suiting

Verb

suit (third-person singular simple present suits, present participle suiting, simple past and past participle suited)

1. (transitive) To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
   • but let your owne Diſcretion be your Tutor: Sute the Action to the Word, the Word to the Action,c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
2. (transitive, hairstyle or other fashion item) To be suitable or apt for one's image.
   • The ripped jeans didn't suit her elegant image.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To be appropriate or apt for.
   • The nickname "Bullet" suits her, since she is a fast runner.
4. (intransitive, most commonly used in the passive form) To dress; to clothe.
   • So went he suited to his watery tomb.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
5. (intransitive, transitive) To please; to make content; to fit someone's (or one's own) taste.
   • will build to suit [on for-sale signs marking vacant lots]
6. (intransitive) To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with).
   • The place itself was suiting to his care.1700, [John] Dryden, “Theodore and Honoria, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   agree, match, answer

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