Main entry: lawsuit, case, causa, cause, suit
Definition: a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
Usage: the family brought suit against the landlord
Main entry: suit, suit of clothes
Definition: a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color
Usage: they buried him in his best suit
Main entry: suit
Definition: playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color
Usage: a flush is five cards in the same suit; in bridge you must follow suit; what suit is trumps?
Main entry: suit
Definition: a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
Main entry: suit, wooing, courting, courtship
Definition: a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
Usage: its was a brief and intense courtship
Main entry: suit
Definition: (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit
Usage: all the suits care about is the bottom line
Main entry: befit, beseem, suit
Definition: accord or comport with
Usage: This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!
Main entry: accommodate, suit, fit
Definition: be agreeable or acceptable to
Usage: This suits my needs
Definition: enhance the appearance of
Usage: Mourning becomes Electra; This behavior doesn't suit you!
Main entry: suit
Definition: be agreeable or acceptable
Usage: This time suits me