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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

suit

/s(j)uːt/

verb1 of 2

to be appropriate for a given situation

  • “I need to take my suit to the dry cleaners.”Tatoeba
  • “There is plenty of wear left in this suit yet.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

noun2 of 2

(metonym) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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