{
    "term": "suit",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/cl/clothes.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a set of clothes made of the same cloth, including a jacket and trousers or a skirt",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was **wearing a** grey business **suit**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is **dressed in a** formal black **suit**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They won't let men into the restaurant without a **suit and tie**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a two-/three-piece suit *(= of two/three pieces of clothing)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pinstripe suit"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wore his one good suit to the interview."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two men in suits came out of the hotel."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["designer", "elegant", "immaculate"],
                "suit + noun": ["coat", "jacket", "pants"],
                "preposition": ["in a suit"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a suit and tie",
                    "a suit of armour/​armor",
                    "a suit of clothes"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a set of clothing worn for a particular activity",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a diving suit"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a suit of armour"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His parents had bought him a new suit of clothes for the occasion."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["designer", "elegant", "immaculate"],
                "suit + noun": ["coat", "jacket", "pants"],
                "preposition": ["in a suit"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a suit and tie",
                    "a suit of armour/​armor",
                    "a suit of clothes"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "any of the four sets that form a pack of cards",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The suits are called hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the cards have to be from the same suit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The suit changed to diamonds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Which suit is trumps?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Games and toys"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a claim or complaint against somebody that a person or an organization can make in court",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **file/bring a suit** against somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a divorce suit"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His former business associate filed a suit against him claiming £5 million damages."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She plans to defend the suit vigorously."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company now faces several suits over its failure to protect its employees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two companies have settled the suit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have agreed to drop their suit against the Dutch company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a suit against her former husband"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a suit over a disputed estate"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["civil", "class-action", "paternity"],
                "verb + suit": ["bring", "file", "be involved in"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the suit", "suit against", "suit over"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a person with an important job as a manager in a company or organization, especially one who is thought to work mainly with financial matters or to have a lot of influence",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We can leave the detailed negotiations to the suits."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He’s a ‘suit’, not a ‘creative’."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be a subject that somebody knows a lot about",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm afraid geography is not my strong suit."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to play a card of the same suit that has just been played",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to act or behave in the way that somebody else has just done",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not wearing any clothes",
            "labels": "(humorous)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/suːt/",
                "audio": "su/suit/suit__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/suːt/",
                "audio": "su/suit/suit__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French siwte, from a feminine past participle of a Romance verb based on Latin sequi ‘follow’. Early senses included ‘attendance at a court’ and ‘legal process’; senses (1) to (3) derive from an earlier meaning ‘set of things to be used together’. The verb sense ‘make appropriate’ dates from the late 16th cent."
}