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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
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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)