suited
Syllables: suit·ed/ˈsuːtɪd/US/ˈsutɪd/
suited adjective: suitable. Also the simple past and past participle of suit.
Adjective
suited (comparative more suited, superlative most suited)
- Suitable.
- Particular Forms suited to particular occasions, I have endeavour’d to provide in this Treatise, for general ones, Morning and Evening, you may use these which follow.1685, Richard Lucas, The Duty of Servants […], page 55
- In saying that London is more suited to me than Birmingham, I mean more suited to me as a missioner; therefore it would absorb my time in mission etc work, while Birmingham does not.1849 March 29, John Henry Newman, “[Letter to Frederick William Faber]”, in Charles Stephen Dessain, editor, The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman, volume 13, published 1963, page 94
- Having the specified kind or number of suits.
- a three-suited hand
- Of the same suit.
- Brunson has ace-king suited in the small blind
- Wearing a suit.
- Skull-caps and alchemical paraphernalia surrounded the seventeenth-century quack, whereas his nineteenth-century equivalent might appear top-hatted and suited, evidently a person of learning and ‘quality’.2003, Jonathan Swan, Quack Magic: The Dubious History of Health Fads and Cures, Ebury Press, →ISBN
- “Them?” I pointed to a couple of top-hatted, suited men leaning against a building farther down the street.2011, Amber Kizer, Wildcat Fireflies, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 36
Also used as
suited is also the simple past and past participle of suit.
Examples of suited in a sentence
- It follows a rather tortuous course to avoid the high ground and, from the first, was obviously more suited to be part of a main line than a purely local undertaking.1958 May, M. F. Barbey, “Some Branch Lines in East Lincolnshire”, in Railway Magazine, page 316:
- It seemed to me very suited for the road.1978, Edward Dorn, in Edward Dorn; Stephen Fredman, An Interview with Edward Dorn, page 38:
- One of the black-suited drivers nodded at his compatriots and slowly walked up to one of the men on the firing line.2017, Jesse J[ames] Holland, Black Panther: Who Is the Black Panther?, Marvel Worldwide, Inc., →ISBN:
Forms of suited
| comparative | more suited |
|---|---|
| superlative | most suited |
Origin of suited
From suit + -ed.
Words formed from suited
- besuited
- birthday-suited
- dress-suited
- empty-suited
- ill-suited
- morning-suited
- suited and booted
- suited-booted
- suitedness
- unsuited
- well-suited
- well suited
- zoot-suited
Phrases with suited
Words that rhyme with suited
Questions about suited
- What does suited mean?
- Suited means suitable.
- How do you use suited in a sentence?
- It follows a rather tortuous course to avoid the high ground and, from the first, was obviously more suited to be part of a main line than a purely local undertaking.
- What part of speech is suited?
- Suited is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce suited?
- Suited is pronounced /ˈsuːtɪd/ (UK).
Words near suited in the dictionary
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