# suited

Pronunciation: say "SOO-tid" US /ˈsutɪd/, UK /ˈsuːtɪd/

## Adjective

1. Right or appropriate for a particular purpose, person, or situation.
   - Simple: Right or fitting for a particular person, job, or situation.
   - _Her calm temperament makes her well suited to crisis management._
   - _The lightweight design is better suited to warm climates than to winter use._
3. Dressed in a suit, especially formal business or professional attire.
   - Simple: Dressed in a matching jacket and pants, usually for formal events.
   - _The suited executives gathered in the lobby before the meeting._
   - _Two suited attendants flanked the hotel entrance._
4. Belonging to the same suit, as with two cards sharing the same symbol like hearts or spades.
   - Simple: Being cards that share the same symbol, such as two hearts or two spades.
   - _Holding suited connectors, he called the raise hoping to hit a flush._
   - _Two suited cards in the hole improve the odds of completing a flush._
5. Having the specified number or kind of suits, as in a 'two-suited' hand in bridge.
   - Simple: Having a stated number or kind of card groups, as in a hand with two main suits.
   - _His two-suited hand held six spades and five diamonds._
   - _Bidding gets tricky with a three-suited hand and a singleton._

## Verb

2. Simple past tense and past participle of suit. — simple past and past participle of suit
   - Simple: Simple past tense and past participle of suit. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The flexible hours suited the new parents on staff._
   - _Nothing on the menu suited his strict diet._

## Origin

Formed from "suit" combined with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/suited (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).