suited
- 1Right or fitting for a particular person, job, or situation.
Like a glove that fits one hand perfectly.
She is well suited to teaching young children.
This quiet job is suited to someone who enjoys working alone.
Similarfitted, equipped, appropriate, fit
Oppositeunfit, inappropriate
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- 2Simple past tense and past participle of suit. Use this form for something that already happened.
The new schedule suited everyone on the team.
That shade of blue suited her more than red.
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- 3Dressed in a matching jacket and pants, usually for formal events.
A suited man stepped out of the black car.
Rows of suited workers crowded the train at rush hour.
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- 4Being cards that share the same symbol, such as two hearts or two spades.
She was dealt two suited cards and hoped for a flush.
Suited cards give you a better chance of making a flush.
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- 5Having a stated number or kind of card groups, as in a hand with two main suits.
She picked up a two-suited hand, long in hearts and clubs.
A single-suited hand can be hard to bid in this game.
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suited is a form of suit
suit, verb: To be right or good for someone or something, or to be what a person wants. Full entry
- Spelling
- suit → suited: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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Origin
It comes from the word "suit" plus the ending "-ed".