites(R), Homewood Suites by Hilton(R) and Suite Shop(R). Conrad(R) is owned by...
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Sierra Suites Hotel Opens in San Ramon, Calif.; Redefines Comfort.
Business Wire; 9/10/2002; 700+ words
; ...and around Dallas and Austin. -- Sierra Suites is an all-suite hotel brand. Sierra Suites' 18 hotels are located in San Ramon, Atlanta...in addition to the brand standard studio suite. All suites feature five functional spaces -- sleeping...
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Sierra Suites Hotel Opens in Parsippany, Redefines Comfort.
Business Wire; 4/21/2004; 700+ words
; ...and around Dallas and Austin. -- Sierra Suites is an all-suite hotel brand. Sierra Suites' 19 hotels are located in Atlanta (3...in addition to the brand standard studio suite. All suites feature five functional spaces -- sleeping...
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suite
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...disappeared, the baroque suite evolved. In France stylized...sonata ). In Germany the suites of Johann Jakob Froberger...four. The late baroque suite, e.g., the partitas...to the basic group. Suites for orchestra, including...serenade was a kind of suite. Mozart wrote several...
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Plaza Suite
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Plaza Suite (1968), three one‐act plays...first of three playlets set in a lavish suite at Manhattan's Plaza Hotel, suburbanites...Nash ( George C. Scott ) take the same suite at the Plaza that they had on their honeymoon...
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French Suites
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
French Suites. Name (possibly unauthorized) given to a set of 6 kbd. suites by Bach, comp. c. 1722. See also English Suites , German Suites .
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English Suites
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
English Suites . Set of 6 kbd. suites by Bach, pubd. posthumously. Title seems to have arisen from the existence of MS...pour les Anglais (‘made for the English’). See also French Suites ; German Suites .
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Suite Bergamasque
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Suite Bergamasque ( Bergomask suite ). Pf. suite by Debussy containing 4 movts., Prélude , Menuet , Clair de Lune , and Passepied . Comp. 1890, rev. 1905. Orch. version of Nos. 1, 2, and 4 by G. Cloez, No.3 by Caplet .
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